The Hotswap target for Ant for Java

The Hotswap (hotswap.jar) is Ant task which replaces classes on a running JVM. This task can take the following arguments.

Replaces classes on a running JVM. This task can take the following arguments:
* verbose - prints class names as they are being swapped
* failonerror - causes task to exit if any error occurs
* host - the host of the JVM to be attached to (defaults to localhost)
* port - the port number to be used to attach to the JVM
* name - if not using a socket connection, this name is the share memory label

Of these arguments, the host and port are required. Or, the name can be used instead to indicate a shared mem connection.
See the JPDA documentation for details on the JVM runtime options. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jpda/conninv.html
These are the options that work with the example below: -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=9000,server=y,suspend=n

Add this line to your build.xml
<taskdef name="hotswap" classname="dak.ant.taskdefs.Hotswap"/>

This is an example of how to hotswap with a JVM on port 9000 on your local machine
<target name="hotswap">
<tstamp>
<format property="class.tstamp" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy kk:mm:ss" />
</tstamp>

<javac destdir="${build.classes.dir}>
<fileset dir="${dev.src.dir}" includes="**/*.java"/>
</javac>

<hotswap verbose="true" port="9000">
<fileset dir="${build.classes.dir}" includes="**/*.class">
<date datetime="${class.tstamp}" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy kk:mm:ss" when="after" granularity="0"/>
</fileset>
</hotswap>
</target>

Reference
https://hotswap.dev.java.net