Redeploying a web app ?

[Tom Zeller]

Just curious :

Is there a servlet container API for restarting a web app ?

Is there a parent-child web app relationship where one web app can reload another ? Like Spring app contexts.

If we want to run nightlies daily, an admin flow to do so would be nice.

(Haven't done my homework)

I could imagine a thread that starts an embedded Jetty, like the integration tests do. Wondering if web app restarts are possible generically at the container level.