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Spring Boot - Application exit code

[Last Updated: May 3, 2017]

Spring boot provides various ways to return a custom exit code on application exit. In this tutorials, we will go through each of them.

Implementing ExitCodeGenerator

Spring beans can implement org. springframework. boot. Exit Code Generator interface and return exit code from its getExitCode method. We must also explicitly call SpringApplication.exit(..) method as shown in the following example;

@SpringBootConfiguration
public class ExampleExitCodeGenerator {

    @Bean
    MyBean myBean() {
        return new MyBean();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApplicationContext context = SpringApplication.run(ExampleExitCodeGenerator.class, args);

        MyBean myBean = context.getBean(MyBean.class);
        myBean.doSomething();

        int exitValue = SpringApplication.exit(context);
        System.exit(exitValue);
    }

    private static class MyBean implements ExitCodeGenerator {

        public void doSomething() {
            System.out.println("in doSomething()");
        }

        @Override
        public int getExitCode() {
            return 500;
        }
    }
}

Output


. ____ _ __ _ _
/\\ / ___'_ __ _ _(_)_ __ __ _ \ \ \ \
( ( )\___ | '_ | '_| | '_ \/ _` | \ \ \ \
\\/ ___)| |_)| | | | | || (_| | ) ) ) )
' |____| .__|_| |_|_| |_\__, | / / / /
=========|_|==============|___/=/_/_/_/
:: Spring Boot :: (v1.5.3.RELEASE)

2017-05-17 11:56:07.831 INFO 10420 --- [enerator.main()] c.l.example.ExampleExitCodeGenerator : Starting ExampleExitCodeGenerator on JoeMsi with PID 10420 (D:\LogicBig\example-projects\spring-boot\boot-application-exit-code\target\classes started by Joe in D:\LogicBig\example-projects\spring-boot\boot-application-exit-code)
2017-05-17 11:56:07.833 INFO 10420 --- [enerator.main()] c.l.example.ExampleExitCodeGenerator : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
2017-05-17 11:56:08.006 INFO 10420 --- [enerator.main()] c.l.example.ExampleExitCodeGenerator : Started ExampleExitCodeGenerator in 0.381 seconds (JVM running for 4.602)
in doSomething()
Process finished with exit code 500

Listening to ExitCodeEvent

Spring boot fires ExitCodeEvent on finding application specific exit codes. We can listen to that event as shown in this example. Also check out our Spring core events handling tutorial.

@SpringBootConfiguration
public class ExampleExitCodeEvent {

    @Bean
    MyBean myBean() {
        return new MyBean();
    }

    @Bean
    MyBean2 myBean2() {
        return new MyBean2();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApplicationContext context =
                SpringApplication.run(ExampleExitCodeEvent.class, args);
        MyBean myBean = context.getBean(MyBean.class);
        myBean.doSomething();

        int exit = SpringApplication.exit(context);
        System.exit(exit);
    }

    private static class MyBean implements ExitCodeGenerator {

        public void doSomething() {
            System.out.println("in doSomething()");
        }

        @Override
        public int getExitCode() {
            return 100;
        }
    }

    private static class MyBean2 {
        @EventListener
        public void exitEvent(ExitCodeEvent event) {
            System.out.println("-- ExitCodeEvent --");
            System.out.println("exit code: " + event.getExitCode());
        }
    }
}

Output


. ____ _ __ _ _
/\\ / ___'_ __ _ _(_)_ __ __ _ \ \ \ \
( ( )\___ | '_ | '_| | '_ \/ _` | \ \ \ \
\\/ ___)| |_)| | | | | || (_| | ) ) ) )
' |____| .__|_| |_|_| |_\__, | / / / /
=========|_|==============|___/=/_/_/_/
:: Spring Boot :: (v1.5.3.RELEASE)

2017-05-17 11:56:10.921 INFO 9208 --- [odeEvent.main()] c.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeEvent : Starting ExampleExitCodeEvent on JoeMsi with PID 9208 (D:\LogicBig\example-projects\spring-boot\boot-application-exit-code\target\classes started by Joe in D:\LogicBig\example-projects\spring-boot\boot-application-exit-code)
2017-05-17 11:56:10.924 INFO 9208 --- [odeEvent.main()] c.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeEvent : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
2017-05-17 11:56:11.111 INFO 9208 --- [odeEvent.main()] c.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeEvent : Started ExampleExitCodeEvent in 0.379 seconds (JVM running for 3.028)
in doSomething()
-- ExitCodeEvent --
exit code: 100
Process finished with exit code 100

Throwing a custom exception from run method of ApplicationRunner/CommandLineRunner

The custom exception class must implement ExitCodeGenerator interface. This only works if this exception is thrown in ApplicationRunner/CommandLineRunner run method.

