When 'spring-boot-devtools' is introduced in the project, the extensions are not available.

[octoape]

Hello @decebals

When 'spring-boot-devtools' is introduced in the project, the extensions are not available. If I remove 'spring-boot-devtools', I can get the extensions normally. Is there a way to solve this problem? 'spring-boot-devtools' is very useful when developing, so I can't just delete 'spring-boot-devtools'.

Thanks.

[decebals]

I don't know what to say about this problem. I don't use spring-boot in my projects. Try to investigate/debug the problem.

[decebals]

For SpringBoot and PF4J integration please take a look on https://github.com/hank-cp/sbp.

[decebals]

From what I see in the Spring DevTools reference page, it's a caution related to this aspect.

Devtools might cause classloading issues, in particular in multi-module projects. Diagnosing Classloading Issues explains how to diagnose and solve them.

[decebals]

First step is to try to follow some recommendations described in the Diagnosing Classloading Issues section.

[grimsi]

I was able to get it working with Spring Devtools restart functionality enabled thanks to @stefv from StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73654174/my-application-cant-find-the-extension-with-pf4j

See this commit: gameyfin/gameyfin@0563f2b

TL;DR: I extended the PluginManager with a custom PluginLoader which gets its ClassLoader injected from the Spring Context.
Maybe this can be included in PF4J-Spring out of the box? Seems like a fairly common case that Devtools are used when Spring (Boot) is used.

[decebals]

Maybe this can be included in PF4J-Spring out of the box? Seems like a fairly common case that Devtools are used when Spring (Boot) is used.

You can create a PR.