War

API Documentation:War

Assembles a WAR archive.

Properties

PropertyDescription
archiveAppendix

The appendix part of the archive name, if any.

archiveBaseName

The base name of the archive.

archiveClassifier

The classifier part of the archive name, if any.

archiveExtension

The extension part of the archive name.

archiveFile

The RegularFile where the archive is constructed. The path is simply the destinationDirectory plus the archiveFileName.

archiveFileName

The archive name. If the name has not been explicitly set, the pattern for the name is: [archiveBaseName]-[archiveAppendix]-[archiveVersion]-[archiveClassifier].[archiveExtension]

archiveVersion

The version part of the archive name.

caseSensitive

Specifies whether case-sensitive pattern matching should be used.

classpath

The classpath to include in the WAR archive. Any JAR or ZIP files in this classpath are included in the WEB-INF/lib directory. Any directories in this classpath are included in the WEB-INF/classes directory.

destinationDirectory

The directory where the archive will be placed.

dirPermissions

Property for configuring directory access permissions. For details see ConfigurableFilePermissions.

duplicatesStrategy

The strategy to use when trying to copy more than one file to the same destination.

entryCompression

The compression level of the entries of the archive. If set to ZipEntryCompression.DEFLATED (the default), each entry is compressed using the DEFLATE algorithm. If set to ZipEntryCompression.STORED the entries of the archive are left uncompressed.

excludes

The set of exclude patterns.

filePermissions

Property for configuring file access permissions. For details see ConfigurableFilePermissions.

includeEmptyDirs

Tells if empty target directories will be included in the copy.

includes

The set of include patterns.

manifest

The manifest for this JAR archive.

metadataCharset

The character set used to encode JAR metadata like file names. Defaults to UTF-8. You can change this property but it is not recommended as JVMs expect JAR metadata to be encoded using UTF-8

preserveFileTimestamps

Specifies whether file timestamps should be preserved in the archive.

reproducibleFileOrder

Specifies whether to enforce a reproducible file order when reading files from directories.

source

The source files for this task.

webXml

The web.xml file to include in the WAR archive. When null, no web.xml file is included in the WAR.

zip64

Whether the zip can contain more than 65535 files and/or support files greater than 4GB in size.

Methods

MethodDescription
classpath(classpath)

Adds files to the classpath to include in the WAR archive.

eachFile(closure)

Adds an action to be applied to each file as it about to be copied into its destination. The given closure is called with a FileCopyDetails as its parameter. Actions are executed in the order added, and are inherited from the parent spec.

eachFile(action)

Adds an action to be applied to each file as it is about to be copied into its destination. The action can change the destination path of the file, filter the contents of the file, or exclude the file from the result entirely. Actions are executed in the order added, and are inherited from the parent spec.

exclude(excludeSpec)

Adds an exclude spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs.The given closure is passed a FileTreeElement as its parameter. The closure should return true or false. Example:

exclude(excludes)

Adds an ANT style exclude pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

exclude(excludes)

Adds an ANT style exclude pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

exclude(excludeSpec)

Adds an exclude spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

expand(properties)

Expands property references in each file as it is copied. More specifically, each file is transformed using Groovy's SimpleTemplateEngine. This means you can use simple property references, such as $property or ${property} in the file. You can also include arbitrary Groovy code in the file, such as ${version ?: 'unknown'} or ${classpath*.name.join(' ')}

expand(properties, action)

Expands property references in each file as it is copied. More specifically, each file is transformed using Groovy's SimpleTemplateEngine. This means you can use simple property references, such as $property or ${property} in the file. You can also include arbitrary Groovy code in the file, such as ${version ?: 'unknown'} or ${classpath*.name.join(' ')}. The template engine can be configured with the provided action.

filesMatching(patterns, action)

Configure the FileCopyDetails for each file whose path matches any of the specified Ant-style patterns. This is equivalent to using eachFile() and selectively applying a configuration based on the file's path.

filesMatching(pattern, action)

Configure the FileCopyDetails for each file whose path matches the specified Ant-style pattern. This is equivalent to using eachFile() and selectively applying a configuration based on the file's path.

filesNotMatching(patterns, action)

Configure the FileCopyDetails for each file whose path does not match any of the specified Ant-style patterns. This is equivalent to using eachFile() and selectively applying a configuration based on the file's path.