Here, we don't have to explicitly call SpringApplication.exit(..)

@SpringBootConfiguration
public class ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException {
    @Bean
    ApplicationRunner appRunner() {
        return new MyAppRunner();
    }

    @Bean
    MyBean myBean() {
        return new MyBean();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException.class, args);
    }

    private static class MyAppRunner implements ApplicationRunner {

        @Override
        public void run(ApplicationArguments args) throws Exception {
            System.out.println("in ApplicationRunner#run method");
            throw new MyExitCodeException("test exception");
        }
    }

    private static class MyExitCodeException extends RuntimeException
            implements ExitCodeGenerator {

        public MyExitCodeException(String message) {
            super(message);
        }

        @Override
        public int getExitCode() {
            return 5;
        }
    }

    private static class MyBean {
        @EventListener
        public void exitEvent(ExitCodeEvent event) {
            System.out.println("-- ExitCodeEvent --");
            System.out.println("exit code: " + event.getExitCode());
        }
    }
}

Output

  .   ____          _            __ _ _
/\\ / ___'_ __ _ _(_)_ __ __ _ \ \ \ \
( ( )\___ | '_ | '_| | '_ \/ _` | \ \ \ \
\\/ ___)| |_)| | | | | || (_| | ) ) ) )
' |____| .__|_| |_|_| |_\__, | / / / /
=========|_|==============|___/=/_/_/_/
:: Spring Boot :: (v1.5.3.RELEASE)

2017-05-17 11:56:14.097 INFO 12088 --- [xception.main()] c.l.e.ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException : Starting ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException on JoeMsi with PID 12088 (D:\LogicBig\example-projects\spring-boot\boot-application-exit-code\target\classes started by Joe in D:\LogicBig\example-projects\spring-boot\boot-application-exit-code)
2017-05-17 11:56:14.099 INFO 12088 --- [xception.main()] c.l.e.ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
2017-05-17 11:56:14.117 INFO 12088 --- [xception.main()] s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext@349186e0: startup date [Wed May 17 11:56:14 CDT 2017]; root of context hierarchy
in ApplicationRunner#run method
-- ExitCodeEvent --
exit code: 5
2017-05-17 11:56:14.273 ERROR 12088 --- [xception.main()] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application startup failed

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to execute ApplicationRunner
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunner(SpringApplication.java:770) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunners(SpringApplication.java:757) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.afterRefresh(SpringApplication.java:747) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:315) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1162) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1151) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException.main(ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException.java:20) [classes/:na]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.ExecJavaMojo$1.run(ExecJavaMojo.java:294) [exec-maven-plugin-1.5.0.jar:na]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.8.0_111]
Caused by: com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException$MyExitCodeException: test exception
at com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException$MyAppRunner.run(ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException.java:28) ~[classes/:na]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunner(SpringApplication.java:767) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
... 12 common frames omitted

2017-05-17 11:56:14.273 INFO 12088 --- [xception.main()] s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Closing org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext@349186e0: startup date [Wed May 17 11:56:14 CDT 2017]; root of context hierarchy
[WARNING]
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.ExecJavaMojo$1.run(ExecJavaMojo.java:294)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to execute ApplicationRunner
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunner(SpringApplication.java:770)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunners(SpringApplication.java:757)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.afterRefresh(SpringApplication.java:747)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:315)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1162)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1151)
at com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException.main(ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException.java:20)
... 6 more
Caused by: com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException$MyExitCodeException: test exception
at com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException$MyAppRunner.run(ExampleExitCodeGeneratorException.java:28)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunner(SpringApplication.java:767)
... 12 more
Process finished with exit code 5

Note that, we are still able to receive ExitCodeEvent in above example.

