Gradle plugins in java - eclipse

Question

I want to write a custom plugin for gradle and move my gradle tasks to it. Now, I am using eclipse to write groovy code for my plugin and creating a jar as an output which is being used by my gradle project. I have been comfortable with writing tasks in android studio for gradle but I am not so comfortable with groovy in eclipse. I am sure there must be a slight difference in syntax but I am not aware. If some one can help. Ex, I have this task :
task example(type: Copy) {
delete('dist/')
from('build/intermediates/bundles/release')
into('dist/')
include('classes.jar')
def jarName = componentName + '-' + versionName + buildNumber + '.jar'
rename('classes.jar', jarName)
}
How to write the task in the Plugin in eclipse.

Answer 1

Here is a simple example of creating a custom plugin that adds a task to the task graph
class MySweetPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
#Override
void apply(Project project) {
project.getTasks().create("mySweetTask", SomeTask)
}
}
class SomeTask extends DefaultTask {
#TaskAction
void thisIsMyTask() throws Exception {
// do task work
}
}
You task being type Copy might look more like this, depends on what you want to do and how separated you want your code.
class MySweetPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
#Override
void apply(Project project) {
project.getTasks().create(type: Copy, "copyToLib") {
delete('dist/')
from('build/intermediates/bundles/release')
into('dist/')
include('classes.jar')
def jarName = componentName + '-' + versionName + buildNumber + '.jar'
rename('classes.jar', jarName)
}
}
}