CommandLineRunner Archives

Spring Boot – Run code when the application starts

March 10, 2019 by mkyong

In Spring Boot, we can create a CommandLineRunner bean to run code when the application is fully started. StartBookApplication.java package com.mkyong; import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner; import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication; import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication; import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext; import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.List; import java.util.stream.Collectors; @SpringBootApplication public class StartBookApplication { public static void main(String[] args) { SpringApplication.run(StartBookApplication.class, args); } // Injects …

Spring Boot non-web application example

February 13, 2017 by mkyong

In Spring Boot, to create a non-web application, implements CommandLineRunner and override the run method, for example : import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner; @SpringBootApplication public class SpringBootConsoleApplication implements CommandLineRunner { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { SpringApplication.run(SpringBootConsoleApplication.class, args); } //access command line arguments @Override public void run(String… args) throws Exception { //do something } } 1. …