PAN-15 Created gradle tasks to start the persistence API and to start the API asynchronously

persistence/build.gradle

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ plugins {
     id 'java'
 }
 
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
+apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
+
 description = 'Provides database access and connectivity'
 group 'edu.msudenver.tsp'
 version '1.0'
@@ -50,3 +53,11 @@ task loadDb(type: Exec, group: 'Verification', description: 'Reloads the local d
         commandLine=['cmd','/c','loaddb.bat']
     }
 }
+
+task startPersistenceApi(type: JavaExec, description: 'Starts the Persistence API') {
+    dependsOn 'loadDb'
+    dependsOn 'build'
+    classpath = files('build/libs/persistence-1.0.jar')
+    classpath += sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+    main = 'edu.msudenver.tsp.persistence.PersistenceApi'
+}