Adding classpath to SpringBoot command line start when using maven-spring-boot-plugin

Question

I\'m trying to add a classpath to when I run my spring boot application, which is run with the following command

mvn spring-boot:run

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Answer 1

The Spring Boot Maven Plugin spawns a JVM which will, by default, include whatever your project says should be on the classpath e.g.

• ${project.build.outputDirectory} this includes classes and resources
• dependencies declared in your project's POM

If you need to add things to this classpath, the plugin offers the following:

• addResources
• folders
• useTestClasspath

For example, if you want to add this folder: /this/that/theother to the classpath then you would configure the spring-boot plugin as follows:

    org.springframework.boot
    spring-boot-maven-plugin
    
        
            
                /this/that/theother
            
        
    

With that configuration in place, if you invoke mvn spring-boot:run -X you'll see that the additional folder is included on the front of the classpath ...

[DEBUG] Classpath for forked process: /this/that/theother:...