Spark: Embedded Jetty server refresh static files automatically

[sagesolar]

Hi, is there a way to configure the jetty server embedded in spark to have a faster static file refresh interval? Currently I am having to restart my Java spark application each time in order for html and javascript changes to be reflected in the browser. Apologies if this has been asked before.

[tipsy]

You shouldn't have to restart the server. If you're using IntelliJ you can do Ctrl+F9 to make the project, which usually takes a second. Building this functionality into the framework itself sounds nice, but I'm not sure if it's possible.

[tipsy]

Playe around with this hack a little, seems to work well: staticFiles.externalLocation(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/src/main/resources/public");
This will tell Spark to look for files in the src folder instead of the target folder.

Only use this while developing

[sagesolar]

Hi, thanks for getting back to me, I really appreciate it as I am using spark for my uni dissertation project. I have tried that but it still doesnt want to serve the updated files. For now I have moved over to apache for serving up the files and jetty for the REST API. Thanks again though :-)

[tipsy]

Hm. Working fine for me on both OSX and WIN. Are you using Spark 2.5?