I am currently working on big spring boot project which takes around 1 minute to start. While debugging, if i make some changes in some class, I have to restart the whole application again.
Is there any way i could reload only those classes (and beans) which have been updated while debugging Intellij so that i could quickly see those changes in running application?
Yes you can,
As Intellij Idea says :
Reloading changed classes To reload changed classes
Do one of the following:
On the main menu, choose Run | Reload Changed Classes.
On the main menu, choose Build | Compile "class_name" to recompile an altered class during debug.
In the Reload Changed Classes dialog box, confirm reloading. Results are displayed in the Messages tool window.
Configuring reloading behavior To configure reloading behavior
On the main menu, choose File | Settings, and under Build, Execution, Deployment expand the Debugger node.
Open HotSwap page.
Click one of the radio buttons in the group Reload classes after compilation. You can opt to always reload classes, reload after confirmation, or never do it.
Reference https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2017.3/reloading-classes.html
