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+#would use adoptopenjdk since using that elsewhere but it's deprecated by docker 
+FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk-jammy 
+ 
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY .mvn/ .mvn
+COPY mvnw pom.xml ./
+RUN ./mvnw dependency:resolve
+
+COPY src ./src
+
+CMD ["./mvnw", "spring-boot:run"]