Interface JavaApplication

@Incubating public interface JavaApplication
Configuration for a Java application, defining how to assemble the application.

An instance of this type is added as a project extension by the Java application plugin.

Since:
4.10

  • Method Details

    • getApplicationName

      String getApplicationName()
      The name of the application.

    • setApplicationName

      void setApplicationName(String applicationName)
      The name of the application.

    • getMainClassName

      String getMainClassName()
      The fully qualified name of the application's main class.

    • setMainClassName

      void setMainClassName(String mainClassName)
      The fully qualified name of the application's main class.

    • getApplicationDefaultJvmArgs

      Iterable<String> getApplicationDefaultJvmArgs()
      Array of string arguments to pass to the JVM when running the application

    • setApplicationDefaultJvmArgs

      void setApplicationDefaultJvmArgs(Iterable<String> applicationDefaultJvmArgs)
      Array of string arguments to pass to the JVM when running the application

    • getExecutableDir

      String getExecutableDir()
      Directory to place executables in

    • setExecutableDir

      void setExecutableDir(String executableDir)
      Directory to place executables in

    • getApplicationDistribution

      CopySpec getApplicationDistribution()

      The specification of the contents of the distribution.

      Use this CopySpec to include extra files/resource in the application distribution. 

      apply plugin: 'application'

applicationDistribution.from("some/dir") {
  include "*.txt"
}

      Note that the application plugin pre configures this spec to; include the contents of "src/dist", copy the application start scripts into the "bin" directory, and copy the built jar and its dependencies into the "lib" directory.

    • setApplicationDistribution

      void setApplicationDistribution(CopySpec applicationDistribution)