Can Gradle handle a build directory structure that does not conform default conventions?

Question

I am working on a java ant+ivy based project that has the following directory structure:

projectRoot/src projectRoot/classes projectRoot/conf projectRoot/webservices 

this works perfectly well in ant but I am looking to migrate to gradle.

Is there a way to define a non-maven directory structure in Gradle or should I be looking to mavenize?

Answer 1

It is very easy with Gradle to adapt to any directory structure. See the Working with source sets section of the Gradle User Guide.

Answer 2

Example with non-standard project directory structure (custom layout):

sourceSets {     main {         java {             srcDir 'sources/main/java'         }         outputDir = file("$workDir/client/program")         // For older version (now deprecated):         //output.classesDir = "$workDir/client/program"     }     test {         java {             srcDir 'sources/test/java'         }         outputDir = file("$workDir/client/tests")         // For older versions (now deprecated):         //output.classesDir = "$workDir/client/tests"         //output.resourcesDir = "$workDir/client/tests"     }     resources {         srcDirs 'sources/test/res'     } }