Automatically reload static content with Jetty and Gradle

Question

I would like static content updates to be reflected in my web app without restarting web server. I am using gradle with jetty plugin.

How can I do that?

Here is my build.gradle file:

...
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'war'
apply plugin: 'jetty'
...

dependencies {
    compile 'org.glassfish.jersey.containers:jersey-container-servlet:2.14'
    testCompile 'org.testng:testng:5.14.2'
}

Here is part of my web.xml for static content:

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.jpg</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.png</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.css</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.js</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

As far as I know this feature is not enabled with jetty plugin. Gradle from (AFAIR) version 2.6 supports continuous build but I've tried it with jetty and spring-boot and it wasn't working. You may try of course and please let me know if you've succeeded.

What you may also try is gretty.

P.S. I'm also not sure if static content must/should be mapped via web.xml - it may be put directly under WEB-INF - but I may be wrong.

Automatically reload static content with Jetty and Gradle

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