create a JAR containing the classes in the webapp using gradle

Question

I.e. is there any equivalent of archiveClasses = true setting of maven-war-plugin for War Graddle task?

Answer 1

Here's an incantation from Mark Vieira that works for me with Gradle 2.2.1:

war {  
    classpath = classpath - sourceSets.main.output  
    from (jar) {  
        into 'WEB-INF/lib'  
    }  
}