How to pass parameters to main method using Gradle?

Question

I have to pass two arguments to my main method. My build script is

// Apply the java plugin to add support for Java
apply plugin: 'java'

// In this section you declare where to find the dependencies of your project
repositories {
    // Use 'maven central' for resolving your dependencies.
    mavenCentral()
}

// In this section you declare the dependencies for your production and test code
dependencies {
    compile 'com.example:example-core:1.7.6'
}

task main(type: JavaExec, dependsOn: classes) {
    description = 'This task will start the main class of the example project'
    group = 'Example'
    main = 'com.example.core.Example'
    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath

}

If I try:

gradlew main doc.json text.txt

Then an error occured.

org.gradle.execution.TaskSelectionException: Task 'doc.json' not found in root project

How can I pass arguments to my main method command line easily?

See also http://stackoverflow.com/q/11696521/ – Joshua Goldberg Jun 20 '14 at 14:29 — Joshua Goldberg, Jun 20 '14 at 14:29

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '15 at 01:08

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task run(type: JavaExec) {
    main = "pkg.MainClass"
    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
    args = ["arg1", "arg2"]
}

answered May 12 '15 at 01:08

juliocesarfx

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score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '14 at 12:25

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You should use use -P as listed in the Gradle command line documentation.

For example, the following will work:

gradlew main -Parg1=doc.json --project-prop arg2=text.txt

And you access them in your Gradle script like this:

println "$arg1 $arg2"

answered Mar 15 '14 at 12:25

Erik Pragt

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-Pargs="doc.json,text.txt" or how to pass this system property to the main method? – Xelian Mar 15 '14 at 12:28
Ok, bu then how to pass them to the main method? – Xelian Mar 15 '14 at 12:32
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http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.tasks.JavaExec.html. Check the 'args' property. – Erik Pragt Mar 15 '14 at 12:34
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in main adding:args = ["$arg1","$arg2"] Thanks @Erik – Xelian Mar 15 '14 at 13:17

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '17 at 10:30

task run1(type: JavaExec) {
    main = "pkg.mainclass"
    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
    args = ["$arg1","$arg2",...]
}

//I have named as run1 it can be any task name

While invoking the gradle script:
c:\> gradle run1 -Parg1="test123" -Parg2="sss"

How to pass parameters to main method using Gradle?

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