Gradle application plugin with multiple main classes

Question

I\'m using the gradle \'application\' plugin to start my application. This works well. Now I want to add the option to start a different main class in the same project. Can I ch

Answer 1

Use javaExec task to handle it :

task run(type: JavaExec) {
    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath

    if (project.hasProperty('first')){
        if (chooseMain == 'Main1'){
            main = 'application.Main1'
        } else if (chooseMain == 'second'){
            main = 'application.Main2'
        }
    } else {
        println 'please pass the main name'
    }
}

And from the command line pass your option in that way :

gradle run -PchooseMain=first