run-java

name	run-java
description	Build and run the team-tom Java Maven app. Use when asked to "run the app", "start the budget tracker", "demo the app", or "run java". Compiles with Maven, then launches the jar.
version	1.0.0

Run Java Skill

Builds and runs the team-tom Java Maven application.

Steps

Step 1 — Locate the project

1. If $ARGUMENTS is a path to a pom.xml or a directory containing one, use it.
2. Otherwise default to teams/team-tom/exercise_1/pom.xml.
3. Confirm the file exists before proceeding.

Step 2 — Build

Run Maven package (skipping tests for a fast build):

& "C:\Users\Monkey Harris\Maven\apache-maven-3.9.16\bin\mvn.cmd" package -DskipTests -f <path-to-pom.xml>

• If the build fails, show the compiler errors and stop — do not attempt to run a broken build.
• If the build succeeds, report: "Build OK — target/budget-tracker.jar ready."

Step 3 — Run

Launch the jar from the exercise root directory:

java -jar target/budget-tracker.jar

Or with an explicit path:

java -jar <exercise-root>/target/budget-tracker.jar

• If java is not on PATH, try & "$env:JAVA_HOME\bin\java.exe".
• Capture and display all stdout/stderr from the running process.

Step 4 — Report

After the process exits, report:

• Exit code
• Any exception or error printed to stderr
• A one-line summary: success or the first meaningful error line