Restart an application in Eclipse

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ᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇ picture ᴇʟᴇvᴀтᴇ · Sep 17, 2012 · Viewed 9.6k times · Source

I'm developing a standalone server (not a war) using Eclipse Juno. I run it as a Java application from Eclipse. After I've made some code changes, I want to stop the currently running server and start it up again. I do this tens of times a day.

The way I do that at the moment is as follows: - Go to the "Debug" tab. - Select the server process. - Click on the stop process icon (red square). - Click on the green arrow to re-run the last run application. - Go back to the "Java" tab.

Is there a quicker way?

Ideally, I'd like a button or keyboard shortcut that would stop and restart the application in one click. If it doesn't already exist, can I extend Eclipse in some way? Where should I look for an example of something like this?

Answer

Ruuhkis picture Ruuhkis · Sep 17, 2012

You can restart running application by right clicking it in debug window and selecting "Terminate and relaunch".

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And quickly switching beetween views with Ctrl+F8

Also if you've already terminated the application from console, you can simply hit ctrl + f11

If you really want you can also add custom shortcut for terminating and relaunching by Window -> Preferences -> General -> Keys -> Find "Terminate and Relaunch" and choose your favorite key combination!

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