Gradle Effective Implementation Guide by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Packt Publishing

We can invoke the run task and see the output of the SampleApp class:

$ gradle run :compileJava UP-TO-DATE :processResources UP-TO-DATE :classes UP-TO-DATE :run Welcome to Gradle. BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 1.423 secs

Note that we don't have to set the classpath property anymore. The plugin automatically includes the runtimeClasspath object of the project to execute the Java class.

Creating a distributable application archive

With the application plugin we can also build a distribution with our Java application. This means we can distribute the application and people can run the Java application without Gradle. The plugin will create the necessary operating system-specific start scripts and package all necessary classes and dependencies.

The following table shows the extra tasks we can use with the application plugin to build a distribution:

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