build.gradle

import org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.model.Facet
import org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.model.SourceFolder
import org.akhikhl.gretty.TomcatStartTask

buildscript {
    repositories {
      jcenter()
    }
    
    dependencies {
        classpath 'org.akhikhl.gretty:gretty:+'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'war'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'eclipse-wtp'
apply plugin: 'org.akhikhl.gretty'

sourceCompatibility = 1.7
targetCompatibility = 1.7
compileJava.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
compileTestJava.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
webAppDirName = 'WebRoot'

task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
    gradleVersion = '2.13'
}

gretty {
    servletContainer = 'tomcat8'
    httpPort = 9080
    scanInterval = 30
    managedClassReload = true
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

configurations {
    all*.exclude module: 'commons-logging'
    all*.exclude module: 'log4j'
}

dependencies {
    
    compile 'org.springframework:spring-context:4.2.6.RELEASE'
    compile 'org.springframework:spring-web:4.2.6.RELEASE'
    compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc:4.2.6.RELEASE'
    compile 'org.springframework:spring-orm:4.2.6.RELEASE'
    compile 'org.springframework:spring-test:4.2.6.RELEASE'
    compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-core:4.3.11.Final'
    compile('org.apache.struts:struts2-core:2.3.28.1') {
        exclude module:'javassist'
    }
    compile('org.apache.struts:struts2-spring-plugin:2.3.28.1') {
        exclude module:'javassist'
    }
    
    compile 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.38'
    
    compile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12'
    compile 'ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.1.3'
    compile 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3'
    compile 'org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:1.7.12'
    compile 'org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.12'
    
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

eclipse {
    // do NOT work, puzzling me
    classpath {
        defaultOutputDir = file('bin')
        
        file {
            beforeMerged { classpath ->
                classpath.entries.clear()
            }
            whenMerged {  cp ->
                cp.entries.findAll { it instanceof SourceFolder && it.path.startsWith("src/main/") }*.output = "bin/main"
                cp.entries.findAll { it instanceof SourceFolder && it.path.startsWith("src/test/") }*.output = "bin/test"
                cp.entries.removeAll { it.kind == "output" }
            }
            
            /*withXml { n ->
                def cpEntry = n.asNode().classpathentry
                cpEntry.findAll { it.@path.startsWith('src/main') }.each { it.@output = 'bin/main' }
                cpEntry.findAll { it.@path.startsWith('src/test') }.each { it.@output = 'bin/test' }
            }*/
        }
    }
    
    wtp {
        facet {
            facet name: 'java', type: Facet.FacetType.fixed
            facet name: 'jst.web', type: Facet.FacetType.fixed
            facet name: 'wst.jsdt.web', type: Facet.FacetType.fixed
            facet name: 'java', version: '1.7'
            facet name: 'jst.web', version: '3.0'
            facet name: 'wst.jsdt.web', version: '1.0'
            
            file.withXml { provider ->
                provider.asNode().fixed.find { it.@facet == 'jst.java' }.@facet = 'jst2.java'
            }
        }
    }
}