Any example of gradle task to startApp(spring boot app) in provider is helpfull

[Neeraja Potluri]

per the example shown in pact-jvm-provider, 

// This will be called before the provider task
task('startTheApp') << {
  // start up your provider here
}

// This will be called after the provider task
task('killTheApp') << {
  // kill your provider here
}

An issue I am facing is with gradle task startApp using bootRun{} it starts the app and waits/hangs and doesn't come to pactVerify task execution.

Any help how to start spring boot app in gradle task before pactVerify and stop after is appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[Ronald Holshausen]

Unfortunatly, the bootRun task extends the standard Gradle JavaExec task, which is not able to run in the background. However, there are a number of ways to get it to work:

1. Use docker (if you can). The docker gradle tasks can start docker containers in the background.

2. There seems to be a plugin to do this. https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.github.kuldeepg.springbootutility

3. Write your own task. See the last answer at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7864205/run-javaexec-task-in-background-and-then-terminate-when-build-completes

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[Neeraja Potluri]

 Yes, Thank you very much for the response. 

I could resolve it using plugin at  https://github.com/johnrengelman/gradle-processes.

I came to know about this https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.github.kuldeepg.springbootutility from here. Will compare and give it a try if needed.

Thank you