Gradle - add directory to classpath

Question

My application requires that a \config directory be available on the classpath when it looks for configurations files under the directory. I currently have dependencies configured like so, though this is probably not the correct way to make a directory available to my application:

dependencies {     ... //runtime, compile dependencies pulled from repositories     runtime files('config') } 

I am using the application plugin to create a standalone zip for my project. If my \config directory has \config\subdir, file1, file2, then the plugin produces a build\install directory with the following structure:

| build | --|install | ----|bin | ------ projectName | ------ projectName.bat | ----|lib | ------ dependency1.jar | ------ dependency2.jar | ------|subdir | ------ file1 | ------ file2 

This does not work for my application because it explicitly expects a \config directory

However, this is the directory structure that I need:

| build | --|install | ----|bin | ------ projectName | ------ projectName.bat | ----|lib | ------ dependency1.jar | ------ dependency2.jar | ----|config | ------|subdir | ------ file1 | ------ file2 

How can I make gradle add another directory to the build and specify it as part of the classpath for the generated startup scripts?

Answer 1

The application plugin documentation says:

Static files to be added to the distribution can be simply added to src/dist

I would try putting your config directory into src/dist/lib and continue adding it to your classpath with runtime files('src/dist/lib/config')

Note: working around this defect means that config has to go into /lib under src/dist

Answer 2

You may try this:

project('project-name') {    apply plugin: 'application'    mainClassName = "your.main.Class"     startScripts {        classpath += files('src/dist/lib/conf')    } 

More information can be found here.