Gradle config for spring data fowler and java 8 dates

README.md

Java 8 - Spring Data Fowler

• https://spring.io/blog/2015/03/26/what-s-new-in-spring-data-fowler

application.yml

spring.jackson:
  dateFormat: com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.ISO8601DateFormat
  serialization:
    writeDatesAsTimestamps: false

build.gradle

buildscript {
  ext {
    springBootVersion = '1.2.3.RELEASE'
  }
  repositories {
    jcenter()
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}")
    classpath("io.spring.gradle:dependency-management-plugin:0.4.1.RELEASE")
  }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'spring-boot'
apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'

jar {
  baseName = 'test'
  version = '1.0.0'
}

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8

dependencyManagement {
  // applyMavenExclusions will not be needed soon https://github.com/spring-gradle-plugins/dependency-management-plugin/issues/47
  applyMavenExclusions false
  imports {
    mavenBom "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:${springBootVersion}"
  }
}

ext['spring-data-releasetrain.version'] = 'Fowler-RELEASE'

dependencies {
  compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator')
  compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web')
  compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa')
  
  // Included so that jackson serializes dates properly
  compile('com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310')
}

MyApplication.java

package test;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.orm.jpa.EntityScan;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.convert.threeten.Jsr310JpaConverters;

@SpringBootApplication
// Enable java 8 dates in hibernate
@EntityScan(basePackageClasses = { MyApplication.class, Jsr310JpaConverters.class })
public class MyApplication {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(MyApplication.class, args);
    }
}