Simple Jetty Launcher

gistfile1.scala

package com.yourcompany


import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server
import org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext

/**
 * This describes our Main Entry point to launch YourApp
 * Launches an embedded Jetty Server
 */
class YourAppLauncher extends App with Logging {

  val thisArgs = if (0 == args.size) {
    // Default Arguments:
    Array("8080")
  } else args

  val Array(port) = thisArgs

  val server = new Server(port.toInt)

  val context = getClass.getClassLoader.getResource("webapp").toExternalForm

  val root = new WebAppContext(context, "/")

  Runtime.getRuntime.addShutdownHook(new Thread() {
    override def run() {
      server.stop()
    }
  })

  server.setHandler(root)
  server.start()
  server.join()

}