Gradle - jar file name in java plugin

Question

I am trying with Gradle first time. I am trying with a maven java project to compile and create a jar file. It is compiling and creating the jar file in build/libs directory as

Answer 1

Try setting:

archivesBaseName = 'project1'

or

jar.baseName = 'project1'

Here is the full solution:

trunk
˪ build
  ˪ libs
    ˪ project1-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar 
˪ build.gradle

build.gradle is:

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'maven'

archivesBaseName = 'project1'
version = '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
group = 'example'

It produces correct ZIPs, POMs and JARs.

Answer 2

If you has some submobule, you can use in build.gradle (for jar)

configurations {
    jar.archiveName = 'submodule-jar.jar'
}

Answer 3

I recently migrated to gradle 4.6 (from 3. something) and the

jar {
    baseName = 'myjarname'
}

stopped working, gradle named my jar from the folder name.

So I switched to archivesBaseName = 'myjarname' which works.

Maybe this helps somebody else too.