# Logstash Java plugin development, faster testing w/o rebuilding ruby gem?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-java-plugin-development-faster-testing-w-o-rebuilding-ruby-gem/273954>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 25, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-java-plugin-development-faster-testing-w-o-rebuilding-ruby-gem/273954 "2021-05-25T14:12:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![BradVido](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bradvido/32/741_2.png) [@BradVido](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BradVido)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-java-plugin-development-faster-testing-w-o-rebuilding-ruby-gem/273954/1 "2021-05-25T14:12:10Z")

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I'm putting together a Logstash Java plugin, and it's working well, but it takes a bit of time to package to a gem and install in logstash every time we want to test it.

Is it possible to use something like `path.plugins` for faster testing during Java plugin development?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-java-plugin-development-faster-testing-w-o-rebuilding-ruby-gem/273954/2 "2021-06-22T14:12:37Z")

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