Restart4j

May 30, 2021 ยท View on GitHub

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Library for restarting your JVM application. You will most likely use it for restarting your GUI application programmatically.

It works no matter how your application is running:

  • From Jar
  • From an IDE
  • From a unique packaged form
  • etc...

Requirements, Compatibility

  • Java 8 or higher
  • Works on the 3 major platforms: Windows, MacOS, Linux

Installation

Maven example

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>jitpack.io</id>
        <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.Dansoftowner</groupId>
    <artifactId>Restart4j</artifactId>
    <version>1.4.7</version>
</dependency>

Gradle example

repositories {
    ...
    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.Dansoftowner:Restart4j:1.4.7'
}

Some code examples

Simple restart

final ApplicationRestart appRestart = ApplicationRestart.builder().build();
appRestart.restartApp();

Restart with more options

final ApplicationRestart appRestart = ApplicationRestart.builder()
        .beforeNewProcessCreated(() -> System.out.println("New process will be created..."))
        .beforeCurrentProcessTerminated(() -> System.out.println("The app will be terminated"))
        .build();
appRestart.restartApp();

Demo applications

Two demo applications can be found in the project:

Running SimpleDemo

Projects using Restart4j

If this library is used by your project, let me know in the Discussions and I will mention that in this section.

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