filesNotMatching(pattern, action)

Configure the FileCopyDetails for each file whose path does not match the specified Ant-style pattern. This is equivalent to using eachFile() and selectively applying a configuration based on the file's path.

filter(closure)

Adds a content filter based on the provided closure. The Closure will be called with each line (stripped of line endings) and should return a String to replace the line or null to remove the line. If every line is removed, the result will be an empty file, not an absent one.

filter(filterType)

Adds a content filter to be used during the copy. Multiple calls to filter, add additional filters to the filter chain. Each filter should implement java.io.FilterReader. Include org.apache.tools.ant.filters.* for access to all the standard Ant filters.

filter(properties, filterType)

Adds a content filter to be used during the copy. Multiple calls to filter, add additional filters to the filter chain. Each filter should implement java.io.FilterReader. Include org.apache.tools.ant.filters.* for access to all the standard Ant filters.

filter(transformer)

Adds a content filter based on the provided transformer. The Closure will be called with each line (stripped of line endings) and should return a String to replace the line or null to remove the line. If every line is removed, the result will be an empty file, not an absent one.

from(sourcePath, c)

Specifies the source files or directories for a copy and creates a child CopySourceSpec. The given source path is evaluated as per Project.files(java.lang.Object[]) .

from(sourcePath, configureAction)

Specifies the source files or directories for a copy and creates a child CopySpec. The given source path is evaluated as per Project.files(java.lang.Object[]) .

from(sourcePaths)

Specifies source files or directories for a copy. The given paths are evaluated as per Project.files(java.lang.Object[]).

include(includeSpec)

Adds an include spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. The given closure is passed a FileTreeElement as its parameter. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns or specs to be included.

include(includes)

Adds an ANT style include pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns to be processed.

include(includes)

Adds an ANT style include pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns to be processed.

include(includeSpec)

Adds an include spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns or specs to be included.

into(destPath)

Specifies the destination directory *inside* the archive for the files. The destination is evaluated as per Project.file(java.lang.Object). Don't mix it up with AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDirectory() which specifies the output directory for the archive.

into(destPath, configureClosure)

Creates and configures a child CopySpec with a destination directory *inside* the archive for the files. The destination is evaluated as per Project.file(java.lang.Object). Don't mix it up with AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDirectory() which specifies the output directory for the archive.

into(destPath, copySpec)

Creates and configures a child CopySpec with a destination directory *inside* the archive for the files. The destination is evaluated as per Project.file(java.lang.Object). Don't mix it up with AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDirectory() which specifies the output directory for the archive.

manifest(configureClosure)

Configures the manifest for this JAR archive.

manifest(configureAction)

Configures the manifest for this JAR archive.

metaInf(configureClosure)

Adds content to this JAR archive's META-INF directory.

metaInf(configureAction)

Adds content to this JAR archive's META-INF directory.

rename(closure)

Renames a source file. The closure will be called with a single parameter, the name of the file. The closure should return a String object with a new target name. The closure may return null, in which case the original name will be used.

rename(sourceRegEx, replaceWith)

Renames files based on a regular expression. Uses java.util.regex type of regular expressions. Note that the replace string should use the '$1' syntax to refer to capture groups in the source regular expression. Files that do not match the source regular expression will be copied with the original name.

rename(sourceRegEx, replaceWith)

Renames files based on a regular expression. See CopyProcessingSpec.rename(java.lang.String, java.lang.String).

rename(renamer)

Renames a source file. The function will be called with a single parameter, the name of the file. The function should return a new target name. The function may return null, in which case the original name will be used.

webInf(configureClosure)

Adds some content to the WEB-INF directory for this WAR archive.

webInf(configureAction)

Adds some content to the WEB-INF directory for this WAR archive.

with(sourceSpecs)

Adds the given specs as a child of this spec.

Script blocks

No script blocks

Property details

Property<String> archiveAppendix

The appendix part of the archive name, if any.

Default with war plugin:
""

Property<String> archiveBaseName

The base name of the archive.

Default with war plugin:
project.archivesBaseName

Property<String> archiveClassifier

The classifier part of the archive name, if any.

Default with war plugin:
""

Property<String> archiveExtension

The extension part of the archive name.

