Project Defaults & Reload

Infers the source/resource/package path when settings are omitted and updates the reload trigger when the classpath changes.

Values provided by ProjectDefaults

SRC_MAIN_JAVA

src/main/java under the project root.

SRC_MAIN_RESOURCES

src/main/resources.

BASE_PACKAGE

Inferred from system property or source/package location.

ROUTER_PACKAGE / HANDLER_PACKAGE / ENTITY_PACKAGE

Convention based on the base package.

SWAGGER_OUTPUT_FILE

Default Swagger JSON output path. AsyncAPI output has a separate default in the RSocket watcher builder.

Specify base package

java

In projects where inference is ambiguous due to multi-module or library class locations, it is safer to specify the package and output path in the watcher config.

Reload trigger

WatchForMainRun can create or update .reloadtrigger under the default classpath root. It connects the trigger to reload flows like Spring Boot Devtools when classpath-related changes are detected.

Reload is a separate issue from generation.

If files are generated but not reflected in the application classpath, it may not be a watcher failure but an issue with the IDE/build tool's recognition of generated sources or Devtools reload settings.