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Dir structure of TestRepo:

├── build.gradle
└── src
    └── main
        └── java
            └── hello
                ├── Application.java
                ├── Greeting.java
                └── GreetingController.java

build.gradle (to config build)

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:2.0.5.RELEASE")
    }
}
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
bootJar {
    baseName = 'hello-greeter'
    version =  '0.1.0'
}
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8
dependencies {
    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
    testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test')
}

Application.java (Spring boot app. PSVM. Entry point)

package hello;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }
}

Greeting.java (For representation)

package hello;
public class Greeting {
    private final long id;
    private final String content;
    public Greeting(long id, String content) {
        this.id = id;
        this.content = content;
    }
    public long getId() {
        return id;
    }
    public String getContent() {
        return content;
    }
}

GreetingController.java (For handling route. Controller.)

package hello;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
@RestController
public class GreetingController {
    private static final String template = "Hello, %s!";
    private final AtomicLong counter = new AtomicLong();
    @RequestMapping("/greeting")
    public Greeting greeting(@RequestParam(value="name", defaultValue="World") String name) {
        return new Greeting(counter.incrementAndGet(),
                            String.format(template, name));
    }
}

After setting up your App entry point, your Greeting class and its conroller, we run:

gradle build

That results in:

build
├── classes
│   └── java
│       └── main
│           └── hello
│               ├── Application.class
│               ├── Greeting.class
│               └── GreetingController.class
├── libs
│   └── gs-rest-service-0.1.0.jar
└── tmp
    ├── bootJar
    │   └── MANIFEST.MF
    └── compileJava

Now run java -jar build/libs/gs-rest-service-0.1.0.jar. Now test http://localhost:8080/greeting.

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