Provider<RegularFile> archiveFile

The RegularFile where the archive is constructed. The path is simply the destinationDirectory plus the archiveFileName.

Default with war plugin:
${destinationDirectory}/${archiveFileName}

Property<String> archiveFileName

The archive name. If the name has not been explicitly set, the pattern for the name is: [archiveBaseName]-[archiveAppendix]-[archiveVersion]-[archiveClassifier].[archiveExtension]

Default with war plugin:
${archiveBaseName}-${archiveAppendix}-${archiveVersion}-${archiveClassifier}.${archiveExtension}

Property<String> archiveVersion

The version part of the archive name.

Default with war plugin:
project.version

boolean caseSensitive

Specifies whether case-sensitive pattern matching should be used.

Default with war plugin:
true

FileCollection classpath

The classpath to include in the WAR archive. Any JAR or ZIP files in this classpath are included in the WEB-INF/lib directory. Any directories in this classpath are included in the WEB-INF/classes directory.

Default with war plugin:
project.sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath - project.configurations.providedRuntime

DirectoryProperty destinationDirectory

The directory where the archive will be placed.

Default with war plugin:
project.distsDir

Property for configuring directory access permissions. For details see ConfigurableFilePermissions.

Default with war plugin:
null

DuplicatesStrategy duplicatesStrategy

The strategy to use when trying to copy more than one file to the same destination.

The value can be set with a case insensitive string of the enum value (e.g. 'exclude' for DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE).

This strategy can be overridden for individual files by using CopySpec.eachFile(org.gradle.api.Action) or CopySpec.filesMatching(java.lang.String, org.gradle.api.Action).

Default with war plugin:
DuplicatesStrategy.INHERIT

ZipEntryCompression entryCompression

The compression level of the entries of the archive. If set to ZipEntryCompression.DEFLATED (the default), each entry is compressed using the DEFLATE algorithm. If set to ZipEntryCompression.STORED the entries of the archive are left uncompressed.

Default:
ZipEntryCompression.DEFLATED

Set<String> excludes

The set of exclude patterns.

Default with war plugin:
[]

Property for configuring file access permissions. For details see ConfigurableFilePermissions.

Default with war plugin:
null

boolean includeEmptyDirs

Tells if empty target directories will be included in the copy.

Default with war plugin:
true

Set<String> includes

The set of include patterns.

Default with war plugin:
[]

Manifest manifest

The manifest for this JAR archive.

String metadataCharset

The character set used to encode JAR metadata like file names. Defaults to UTF-8. You can change this property but it is not recommended as JVMs expect JAR metadata to be encoded using UTF-8

Default:
UTF-8

boolean preserveFileTimestamps

Specifies whether file timestamps should be preserved in the archive.

If false this ensures that archive entries have the same time for builds between different machines, Java versions and operating systems.

Default with war plugin:
true

boolean reproducibleFileOrder

Specifies whether to enforce a reproducible file order when reading files from directories.

Gradle will then walk the directories on disk which are part of this archive in a reproducible order independent of file systems and operating systems. This helps Gradle reliably produce byte-for-byte reproducible archives.

Default with war plugin:
false

FileCollection source (read-only)

The source files for this task.

File webXml

The web.xml file to include in the WAR archive. When null, no web.xml file is included in the WAR.

Default with war plugin:
null

boolean zip64

Whether the zip can contain more than 65535 files and/or support files greater than 4GB in size.

The standard zip format has hard limits on file size and count. The Zip64 format extension practically removes these limits and is therefore required for building large zips.

However, not all Zip readers support the Zip64 extensions. Notably, the ZipInputStream JDK class does not support Zip64 for versions earlier than Java 7. This means you should not enable this property if you are building JARs to be used with Java 6 and earlier runtimes.

Default:
false

Method details

void classpath(Object... classpath)

Adds files to the classpath to include in the WAR archive.

AbstractCopyTask eachFile(Closure closure)

Adds an action to be applied to each file as it about to be copied into its destination. The given closure is called with a FileCopyDetails as its parameter. Actions are executed in the order added, and are inherited from the parent spec.

AbstractCopyTask eachFile(Action<? super FileCopyDetails> action)

Adds an action to be applied to each file as it is about to be copied into its destination. The action can change the destination path of the file, filter the contents of the file, or exclude the file from the result entirely. Actions are executed in the order added, and are inherited from the parent spec.

