How to pass arguments to ant.java() method in Groovy

Question

I am trying to convert an ant <java> task to groovy. I am using the following code:

def ant = new AntBuilder();
ant.java(classpath:'jar_file_path', classname:'Main', fork:'true')

I also have a list of command line arguments to be passed to the method.

• Q1. How should I pass the command line arguments to the method in groovy?
• Q2. Any documentation on groovy which can get me started quickly?

Answer 1

You should be able to do:

def ant = new AntBuilder();
ant.java(classpath:'jar_file_path', classname:'Main', fork:'true') {
  arg( value: 'arg 1' )
}

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