How to specify classes output directory for Gradle 4?

Question

Gradle project deprecated 'classesDir' so the previously working method:

sourceSets {
    main {
        output.classesDir = "myDir"
    }
}

should be replaced with something else. Documentation talks about 'output.classesDirs' but this is read-only property.

What is the method to specify custom compilation output directory in Gradle 4.x scripts?

Answer 1

If you are working with java you can do this

 apply plugin: 'java'

 sourceSets {
   main {
     // Compiled Java classes should use this directory
     java.outputDir = file('myDir')
   }
 }

See more: https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/tasks/SourceSetOutput.html