README.md

gradle-execfork-plugin

Gradle plugin for running background processes during a build. Both standard executables and java classes are supported.

Usage

For running a standard executable:

plugins {
  id 'com.github.psxpaul.execfork' version '0.2.0'
}

task startDaemon(type: com.github.psxpaul.task.ExecFork) {
    executable = './MainScript.sh'
    args = [ '-d', '/foo/bar/data', '-v', '-l', '3' ]
    workingDir = "$projectDir/src/main/bash"
    standardOutput = "$buildDir/daemon.log"
    errorOutput = "$buildDir/daemon-error.log"
    stopAfter = verify
    waitForPort = 8080
    waitForOutput = 'has started'
    environment = ['JAVA_HOME': "$buildDir/java", 'USER_HOME': "$buildDir/userhome"]
}

For running a java main class:

plugins {
  id 'com.github.psxpaul.execfork' version '0.2.0'
}

task startDaemon(type: com.github.psxpaul.task.JavaExecFork) {
    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
    main = 'com.sample.application.MainApp'
    args = [ '-d', '/foo/bar/data', '-v', '-l', '3' ]
    jvmArgs = [ '-Xmx500m', '-Djava.awt.headless=true' ]
    workingDir = "$buildDir/server"
    standardOutput = "$buildDir/daemon.log"
    errorOutput = "$buildDir/daemon-error.log"
    stopAfter = verify
    waitForPort = 8443
    waitForOutput = 'has started'
    environment 'JAVA_HOME', "$buildDir/java"
}

Supported Properties

ExecFork:

Name	Type	Description
workingDir	String	Optional. The path of the working directory to run the executable from. This is treated as a relative path, so specifying an absolute path should be preferred. Default: project.projectDir.absolutePath
args	List	Optional. A list of arguments to give to the executable.
standardOutput	String	Optional. The path of the file to write standard output to. If none is specified, process output is written to gradle's console output.
errorOutput	String	Optional. The path of the file to write error output to. If none is specified, the error output is directed to the same destination as the standard output.
waitForPort	Int	Optional. A port number to watch for to be open. Until opened, the task will block. If none is specified, the task will return immediately after launching the process.
waitForOutput	String	Optional. A string to look for in standardOutput. The task will block until this pattern appeared or the timeout is reached. If not specified, the task will return immediately after launching the process.
timeout	Long	Optional. The maximum number of seconds associated with the waitForPort or waitForOutput task. Default: 60
stopAfter	org.gradle.api.Task	Optional. A task that, when finished, will cause the process to stop. If none is specified, the process will stop at the very end of a build (whether successful or not).
executable	String	Required. The path to the executable.
environment	Two Strings OR one Map<String, String>	Optional. Environment variables to launch the executable with. You can either assign a Map with the '=' operator, or pass 2 Strings as key/value to the function. Note that multiple calls to this function are supported.
forceKill	Boolean	Optional. Kills the process foricbly. Forcible process destruction is defined as the immediate termination of a process, whereas normal termination allows the process to shut down cleanly.
killDescendants	Boolean	Optional. Kill all descendents of the started process. Default: true

JavaExecFork:

Name	Type	Description
workingDir	String	Optional. The path of the working directory to run the executable from. This is treated as a relative path, so specifying an absolute path should be preferred. Default: project.projectDir.absolutePath
args	List	Optional. A list of arguments to give to the executable.
standardOutput	String	Optional. The path of the file to write standard output to. If none is specified, process output is written to gradle's console output.
errorOutput	String	Optional. The path of the file to write error output to. If none is specified, the error output is directed to the same destination as the standard output.
waitForPort	Int	Optional. A port number to watch for to be open. Until opened, the task will block. If none is specified, the task will return immediately after launching the process.
waitForOutput	String	Optional. A string to look for in standardOutput. The task will block until this pattern appeared or the timeout is reached. If not specified, the task will return immediately after launching the process.
timeout	Long	Optional. The maximum number of seconds associated with the waitForPort or waitForOutput task. Default: 60
stopAfter	org.gradle.api.Task	Optional. A task that, when finished, will cause the process to stop. If none is specified, the process will stop at the very end of a build (whether successful or not).
classpath	org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection	Required. The classpath to use to launch the java main class.
main	String	Required. The qualified name of the main java class to execute.
jvmArgs	List	Optional. The list of arguments to give to the jvm when launching the java main class.
environment	Two Strings OR one Map<String, String>	Optional. Environment variables to launch the java main class with. You can either assign a Map with the '=' operator, or pass 2 Strings as key/value to the function. Note that multiple calls to this function are supported.
forceKill	Boolean	Optional. Kills the process foricbly. Forcible process destruction is defined as the immediate termination of a process, whereas normal termination allows the process to shut down cleanly.
killDescendants	Boolean	Optional. Kill all descendents of the started process. Default: true

Compatibility

Gradle Version	ExecFork version
< 4.10	0.1.8
4.10 - 5.2.x	0.1.9
5.3.0 - 5.5.x	0.1.11+
5.6.0 - 6.6.x	0.1.12 - 0.1.15
6.7.0+	0.2.+