Bootstrap a simple Dropwizard(.io) application

build.gradle

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+plugins {
+    /* Used for generating version manifests for the applications */
+    id 'org.ajoberstar.grgit' version '1.6.0'
+    /* Used for rendering the documentation for the applications */
+    id 'org.asciidoctor.gradle.asciidoctor' version '1.5.1'
+}
 
+/* Application plugin for creating tarballs of our app */
+apply plugin: 'application'
+/* Groovy plugin sets up the tasks for building the Groovy app */
 apply plugin: 'groovy'
+/* Enforce code-style checks on the Groovy code */
 apply plugin: 'codenarc'
 
+
+/* Set some basic project properties */
+version       = '0.0.1'
+group         = 'io.lasagna'
+description   = 'HttpWizard is a simple application for playing with HTTP'
+mainClassName = 'io.lasagna.httpwizard.HttpWizard'
+/* Force our target compatibility to JDK8 always */
+project.targetCompatibility = 1.8
+/**********************************************************************/
+
 repositories {
     jcenter()
 }
 
 dependencies {
     compile localGroovy()
-    // The production code uses the SLF4J logging API at compile time
-    compile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.18'
+    compile "io.dropwizard:dropwizard-core:${dropwizardVersion}"
 
     // Declare the dependency for your favourite test framework you want to use in your tests.
     // TestNG is also supported by the Gradle Test task. Just change the

gradle.properties

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+dropwizardVersion=1.0.5

src/main/groovy/io/lasagna/httpwizard/HttpWizard.groovy

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 package io.lasagna.httpwizard
 
+import io.dropwizard.Application
+import io.dropwizard.setup.Bootstrap
+import io.dropwizard.setup.Environment
 
-class HttpWizard {
-    static void main(String[] argv) {
-        println 'Hello world'
+/**
+ * HttpWizard is the main Dropwizard application class
+ */
+class HttpWizard extends Application<HttpWizardConfiguration> {
+    /** Run the HttpWizard application */
+    static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        new HttpWizard().run(args)
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    void run(HttpWizardConfiguration configuration,
+                Environment env) {
+        /* nothing to do yet */
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    void initialize(Bootstrap<HttpWizardConfiguration> bootstrap) {
+        /* nothing to do yet */
     }
 }

src/main/groovy/io/lasagna/httpwizard/HttpWizardConfiguration.groovy

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 R. Tyler Croy <tyler@linux.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+package io.lasagna.httpwizard
+
+import io.dropwizard.Configuration
+import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotEmpty
+
+
+/**
+ * HttpWizardConfiguration contains the basic configuration schema for the
+ * application
+ */
+class HttpWizardConfiguration extends Configuration {
+    @NotEmpty
+    private String appVersion
+}