configuring existing eclipse java project to build using gradle

Question

I have an existing Java project in Eclipse. I want to implement builds using gradle. I tried using the gradle eclipse plugin as given here but ran into numerous errors in E

Answer 1

Okay, So if you have simple java project which has dir/file structure as below

Step-1: create file name build.gradle in project root directory as below

Step-2: add following gradle script in build.gradle

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
archivesBaseName = 'someJar'
version = '1.0-SNAPSHOT' 

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

jar {
    manifest {
        attributes 'Main-Class': 'com.test.Run'
    }
}

dependencies {
   compile  'log4j:log4j:1.2.16'
} 

Step-3: close or delete from eclipse this project and import it again while selecting Gradle project as below

Now your project hierarchy will look like this. (Also note its added Gradle Dependencies while importing project)

Step-4: Create source foler src/main/java in project and move your all packages in that source folder.

Step-5 last but not the least: Cheers :)

So now your Simple Java project has converted into Gradle project!