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?

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 12 '20 at 08:17

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

edited Oct 12 '20 at 08:17

RespiteSage

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answered Apr 02 '10 at 08:44

Hans Dockter

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Dimitar II · Answer 2 · 2019-08-01T15:02:11.923

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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'
    }
}

edited Aug 01 '19 at 15:02

answered May 06 '16 at 06:12

Dimitar II

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After hours of searching today, this solved my problem. For some reason the --project-root argument and rootProject.projectDir are ignored? No matter what I do "println project.projectDir" within build.gradle always echos the folder in which build.gradle lives in. Using: srcDir '../../src/main/java" fixed the problem. Thankyou! – KANJICODER May 23 '19 at 01:31

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 16 '17 at 05:54

Try:

sourceSets {
    main {
        java {
            srcDirs = ['src/java']
        }
        resources {
            srcDirs = ['src/resources']
        }
    }
}

or

sourceSets {
    main.java.srcDirs += 'src/java'
    main.resources.srcDirs += 'src/resources'
}

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

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