FileNotFoundException: class path resource [FileChangeListener.class] cannot be opened because it does not exist

Question

spring devtools are not included in the fat executable jar which gives this error if we try to run the spring boot jar using "java -jar " command.

Answer 1

Devtools are excluded by default in spring boot project. So we need to prevent that. The following page contains the detailed answer: Spring DevTools not included in the fat jar packaged with spring-boot-maven-plugin