Gradle Spring Boot Backend Configuration

Application.java

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;

@Configuration
@EnableAutoConfiguration
@ComponentScan
public class Application {

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

build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:$springBootVersion")
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'spring-boot'


configurations {
    provided
}
jar {
    baseName = 'sample'
    version =  '0.1.0'
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url "http://mosaic4cap.de/nexus/content/repositories/mosaic-releases/" }
    maven { url "http://mosaic4cap.de/nexus/content/repositories/mosaic-snapshots/" }
}

dependencies {
    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:$springBootVersion"
    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:$springBootVersion"
    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa:$springBootVersion"

    compile "mysql:mysql-connector-java:$mysqlConnectorVersion"
    compile "org.hibernate:hibernate-core:$hibernateVersion"
    compile "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-dbcp:$tomcatVersion"

    compile "org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:$springDataVersion"

    provided "org.springframework:core:$springVersion"
    provided "org.springframework:beans:$springVersion"
    provided "org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion"
    provided "org.springframework:spring-orm:$springVersion"

    testCompile "junit:junit:$junitVersion"
    testCompile "org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion"
    compile "com.h2database:h2:$h2Version"
}

task ('start', dependsOn: ['clean', 'bootRun'])

gradle.properties

springBootVersion=1.1.8.RELEASE
springVersion=4.0.7.RELEASE
springDataVersion=1.7.1.RELEASE
junitVersion=4.11
h2Version=1.4.181
mysqlConnectorVersion=5.1.6
hibernateVersion=4.3.6.Final
tomcatVersion=7.0.52