Monitoring Directory Changes in Spring Boot After Startup

To monitor a directory for changes after your Spring Boot application starts, consider the following approach:

Using ApplicationReadyEvent:

Spring Boot provides the ApplicationReadyEvent event, which is fired after the application context has been initialized, all beans have been instantiated, and the server is ready to handle HTTP requests. This event is a suitable choice for running code that requires fully initialized services.

Implementing the Event Listener:

To listen for the ApplicationReadyEvent, create a method annotated with @EventListener(ApplicationReadyEvent.class) in a bean:

@EventListener(ApplicationReadyEvent.class)
public void doSomethingAfterStartup() {
    // Your directory monitoring code here
}

By using this event, you can ensure that your directory monitoring code runs after the application is fully initialized and ready to process requests.

Example Usage:

Here's an example of using the ApplicationReadyEvent in a Spring Boot application:

@SpringBootApplication
public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(App.class, args);
    }

    @EventListener(ApplicationReadyEvent.class)
    public void doSomethingAfterStartup() {
        // Monitor the directory for changes here
    }
}

With this approach, your code will execute after the Spring Boot application is fully started and ready to handle requests.