Can DropWizard serve assets from outside the jar file?

Question

In looking at the documentation, it appears that DropWizard is only able to serve static content living in src/main/resources. I\'d like to keep my static files in a separat

Answer 1

To complement craddack's answer: Correct, you can use the regular AssetsBundle as long as you add the assets to your classpath. If you use gradle and oneJar, you can add a directory to the classpath in the oneJar task:

task oneJar(type: OneJar) {
  mainClass = '...'
  additionalDir = file('...')
  manifest {
    attributes 'Class-Path': '.. here goes the directory ..'
  }
}

see https://github.com/rholder/gradle-one-jar