Gradle and Spring Boot with Jersey Application Skeleton

Basic Gradle v6.7.1 multi-source-set project setup for Spring Boot with Jersey (JAX-RS) web applications.

The project skeleton helps to be up and running quickly without wasting too much time on setting up & wiring things from scratch. Also, it serves as a refresher for basic things like:

• Gradle project setup boiler plate
• Configuring Spring Boot & Jersey (FYI: Using Jersey is not a must. Spring MVC is a more native choice when using Spring Framework)
• Writing a unit test using a JUnit 4.x.x
• Writing a unit test using mocks (i.e.: Mockito runner)
• Writing a Spring Boot based tests (i.e.: tests annotated with @SpringBootTest)

Setup

• Spring Boot version: v2.3.5.RELEASE
• /api/* is the Jersey base path that serves as the base URI for all resource URIs provided by @Path

Running

• Command ./gradlew bootRun starts Tomcat on port 8080
• The following RESTful APIs are available upon service start-up:
  • GET http://localhost:8080/api/v1/greetings
  • GET http://localhost:8080/api/v1/greetings/{id} (choose an id from 1, 2 or 3)
  • POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/greetings
    • curl -H "Content-Type:application/json"-X POST --data '{"text": "Privet!"}' http://lcalhost:8080/api/v1/greetings
• Spring Boot Actuator exposes two APIs:
  • http://localhost:8080/actuator/health
  • http://localhost:8080/actuator/metrics

Testing

• Command ./gradlew test runs unit tests
• Command ./gradlew componentTest runs component tests

License

MIT. See LICENSE for details