Using ExitCodeExceptionMapper

ExitCodeExceptionMapper is a strategy interface that can be used to provide a mapping between exceptions and exit codes as shown in the following example.

@SpringBootConfiguration
public class ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper {

    @Bean
    MyBean myBean() {
        return new MyBean();
    }

    @Bean
    ApplicationRunner appRunner() {
        return new MyAppRunner();
    }

    @Bean
    ExitCodeExceptionMapper exitCodeExceptionMapper() {
        return exception -> {

            if (exception.getCause() instanceof MyException) {
                return 10;
            }
            return 1;
        };
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper.class, args);
    }

    private static class MyAppRunner implements ApplicationRunner {

        @Override
        public void run(ApplicationArguments args) throws Exception {
            System.out.println("in command line");
            if (true) throw new MyException("test");
        }
    }

    private static class MyBean {

        @EventListener
        public void exitEvent(ExitCodeEvent event) {
            System.out.println("-- ExitCodeEvent --");
            System.out.println("exit code: " + event.getExitCode());
        }
    }

    private static class MyException extends RuntimeException {

        public MyException(String message) {
            super(message);
        }

    }
}

Output

  .   ____          _            __ _ _
/\\ / ___'_ __ _ _(_)_ __ __ _ \ \ \ \
( ( )\___ | '_ | '_| | '_ \/ _` | \ \ \ \
\\/ ___)| |_)| | | | | || (_| | ) ) ) )
' |____| .__|_| |_|_| |_\__, | / / / /
=========|_|==============|___/=/_/_/_/
:: Spring Boot :: (v1.5.3.RELEASE)

2017-05-17 11:56:17.316 INFO 2640 --- [onMapper.main()] c.l.e.ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper : Starting ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper on JoeMsi with PID 2640 (D:\LogicBig\example-projects\spring-boot\boot-application-exit-code\target\classes started by Joe in D:\LogicBig\example-projects\spring-boot\boot-application-exit-code)
2017-05-17 11:56:17.318 INFO 2640 --- [onMapper.main()] c.l.e.ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
2017-05-17 11:56:17.346 INFO 2640 --- [onMapper.main()] s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext@33d045f8: startup date [Wed May 17 11:56:17 CDT 2017]; root of context hierarchy
in command line
-- ExitCodeEvent --
exit code: 10
2017-05-17 11:56:17.519 ERROR 2640 --- [onMapper.main()] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application startup failed

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to execute ApplicationRunner
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunner(SpringApplication.java:770) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunners(SpringApplication.java:757) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.afterRefresh(SpringApplication.java:747) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:315) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1162) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1151) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper.main(ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper.java:32) [classes/:na]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.ExecJavaMojo$1.run(ExecJavaMojo.java:294) [exec-maven-plugin-1.5.0.jar:na]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.8.0_111]
Caused by: com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper$MyException: test
at com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper$MyAppRunner.run(ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper.java:40) ~[classes/:na]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunner(SpringApplication.java:767) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
... 12 common frames omitted

2017-05-17 11:56:17.520 INFO 2640 --- [onMapper.main()] s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Closing org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext@33d045f8: startup date [Wed May 17 11:56:17 CDT 2017]; root of context hierarchy
[WARNING]
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.ExecJavaMojo$1.run(ExecJavaMojo.java:294)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to execute ApplicationRunner
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunner(SpringApplication.java:770)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunners(SpringApplication.java:757)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.afterRefresh(SpringApplication.java:747)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:315)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1162)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1151)
at com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper.main(ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper.java:32)
... 6 more
Caused by: com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper$MyException: test
at com.logicbig.example.ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper$MyAppRunner.run(ExampleExitCodeExceptionMapper.java:40)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.callRunner(SpringApplication.java:767)
... 12 more
Process finished with exit code 10

Example Project

Dependencies and Technologies Used:

  • Spring Boot 1.5.3.RELEASE
    Corresponding Spring Version 4.3.8.RELEASE
  • spring-boot-starter : Core starter, including auto-configuration support, logging and YAML.
  • JDK 1.8
  • Maven 3.3.9

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  • boot-application-exit-code
    • src
      • main
        • java
          • com
            • logicbig
              • example
                • ExampleExitCodeGenerator.java

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