How to create and execute a Spring boot project ?

• Install eclipse Kepler

• Create new Maven project
• Check Create a simple project
• Provide options : 
•   Group Id = com.company
•   Artifact Id = example1
•   Packaging = war
• Click create
  
• It will create structure like :
• # src/main/java 
• # src/main/resources 
• # src/test/java 
• # src/test/resources 
• > src/main/webapp 
• > JRE system lib (Default JRE set in eclipse) 
• > pom.xml

• Provide Spring boot dependencies :

    <project ...>
       ...
       <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
         <version>1.4.1.RELEASE</version>
       </parent>

       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
         </dependency>
       <dependencies>
  </project>

•  It will add all the Spring boot dependencies under Maven dependencies 

 

• Create master application

    @SpringBootApplication
    public class Application {
       public static void main(String[] args) {
          SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
       }
    }  

• Create Web service (REST) controller
  @RestController
  @RequestMapping ("/example1")
  public class WSController {
      @RequestMapping (path="/name", method=RequestMethod.GET)
      public String getName() {
          return "Hello World";
      }
  }
  

• Run the application by right click on Application.java and choose "Run as Java application" as a Java application
  After embedded tomcat start, you can access resources using request path and controller :
  http://localhost:8080/example1/name