bld Extension to Help Create Spring Boot Web Applications

To install the latest version, add the following to the lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties file:

bld.extension-spring-boot=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-spring-boot

For more information, please refer to the extensions documentation.

Create an Executable JAR

To create a Spring Boot executable Java Archive (JAR) from the current project:

@BuildCommand(summary = "Creates an executable JAR for the project")
public void bootjar() throws Exception {
    new BootJarOperation()
            .fromProject(this)
            .execute();
}

./bld compile bootjar

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Create an Executable WAR

To create a Spring Boot executable Web Archive (WAR) from the current project:

@BuildCommand(summary = "Creates an executable WAR for the project")
public void bootwar() throws Exception {
    new BootWarOperation()
            .fromProject(this)
            .execute();
}

./bld compile bootwar

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Required Dependency

Don't forget to include the Spring Boot Loader dependency to your project:

scope(standalone)
    .include(dependency("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader:3.5.7"));

Please check the BootJarOperation documentation or BootWarOperation documentation for all available configuration options.

You may also want to have a look at the Spring Boot Web Application Example for bld template.