spring boot added to dependency tree

persist/pom.xml

@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@
 			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
+			<version>${springframework.boot.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!-- postgres connector -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>

pom.xml

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 		<springframework.version>4.3.19.RELEASE</springframework.version>
 		<springframework.security.version>4.2.8.RELEASE</springframework.security.version>
 		<springframework.webflow.version>2.4.8.RELEASE</springframework.webflow.version>
+		<springframework.boot.version>1.5.16.RELEASE</springframework.boot.version>
+		
 
 		<libsbml.version>1.0</libsbml.version>