BAEL-1623 sample spring boot gradle project

spring-boot-gradle/build.gradle

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+buildscript {
+    ext {
+        springBootVersion = '2.0.0.RELEASE'
+    }
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}")
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
+
+group = 'org.baeldung'
+version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
+sourceCompatibility = 1.8
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+
+dependencies {
+    compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter')
+    testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test')
+}
+
+springBoot {
+    mainClassName = 'org.baeldung.DemoApplication'
+}
+
+bootJar {
+//    This is overridden by the mainClassName in springBoot{} and added here for reference purposes.
+    mainClassName = 'org.baeldung.DemoApplication'
+
+//    This block serves the same purpose as the above thus commented out. Added here for reference purposes
+//    manifest {
+//        attributes 'Start-Class': 'org.baeldung.DemoApplication'
+//    }
+}

spring-boot-gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

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+#Tue Feb 06 12:27:20 CET 2018
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.5.1-bin.zip

spring-boot-gradle/settings.gradle

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+rootProject.name = 'demo'

spring-boot-gradle/src/main/java/org/baeldung/DemoApplication.java

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

spring-boot-gradle/src/test/java/org/baeldung/DemoApplicationTests.java

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+package org.baeldung;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest
+public class DemoApplicationTests {
+
+    @Test
+    public void contextLoads() {
+    }
+
+}