build.gradle

// Requires the following properties to be declared in gradle.properties:
// applicationName: The name of the application, assuming directory structure of AppNameServer and AppNameClient
// applicationServerLibrariesPath: The path to the application server's .jar files required for compilation.
//
// WAR Plugin Configuration
//
apply plugin: 'war'
webAppDirName = '${applicationName}Server/src'
buildDir = 'GradleBuild'


compileJava {
  targetCompatibility = 1.6
  sourceCompatibility = 1.6
}
sourceSets {
    main {
        java {
            srcDirs = [applicationName + 'Server/src']
        }
        resources {
            srcDirs = [applicationName + 'Server/src']
        }
    }
}

repositories {
  mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    //providedCompile fileTree(dir: applicationServerLibrariesPath, include: '**/*.jar')
    // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.openejb/apache-tomee
    compile group: 'org.apache.openejb', name: 'apache-tomee', version: '1.7.4'
    compile 'org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-json-jackson:2.7'
}


//
// Tasks
//

war {
    from(applicationName + 'Server/WebContent/') {
        include '**/*.*'
        exclude 'WEB-INF'
        exclude 'META-INF'
    }
    from(applicationName + 'Server/WebContent/WEB-INF') {
        include '*.xml'
            into 'WEB-INF'
    }
}
task gruntProd(type:Exec) {
    description 'Wrapper to call \'grunt prod\' on the client.'
    workingDir applicationName + 'Client'
    doFirst {
        println '\nRunning task gruntProd...'
        commandLine 'grunt', 'prod'
    }
    doLast {
        println '\n...gruntProd finished.'
    }
}
task prod(dependsOn: ['assemble', 'gruntProd']) {
    description 'Builds a .WAR archive for production.'
    assemble.mustRunAfter 'gruntProd'
    doLast {
        println '\n...buildProd finished.'
    }
}