BAEL-2351 programmatically restart spring boot application

spring-boot-ops/src/main/java/com/baeldung/restart/Application.java

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+package com.baeldung.restart;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationArguments;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class Application extends SpringBootServletInitializer {   
+
+    private static ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        context = SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
+    }
+
+    public static void restart() {
+        ApplicationArguments args = context.getBean(ApplicationArguments.class);
+
+        Thread thread = new Thread(() -> {
+            context.close();
+            context = SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args.getSourceArgs());
+        });
+
+        thread.setDaemon(false);
+        thread.start();
+    }
+
+}

spring-boot-ops/src/main/java/com/baeldung/restart/RestartController.java

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+package com.baeldung.restart;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+public class RestartController {
+    
+    @Autowired
+    private RestartService restartService;
+    
+    @PostMapping("/restart")
+    public void restart() {
+        Application.restart();
+    }
+    
+    @PostMapping("/restartApp")
+    public void restartUsingActuator() {
+        restartService.restartApp();
+    }
+    
+}

spring-boot-ops/src/main/java/com/baeldung/restart/RestartService.java

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+package com.baeldung.restart;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.cloud.context.restart.RestartEndpoint;
+
+@Service
+public class RestartService {
+    
+    @Autowired
+    private RestartEndpoint restartEndpoint;
+    
+    public void restartApp() {
+        restartEndpoint.restart();
+    }
+
+}