[FIXED] Automatic restart of jar when property file is changed

Issue

I have a requirement where I am deploying a jar with its application.properties file outside of it. Is there any way that when I change an property in application.properties the jar automatically detects the changes and restarts/redeploys itself?

Solution

@RefreshScope annotation is provided in spring-boot. By use of this annotation, you can reload a property value(use inside your code) from .properties.

here is the link for reference :http://projects.spring.io/spring-cloud/spring-cloud.html (Search @RefreshScope).

The idea is to reload whole bean(which is annotated with @RefreshScope),after hitting /refresh end point & you do not need to restart webapp again.

Answered By - Ashay Patil
Answer Checked By - Willingham (JavaFixing Volunteer)