Gradle task - pass arguments to Java application

Question

I have a Java application that runs with a custom gradle task and the application requires some arguments upon being invoked. These are:

programName ( string         


        

Answer 1

Of course the answers above all do the job, but still i would like to use something like

gradle run path1 path2

well this can't be done, but what if we can:

gralde run --- path1 path2

If you think it is more elegant, then you can do it, the trick is to process the command line and modify it before gradle does, this can be done by using init scripts

The init script below:

1. Process the command line and remove --- and all other arguments following '---'
2. Add property 'appArgs' to gradle.ext

So in your run task (or JavaExec, Exec) you can:

if (project.gradle.hasProperty("appArgs")) {
                List appArgs = project.gradle.appArgs;

                args appArgs

 }

The init script is:

import org.gradle.api.invocation.Gradle

Gradle aGradle = gradle

StartParameter startParameter = aGradle.startParameter

List tasks = startParameter.getTaskRequests();

List appArgs = new ArrayList<>()

tasks.forEach {
   List args = it.getArgs();


   Iterator argsI = args.iterator();

   while (argsI.hasNext()) {

      String arg = argsI.next();

      // remove '---' and all that follow
      if (arg == "---") {
         argsI.remove();

         while (argsI.hasNext()) {

            arg = argsI.next();

            // and add it to appArgs
            appArgs.add(arg);

            argsI.remove();

        }
    }
}

}


   aGradle.ext.appArgs = appArgs

Limitations:

1. I was forced to use '---' and not '--'
2. You have to add some global init script

If you don't like global init script, you can specify it in command line

gradle -I init.gradle run --- f:/temp/x.xml

Or better add an alias to your shell:

gradleapp run --- f:/temp/x.xml