AbstractCopyTask exclude(Closure excludeSpec)

Adds an exclude spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs.The given closure is passed a FileTreeElement as its parameter. The closure should return true or false. Example:

copySpec {
  from 'source'
  into 'destination'
  //an example of excluding files from certain configuration:
  exclude { it.file in configurations.someConf.files }
}

If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

AbstractCopyTask exclude(Iterable<String> excludes)

Adds an ANT style exclude pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

AbstractCopyTask exclude(String... excludes)

Adds an ANT style exclude pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

AbstractCopyTask exclude(Spec<FileTreeElement> excludeSpec)

Adds an exclude spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

AbstractCopyTask expand(Map<String, ?> properties)

Expands property references in each file as it is copied. More specifically, each file is transformed using Groovy's SimpleTemplateEngine. This means you can use simple property references, such as $property or ${property} in the file. You can also include arbitrary Groovy code in the file, such as ${version ?: 'unknown'} or ${classpath*.name.join(' ')}

Note that all escape sequences (\n, \t, \\, etc) are converted to the symbols they represent, so, for example, \n becomes newline. If this is undesirable then ContentFilterable.expand(java.util.Map, org.gradle.api.Action) should be used to disable this behavior.

AbstractCopyTask expand(Map<String, ?> properties, Action<? super ExpandDetails> action)

Expands property references in each file as it is copied. More specifically, each file is transformed using Groovy's SimpleTemplateEngine. This means you can use simple property references, such as $property or ${property} in the file. You can also include arbitrary Groovy code in the file, such as ${version ?: 'unknown'} or ${classpath*.name.join(' ')}. The template engine can be configured with the provided action.

Note that by default all escape sequences (\n, \t, \\, etc) are converted to the symbols they represent, so, for example, \n becomes newline. This behavior is controlled by ExpandDetails.getEscapeBackslash() property. It should be set to true to disable escape sequences conversion:

expand(one: '1', two: 2) {
    escapeBackslash = true
}

AbstractCopyTask filesMatching(Iterable<String> patterns, Action<? super FileCopyDetails> action)

Configure the FileCopyDetails for each file whose path matches any of the specified Ant-style patterns. This is equivalent to using eachFile() and selectively applying a configuration based on the file's path.

AbstractCopyTask filesMatching(String pattern, Action<? super FileCopyDetails> action)

Configure the FileCopyDetails for each file whose path matches the specified Ant-style pattern. This is equivalent to using eachFile() and selectively applying a configuration based on the file's path.

AbstractCopyTask filesNotMatching(Iterable<String> patterns, Action<? super FileCopyDetails> action)

Configure the FileCopyDetails for each file whose path does not match any of the specified Ant-style patterns. This is equivalent to using eachFile() and selectively applying a configuration based on the file's path.

AbstractCopyTask filesNotMatching(String pattern, Action<? super FileCopyDetails> action)

Configure the FileCopyDetails for each file whose path does not match the specified Ant-style pattern. This is equivalent to using eachFile() and selectively applying a configuration based on the file's path.

AbstractCopyTask filter(Closure closure)

Adds a content filter based on the provided closure. The Closure will be called with each line (stripped of line endings) and should return a String to replace the line or null to remove the line. If every line is removed, the result will be an empty file, not an absent one.

AbstractCopyTask filter(Class<? extends FilterReader> filterType)

Adds a content filter to be used during the copy. Multiple calls to filter, add additional filters to the filter chain. Each filter should implement java.io.FilterReader. Include org.apache.tools.ant.filters.* for access to all the standard Ant filters.

Examples:

filter(StripJavaComments)
filter(com.mycompany.project.CustomFilter)

AbstractCopyTask filter(Map<String, ?> properties, Class<? extends FilterReader> filterType)

Adds a content filter to be used during the copy. Multiple calls to filter, add additional filters to the filter chain. Each filter should implement java.io.FilterReader. Include org.apache.tools.ant.filters.* for access to all the standard Ant filters.

Filter properties may be specified using groovy map syntax.

Examples:

filter(HeadFilter, lines:25, skip:2)
filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens:[copyright:'2009', version:'2.3.1'])

Adds a content filter based on the provided transformer. The Closure will be called with each line (stripped of line endings) and should return a String to replace the line or null to remove the line. If every line is removed, the result will be an empty file, not an absent one.

