Spring Bootでデータベースから値を取ってくる時にぬるぽが出ます。ソースは以下です。

●application.properties

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/attendance_management 
spring.datasource.username=root 
spring.datasource.password=パスワード 
spring.datasource.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver 

●EmployeeMaster.java

package entity;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.Id;


@Entity // このクラスはEntityとして登録しますよ、とspringに教えてます 
public class EmployeeMaster { 

    @Id // プライマリーキーのものに設定してください 
    @GeneratedValue // 主に数字に対して、順番に一意に設定しますよ、の意味 
    protected String empID;

    @Column // ただの変数じゃなくて、DBのカラムだよ、の意味 
    protected String pwd;

    // setter & getter --------------------- 
    public String getEmpID() { 
        return empID;
    } 

    public void setEmpID(String employee_id) { 
        this.empID = employee_id;
    } 

    public void setPassword(String password) { 
        this.pwd = password;
    } 

    public String getPassword(){ 
        return pwd;
    } 

    // constructor -------------------------- 
    public EmployeeMaster(){ 
        super();
    } 

    public EmployeeMaster(String id, String pass){ 
        super();
        this.empID =id;
        this.pwd = pass;
    } 

} 

●EmployeeMasterRepository.java

package repository; 

import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository; 
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository; 
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service; 

import entity.EmployeeMaster; 

@Service 
@Repository 
public interface EmployeeMasterRepository extends JpaRepository<EmployeeMaster, String>{ 
} 

●ViewController.java

package common; 

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired; 
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration; 
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component; 
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller; 
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping; 
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody; 

import repository.EmployeeMasterRepository; 
import entity.EmployeeMaster; 

@Component 
@Controller 
@EnableAutoConfiguration 
public class ViewController { 

    @Autowired(required=false) 
    // リポジトリを紐づけます 
    EmployeeMasterRepository repository; 

    @RequestMapping("/") 
    @ResponseBody 
    public String home() { 

        // 全件取得します 
        Iterable<EmployeeMaster> list = repository.findAll(); 

        // 取得した内容を出力します 
        for (EmployeeMaster emp : list) { 
            System.out.println(emp.getEmpID() + ":" + emp.getPassword()); 
        } 
        return "Hello!"; 
    } 

} 

<エラーコード>

java.lang.NullPointerException: null 
    at common.ViewController.home(ViewController.java:29) 
    at common.ViewController$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$2e3276a4.invoke(<generated>) 
    at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invoke(MethodProxy.java:204) 
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$CglibMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(CglibAopProxy.java:717) 
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:157) 
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor$1.proceedWithInvocation(TransactionInterceptor.java:99) 
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:281) 
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96) 
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179) 
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$DynamicAdvisedInterceptor.intercept(CglibAopProxy.java:653) 
    at common.ViewController$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3d3ad38.home(<generated>) 
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) 
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) 
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) 
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) 
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:221) 
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:137) 
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:110) 
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandleMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:777) 
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:706) 
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:85) 
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:943) 
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:877) 
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:966) 
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:857) 
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:618) 
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:842) 
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725) 
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:291) 
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) 
    at org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter.doFilterInternal(HiddenHttpMethodFilter.java:77) 
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) 
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) 
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) 
    at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:88) 
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) 
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) 
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) 
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:219) 
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:106) 
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:501) 
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:142) 
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:79) 
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:88) 
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:537) 
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1085) 
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:658) 
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11NioProtocol.java:222) 
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1556) 
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1513) 
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) 
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) 
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) 
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744) 

なおweb.xmlなどの設定ファイルはありません。
いくらググっても有効な解決策を見つけられなかったので質問させて頂きました。
何卒宜しくお願い致します。


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