There is simple Eclipse plugin to run Gradle, that just uses command line way to launch gradle.
What is gradle analog for maven compile and run
mvn compile exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=example.Example
This way any project with gradle.build could be run.
UPDATE: There was similar question What is the gradle equivalent of maven's exec plugin for running Java apps? asked before, but solution suggested altering every project build.gradle
package runclass;
public class RunClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("app is running!");
}
}
Then executing gradle run -DmainClass=runclass.RunClass
:run FAILED
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':run'.
> No main class specified
解决方案
Use JavaExec. As an example put the following in build.gradle
task execute(type:JavaExec) {
main = mainClass
classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
}
To run gradle -PmainClass=Boo execute. You get
$ gradle -PmainClass=Boo execute
:compileJava
:compileGroovy UP-TO-DATE
:processResources UP-TO-DATE
:classes
:execute
I am BOO!
mainClass is a property passed in dynamically at command line. classpath is set to pickup the latest classes.
If you do not pass in the mainClass property, this fails as expected.
$ gradle execute
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* Where:
Build file 'xxxx/build.gradle' line: 4
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'Foo'.
> Could not find property 'mainClass' on task ':execute'.
UPDATED from comments:
There is no mvn exec:java equivalent in gradle, you need to either apply the application plugin or have a JavaExec task.