Gradle: How to exclude a particular package from a jar?

Question

We have a package that is related to some requirements that were removed, but we don\'t want to necessarily delete the code because there\'s a possibility it will be needed

Answer 1

If you have some sources that you don't want to be compiled, you have to declare a filter for the sources, not for the class files that are put in the Jar. Something like:

sourceSets {
    main {
        java {
            include 'com/ourcompany/somepackage/activityadapter/**'
            include 'com/ourcompany/someotherpackage/**'
            exclude 'com/ourcompany/someotherpackage/polling/**'
        }
    }
}