Deploying an Application Programmatically during Bootstrap

There are two methods you can use to deploy an application during the bootstrapping process:

addDeployment(String pathToWar)
addDeploymentFile(File file)

The first, addDeployment(String pathToWar), accepts a String that points to the path of the file to be deployed. For example:

import fish.payara.micro.BootstrapException;
import fish.payara.micro.PayaraMicro;

public class EmbeddedPayara{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws BootstrapException{
        PayaraMicro.getInstance().addDeployment("/home/user/example.war").bootStrap();
    }
}

The second method, addDeploymentFile(File file), functions in the same way as the addDeployment(String pathToWar) method, but takes a File object as its parameter instead:

import fish.payara.micro.BootstrapException;
import fish.payara.micro.PayaraMicro;
import java.io.File;

public class EmbeddedPayara{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws BootstrapException{
        File file = new File("/home/user/example.war");
        PayaraMicro.getInstance().addDeploymentFile(file).bootStrap();
    }
}

Unlike when controlling Payara Micro from the command line, you can split the instance initialization and configuration across multiple lines methods. For example, to deploy an application on one line, and start the instance on another:

import fish.payara.micro.BootstrapException;
import fish.payara.micro.PayaraMicro;

public class EmbeddedPayara{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws BootstrapException{
        PayaraMicro micro = PayaraMicro.getInstance();
        micro.addDeployment("/home/user/example.war");
        micro.bootStrap();
    }
}

Deploying Multiple Applications Programmatically during Bootstrap

Similar to when deploying multiple applications from the command line, you must call the addDeployment or addDeploymentFile method for each application you wish to deploy.

For example, to deploy three applications:

import fish.payara.micro.BootstrapException;
import fish.payara.micro.PayaraMicro;

public class EmbeddedPayara{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws BootstrapException{
        PayaraMicro micro = PayaraMicro.getInstance();

        micro.addDeployment("/home/user/example.war");
        micro.addDeployment("/home/user/test.war");
        micro.addDeployment("/home/user/three.war");

        micro.bootStrap();
    }
}

Alternatively, you can use the programmatic equivalent of the --deploymentDir command line option (described in the section Deploying From the Command Line), the setDeploymentDir(File deploymentRoot) method

For example:

import fish.payara.micro.BootstrapException;
import fish.payara.micro.PayaraMicro;
import java.io.File;

public class EmbeddedPayara{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws BootstrapException{
        File deployments = new File("/home/user/deployments/");
        PayaraMicro micro = PayaraMicro.getInstance();
        micro.setDeploymentDir(deployments);
        micro.bootStrap();
    }
}