Vert.x 3.2 Gradle redeploy project

This project shows how to use the Vert.x 3.2 redeploy feature. Vert.x watches for file changes and will then compile these changes. The hello world verticle will be redeployed automatically. Simply start the application with:

./gradlew run

Now point your browser at http://localhost:8080. Then you can make changes to the hello world verticle and reload the browser.

The whole configuration for this is rather simple:

mainClassName = 'io.vertx.core.Launcher'
def mainVerticleName = 'io.vertx.example.HelloWorldVerticle'

// Vert.x watches for file changes in all subdirectories
// of src/ but only for files with .java extension
def watchForChange = 'src/**/*.java'

// Vert.x will call this task on changes
def doOnChange = './gradlew classes'

run {
    args = ['run', mainVerticleName, "--redeploy=$watchForChange", "--launcher-class=$mainClassName", "--on-redeploy=$doOnChange"]
}