- Set some optimization settings for gradle.

- Fix error-handling in "installAndRun.sh".
- Update dependencies.

build.gradle

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.7.5'
-    id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.0.15.RELEASE'
+    id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.7.6'
+    id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.0'
     id 'java'
 }
 

gradle.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+org.gradle.caching=true
+org.gradle.parallel=true
+org.gradle.caching.debug=false
+org.gradle.warning.mode=all

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

installAndRun.sh

@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
-cd "${0%/*}" || (echo "Could not chdir to this script's dir!" && exit)  # Change the working directory to the script's directory, when running from other location.
+# This script installs and runs the project.
+
+# For error-handling, we cannot use the "set -e" since: it has problems https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105
+# So we have our own function, for use when a single command fails.
+handle_error () {
+  echo -e "$1"; exit $2
+}
+
+# Change the working directory to the script's directory, when running from another location.
+cd "${0%/*}" || handle_error "Could not change-dir to this script's dir!" 1
 
 justInstall=0
 
 if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
 	justInstall=$1
 elif [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
-	echo -e "Wrong number of arguments given: ${#}\nPlease execute it like: script.sh <justInstall: 0 | 1>";	exit 1
+	echo -e "Wrong number of arguments given: ${#}\nPlease execute it like: script.sh <justInstall: 0 | 1>";	exit 2
 fi
 
 # Check of the "inputData.txt" file exist, if not, ask to fill it.
@@ -34,15 +43,15 @@ if [[ ! -f $inputDataFile ]]; then
   echo -e "\n\n"
 fi
 
-gradleVersion="7.5.1"
+gradleVersion="7.6"
 
 if [[ justInstall -eq 0 ]]; then
 
   if [ ! -d libs ]; then
-    mkdir libs || (echo -e "The directory \"libs\" could not be created! Exiting.." && exit 2)
+    mkdir libs || handle_error "The directory \"libs\" could not be created! Exiting.." 3
   fi
 
-  cd libs || exit 3
+  cd libs || exit 4
   git clone https://github.com/LSmyrnaios/PublicationsRetriever.git # We assume there is no previously source-code here, if so, it will be overwritten.
 
   # Keep a backup of the existing JAR file.