From 1c4085ce51bda915bf437c5b17632e5d953a41f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mei Chang van der Werff <m.c.l.werff@student.tudelft.nl>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 03:30:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] actually set the prgram to the free port

---
 .../java/server/ServerPortCustomizer.java     | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 server/src/main/java/server/ServerPortCustomizer.java

diff --git a/server/src/main/java/server/ServerPortCustomizer.java b/server/src/main/java/server/ServerPortCustomizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ada203a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/server/ServerPortCustomizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+package server;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.web.server.ConfigurableWebServerFactory;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.server.WebServerFactoryCustomizer;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class ServerPortCustomizer implements WebServerFactoryCustomizer<ConfigurableWebServerFactory>{
+    /**
+     * Changes the port that will be used to launch the program
+     * made with the help of: https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-change-port
+     * @param factory
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void customize(ConfigurableWebServerFactory factory) {
+        try {
+            PortChecker portChecker = new PortChecker();
+            int port = portChecker.findFreePort();
+            factory.setPort(port);
+            System.out.println("Server starts on port: " + port);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to find a free port", e);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+