appRestart task

appRestart sends "restart" command to a running servlet-container process.

Syntax

gradle appRestart

Effects

appRestart does not build source code, it only sends "restart" command to localhost:servicePort. Usually appRestart is used to restart servlet-container process started by appStart[War][Debug].

Instantiation and extension

The object called appRestart is actually an instance of AppRestartTask class, created and configured for you by Gretty. You can instantiate or even extend this class on your own:

apply plugin: 'org.akhikhl.gretty'

import org.akhikhl.gretty.AppRestartTask

task('MyRestart', type: AppRestartTask) {
  // ...
}

class VerySpecialRestart extends AppRestartTask {
  // ...
}

task('MyRestart2', type: VerySpecialRestart) {
  // ...
}

If you are going to instantiate or extend this task class yourself, make sure you’ve learned it’s properties and methods.