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+package org.apache.archiva.webdav.util;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.archiva.configuration.ArchivaConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Olivier Lamy
+ */
+public class ReinitServlet
+ extends HttpServlet
+{
+ @Override
+ protected void doGet( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp )
+ throws ServletException, IOException
+ {
+ ApplicationContext applicationContext =
+ WebApplicationContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext( req.getServletContext() );
+
+ ArchivaConfiguration archivaConfiguration = applicationContext.getBean( ArchivaConfiguration.class );
+
+
+ archivaConfiguration.reload();
+
+ }
+}