Improve the "installAndRun.sh" script:

- Add the "java -jar" run command.
- Add more sanity checks for cmd-args.
- Code polishing.

installAndRun.sh

@@ -1,26 +1,43 @@
 cd "${0%/*}" || (echo "Could not change-dir to this script's dir!" && exit)  # Change the working directory to the script's directory, when running from other location.
 
-justRun=0
-
-if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
-	justRun=$1
-elif [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
-	echo -e "Wrong number of arguments given: ${#}\nPlease execute it like: script.sh <justInstall: 0 | 1>";	exit 1
+if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
+	echo -e "Wrong number of arguments given: ${#}\nPlease execute it like: installAndRun.sh <1 | 0 (optional)>";	exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ justRun -eq 0 ]]; then
+justRun=0
 
-  if [ ! -d ~/.m2/repository-dnet45/ ]; then
-    mkdir ~/.m2/repository-dnet45/ || (echo -e "The directory \"~/.m2/repository-dnet45/\" could not be created! Exiting.." && exit 2)
+if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then # If we have just 1 argument.
+  numbers_re='^[0-9]+$'
+  if ! [[ $1 =~ $numbers_re ]]; then #   If the first argument is not numeric.
+	  echo -e "Invalid, non-numeric argument given: ${1}\nPlease execute it like: installAndRun.sh <1 | 0 (optional)>";	exit 2
   fi
 
-  if [ ! -f ~/.m2/repository-dnet45/settings-dnet45.xml ]; then
-    cp ./settings-dnet45.xml ~/.m2/repository-dnet45/ || (echo -e "The file \"settings-dnet45.xml\" could not be copied in directory \"~/.m2/repository-dnet45\"! Exiting.." && exit 3)
+  if [[ $1 -ne 0 && $1 -ne 1 ]]; then # If the 1st argument does NOT equal to < 0 > or < 1 >.
+    echo -e "Invalid argument given: ${1}\nPlease execute it like: installAndRun.sh <1 | 0 (optional)>";	exit 3
   fi
-else
-  if [ ! -f ~/.m2/repository-dnet45/settings-dnet45.xml ]; then
+
+  justRun=$1  # Assign <1> or <0>
+fi
+
+dnet_repo=~/.m2/repository-dnet45
+settings_file=settings-dnet45.xml
+
+if [[ justRun -eq 1 ]]; then
+  if [ ! -f ${dnet_repo}"/"${settings_file} ]; then
     echo -e "The file \"~/.m2/repository-dnet45/settings-dnet45.xml\" does not exist! Exiting.." && exit 4
   fi
+else
+  if [ ! -d ${dnet_repo} ]; then
+    mkdir ${dnet_repo} || (echo -e "The directory \"~/.m2/repository-dnet45/\" could not be created! Exiting.." && exit 5)
+    echo "Created the \"dnet_repo\": ${dnet_repo}"
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -f ${dnet_repo}"/"${settings_file} ]; then
+    cp ${settings_file} ${dnet_repo}"/"${settings_file} || (echo -e "The file \"settings-dnet45.xml\" could not be copied in directory \"~/.m2/repository-dnet45\"! Exiting.." && exit 6)
+    echo "Copied the \"settings_file\" to: ${dnet_repo}/${settings_file}"
+  fi
+
+  mvn clean install -s ${dnet_repo}"/"${settings_file}
 fi
 
-mvn clean install -s ~/.m2/repository-dnet45/settings-dnet45.xml
+java -jar ./target/uoa-repository-manager-service.jar

pom.xml

@@ -450,7 +450,8 @@
                 </configuration>
 	    </plugin>
 		-->
-<plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>