Call gradle task from groovy w/o Runtime.exec()

Question

Can I call to gradle task from groovy script w/o calling gradle (gradlew) script as external program? I.e. put gradle jar to classpath and calling to main?

Yes, you can surely do it, the only question is how. Maybe it would be good to change your question. — Grzegorz Żur

kdabir kdabir · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-23T12:30:13

You can use Gradle Api to execute the task programmatically:

    ProjectConnection connection = GradleConnector.newConnector()
            .forProjectDirectory(projectDir) // the gradle project directory
            .connect()

    connection.newBuild()
                .forTasks(taskName) // set your task name here
                .run()

You need to depend on Gradle Api (the jar as you mentioned):

     "org.gradle:gradle-tooling-api:${gradle.gradleVersion}"

Call gradle task from groovy w/o Runtime.exec()

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