AbstractCopyTask from(Object sourcePath, Closure c)

Specifies the source files or directories for a copy and creates a child CopySourceSpec. The given source path is evaluated as per Project.files(java.lang.Object[]) .

AbstractCopyTask from(Object sourcePath, Action<? super CopySpec> configureAction)

Specifies the source files or directories for a copy and creates a child CopySpec. The given source path is evaluated as per Project.files(java.lang.Object[]) .

AbstractCopyTask from(Object... sourcePaths)

Specifies source files or directories for a copy. The given paths are evaluated as per Project.files(java.lang.Object[]).

AbstractCopyTask include(Closure includeSpec)

Adds an include spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. The given closure is passed a FileTreeElement as its parameter. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns or specs to be included.

AbstractCopyTask include(Iterable<String> includes)

Adds an ANT style include pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns to be processed.

AbstractCopyTask include(String... includes)

Adds an ANT style include pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns to be processed.

AbstractCopyTask include(Spec<FileTreeElement> includeSpec)

Adds an include spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. If includes are not provided, then all files in this container will be included. If includes are provided, then a file must match at least one of the include patterns or specs to be included.

Specifies the destination directory *inside* the archive for the files. The destination is evaluated as per Project.file(java.lang.Object). Don't mix it up with AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDirectory() which specifies the output directory for the archive.

AbstractArchiveTask into(Object destPath, Closure configureClosure)

Creates and configures a child CopySpec with a destination directory *inside* the archive for the files. The destination is evaluated as per Project.file(java.lang.Object). Don't mix it up with AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDirectory() which specifies the output directory for the archive.

CopySpec into(Object destPath, Action<? super CopySpec> copySpec)

Creates and configures a child CopySpec with a destination directory *inside* the archive for the files. The destination is evaluated as per Project.file(java.lang.Object). Don't mix it up with AbstractArchiveTask.getDestinationDirectory() which specifies the output directory for the archive.

Jar manifest(Closure<?> configureClosure)

Configures the manifest for this JAR archive.

The given closure is executed to configure the manifest. The Manifest is passed to the closure as its delegate.

Jar manifest(Action<? super Manifest> configureAction)

Configures the manifest for this JAR archive.

The given action is executed to configure the manifest.

CopySpec metaInf(Closure<?> configureClosure)

Adds content to this JAR archive's META-INF directory.

The given closure is executed to configure a CopySpec. The CopySpec is passed to the closure as its delegate.

CopySpec metaInf(Action<? super CopySpec> configureAction)

Adds content to this JAR archive's META-INF directory.

The given action is executed to configure a CopySpec.

AbstractCopyTask rename(Closure closure)

Renames a source file. The closure will be called with a single parameter, the name of the file. The closure should return a String object with a new target name. The closure may return null, in which case the original name will be used.

AbstractCopyTask rename(String sourceRegEx, String replaceWith)

Renames files based on a regular expression. Uses java.util.regex type of regular expressions. Note that the replace string should use the '$1' syntax to refer to capture groups in the source regular expression. Files that do not match the source regular expression will be copied with the original name.

Example:

rename '(.*)_OEM_BLUE_(.*)', '$1$2'

would map the file 'style_OEM_BLUE_.css' to 'style.css'

AbstractCopyTask rename(Pattern sourceRegEx, String replaceWith)

Renames files based on a regular expression. See CopyProcessingSpec.rename(java.lang.String, java.lang.String).

Renames a source file. The function will be called with a single parameter, the name of the file. The function should return a new target name. The function may return null, in which case the original name will be used.

CopySpec webInf(Closure configureClosure)

Adds some content to the WEB-INF directory for this WAR archive.

The given closure is executed to configure a CopySpec. The CopySpec is passed to the closure as its delegate.

CopySpec webInf(Action<? super CopySpec> configureAction)

Adds some content to the WEB-INF directory for this WAR archive.

The given action is executed to configure a CopySpec.

CopySpec with(CopySpec... sourceSpecs)

Adds the given specs as a child of this spec.

def contentSpec = copySpec {
  from("content") {
    include "**/*.txt"
  }
}

task copy(type: Copy) {
  into "$buildDir/copy"
  with contentSpec
}