Is there a way in Grails to run the contents of BootStrap.groovy after it has been changed without restarting the app?

You can do this with the <code>console</code> plugin. I'd highly recommend this plugin for any development environment because it's so useful for running ad-hoc code inside a running server. To rerun your BootStrap <code>init</code> closure, browse to the web-based console at <code>http://localhost:8080/appname/console</code>. Enter the following in the console: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>def servletCtx = org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.context.ServletContextHolder.servletContext def myBootstrapArtefact = grailsApplication.getArtefacts('Bootstrap')[-1] myBootstrapArtefact.referenceInstance.init(servletCtx) </code></pre>

Reloading bootstrap with Grails

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You can do this with the console plugin. I'd highly recommend this plugin for any development environment because it's so useful for running ad-hoc code inside a running server.

To rerun your BootStrap init closure, browse to the web-based console at http://localhost:8080/appname/console. Enter the following in the console:

def servletCtx = org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.context.ServletContextHolder.servletContext
def myBootstrapArtefact = grailsApplication.getArtefacts('Bootstrap')[-1]
myBootstrapArtefact.referenceInstance.init(servletCtx)