what I have

usermodel-initial/pom.xml

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-mock-mvc</artifactId>
+            <version>3.3.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>

usermodel-initial/src/main/java/com/lambdaschool/usermodel/SeedData.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import com.lambdaschool.usermodel.services.UserService;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@
  * after the application context has been loaded.
  */
 @Transactional
+@ConditionalOnProperty(
+        prefix = "command.line.runner",
+        value = "enabled",
+        havingValue = "true",
+        matchIfMissing = true
+)
 @Component
 public class SeedData
     implements CommandLineRunner

usermodel-initial/src/main/java/com/lambdaschool/usermodel/models/Auditable.java

@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.LastModifiedDate;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.support.AuditingEntityListener;
 
-import javax.persistence.EntityListeners;
-import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
-import javax.persistence.Temporal;
+import javax.persistence.*;
 import java.util.Date;
 
 import static javax.persistence.TemporalType.TIMESTAMP;

usermodel-initial/src/main/resources/application.properties

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ spring.jpa.open-in-view=true
 # What do with the schema
 # drop n create table again, good for testing
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create
-spring.datasource.initialization-mode=always
+spring.datasource.initialization-mode=never
+command.line.runner.enabled=true
 #
 # Good for production!
 # spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update

usermodel-initial/src/test/java/com/lambdaschool/usermodel/SeedData.java

@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+package com.lambdaschool.usermodel;
+
+import com.github.javafaker.Faker;
+import com.github.javafaker.service.FakeValuesService;
+import com.github.javafaker.service.RandomService;
+import com.lambdaschool.usermodel.models.Role;
+import com.lambdaschool.usermodel.models.User;
+import com.lambdaschool.usermodel.models.UserRoles;
+import com.lambdaschool.usermodel.models.Useremail;
+import com.lambdaschool.usermodel.services.RoleService;
+import com.lambdaschool.usermodel.services.UserService;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/**
+ * SeedData puts both known and random data into the database. It implements CommandLineRunner.
+ * <p>
+ * CoomandLineRunner: Spring Boot automatically runs the run method once and only once
+ * after the application context has been loaded.
+ */
+@Transactional
+@ConditionalOnProperty(
+        prefix = "command.line.runner",
+        value = "enabled",
+        havingValue = "true",
+        matchIfMissing = true
+)
+@Component
+public class SeedData
+    implements CommandLineRunner
+{
+    /**
+     * Connects the Role Service to this process
+     */
+    @Autowired
+    RoleService roleService;
+
+    /**
+     * Connects the user service to this process
+     */
+    @Autowired
+    UserService userService;
+
+    /**
+     * Generates test, seed data for our application
+     * First a set of known data is seeded into our database.
+     * Second a random set of data using Java Faker is seeded into our database.
+     * Note this process does not remove data from the database. So if data exists in the database
+     * prior to running this process, that data remains in the database.
+     *
+     * @param args The parameter is required by the parent interface but is not used in this process.
+     */
+    @Transactional
+    @Override
+    public void run(String[] args) throws
+                                   Exception
+    {
+        userService.deleteAll();
+        roleService.deleteAll();
+        Role r1 = new Role("admin");
+        Role r2 = new Role("user");
+        Role r3 = new Role("data");
+
+        r1 = roleService.save(r1);
+        r2 = roleService.save(r2);
+        r3 = roleService.save(r3);
+
+        // admin, data, user
+        User u1 = new User("admin",
+            "password",
+            "[email protected]");
+        u1.getRoles()
+            .add(new UserRoles(u1,
+                r1));
+        u1.getRoles()
+            .add(new UserRoles(u1,
+                r2));
+        u1.getRoles()
+            .add(new UserRoles(u1,
+                r3));
+        u1.getUseremails()
+            .add(new Useremail(u1,
+                "[email protected]"));
+        u1.getUseremails()
+            .add(new Useremail(u1,
+                "[email protected]"));
+
+        userService.save(u1);
+
+        // data, user
+        User u2 = new User("cinnamon",
+            "1234567",
+            "[email protected]");
+        u2.getRoles()
+            .add(new UserRoles(u2,
+                r2));
+        u2.getRoles()
+            .add(new UserRoles(u2,
+                r3));
+        u2.getUseremails()
+            .add(new Useremail(u2,
+                "[email protected]"));
+        u2.getUseremails()
+            .add(new Useremail(u2,
+                "[email protected]"));
+        u2.getUseremails()
+            .add(new Useremail(u2,
+                "[email protected]"));
+        userService.save(u2);
+
+        // user
+        User u3 = new User("barnbarn",
+            "ILuvM4th!",
+            "[email protected]");
+        u3.getRoles()
+            .add(new UserRoles(u3,
+                r2));
+        u3.getUseremails()
+            .add(new Useremail(u3,
+                "[email protected]"));
+        userService.save(u3);
+
+        User u4 = new User("puttat",
+            "password",
+            "[email protected]");
+        u4.getRoles()
+            .add(new UserRoles(u4,
+                r2));
+        userService.save(u4);
+
+        User u5 = new User("misskitty",
+            "password",
+            "[email protected]");
+        u5.getRoles()
+            .add(new UserRoles(u5,
+                r2));
+        userService.save(u5);
+
+        if (false)
+        {
+            // using JavaFaker create a bunch of regular users
+            // https://www.baeldung.com/java-faker
+            // https://www.baeldung.com/regular-expressions-java
+
+            FakeValuesService fakeValuesService = new FakeValuesService(new Locale("en-US"),
+                new RandomService());
+            Faker nameFaker = new Faker(new Locale("en-US"));
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++)
+            {
+                new User();
+                User fakeUser;
+
+                fakeUser = new User(nameFaker.name()
+                    .username(),
+                    "password",
+                    nameFaker.internet()
+                        .emailAddress());
+                fakeUser.getRoles()
+                    .add(new UserRoles(fakeUser,
+                        r2));
+                fakeUser.getUseremails()
+                    .add(new Useremail(fakeUser,
+                        fakeValuesService.bothify("????##@gmail.com")));
+                userService.save(fakeUser);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}