GeoServer – Developing Community Extension Auto-Reload in GeoServer

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I want to develop an extension for my GeoServer and I started by following this guide :
https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/developer/programming-guide/ows-services/implementing.html

The chapter of "Running from Source" works well with my Eclipse instance project.

Is there a way for "auto-reload" (or refresh) my GeoServer instance when I change the code in my extension ?

If I change the "Hello World" message by "Hello foo", I need to

stop GeoServer
refresh Eclipse project
and re-start GeoServer

I seek a faster way.

Best Answer

That's the only way to do it I'm afraid. Your extension jar is only read at start up.

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You have eclipse workspace as it shown in Geoserver Developers Quick Start.

Create new java project. Create new class:

package org.geoserver.wms.cluster;

import org.geoserver.wms.GetMapCallback;
import org.geoserver.wms.GetMapCallbackAdapter;
import org.geoserver.wms.GetMapRequest;
import org.geoserver.wms.WMSMapContent;

public class ClusterGetMapCallbackAdapter extends GetMapCallbackAdapter
        implements GetMapCallback {

    public ClusterGetMapCallbackAdapter() {
    }
    @Override
    public GetMapRequest initRequest(GetMapRequest request) {       
        return request;
    }
    @Override
    public void initMapContent(WMSMapContent mapContent) {    
    }
    @Override
    public WMSMapContent beforeRender(WMSMapContent mapContent) {
        return mapContent;
    }
}

Add file applicationContext.xml to META-INF directory:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans>
    <bean id="getMapCallback" class="org.geoserver.wms.cluster.ClusterGetMapCallbackAdapter">
    </bean>
</beans>

Append new project to the dependencies of "gs-wms" project. Build solution. Set breakpoints at your code. Start geoserver. Create WMS layer. Browse to GetMap request. See breakpoints hitting.

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