Plugging in controllers at runtime?

[w1th0utnam3]

My project should be controllable with the Xbox Controller which is of course no problem. But I want to add the possibility to use a controller which was connected at runtime but the return of getControllerCount() does not change after the application starts no matter which device I plug in or out. Do I have to use another method for this?

BTW: Here is the method that makes use of this, if you have any other advice concerning this piece of code please comment.

public void refresh() {    
  // Get the number of connected controller devices
  int count = Controllers.getControllerCount();
  System.out.println(count);
  // If something changed check whether there is a new Xbox Controller or one disappeared
  if (count != deviceCount) {
    // Save the number of connected controller devices
    this.deviceCount = Controllers.getControllerCount();
    // Loop through all devices and search for a Xbox Controller
    for (int i = 0; i < this.deviceCount; i++) {
      Controller possibleController = Controllers.getController(i);
      if (possibleController.getName().contains("XBOX 360 For Windows (Controller)")) {
        // Only update the controller reference if it changed
        if (!possibleController.equals(this.controller)) {
          // Save the controller device
          this.controller = possibleController;
          System.out.println("New Xbox controller found as device " + this.controller.getIndex());
          // Exit the method if a Xbox Controller was found
          return;
        }
        // Just exit the method if the old Xbox Controller is still available
        else {
          return;
        }
      }
    }
    // If no Xbox Controller was found delete reference to the old one
    this.controller = null;
    System.out.println("Xbox controller was unplugged");
  }
} // refresh();

[Fool Running]

A couple things:
1) It's common behavior for games to need a restart when adding game controllers so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
2) Limiting the controller to an Xbox controller seems a little bit restrictive (Personally I hate games that require an Xbox controller because I don't have one). And limiting it to a device that has the string "XBOX 360 For Windows (Controller)" seems even worse.

[Endolf]

JInput doesn't support hot plugging currently, it's been asked for a few times, but nobody seems to want it badly enough to contribute the code, so it's not been done.

Endolf