Java 9 Programming By Example

Compiling and running the application

We use gradle to compile and run the application. Since the application does not have any specific configuration that would not appear in most similar applications, it is wise to use the Spring boot. The Spring boot makes it extremely simple to create and run a web application. We need a Java standard public static void main method that starts up the application via Spring:

package packt.java9.by.example.mybusiness.productinformation; import ... @SpringBootApplication(         scanBasePackageClasses =           packt.java9.by.example.mybusiness.SpringScanBase.class) public class Application {     public static void main(String[] args) {         SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);     } }

The method does nothing but ...