You can easily create a systemd service in Linux for your java application.

As shown below you can issue enable command to auto start your java application on boot.

• cd into /etc/systemd/system
• open up a text editor

cd /etc/systemd/system
vi listener.service

• paste following code and edit your jar path

[Unit]
Description=listener
After=syslog.target

[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar .......
SuccessExitStatus=143

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

• use systemctl enable command to start your service on boot
• use systemctl start to start your service

systemctl enable listener.service
systemctl start listener.service