Gradle Archive Tasks

External

• https://docs.gradle.org/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask.html

Internal

• Gradle Task

Zip

https://docs.gradle.org/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Zip.html

Zip assembles a ZIP archive. The default is to compress the content of the ZIP.

task dist(type: Zip) {
    dependsOn spiJar
    from 'src/dist'
    into('libs') {
        from spiJar.archivePath
        from configurations.runtime
    }
}

Jar

https://docs.gradle.org/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar.html

Jar assembles a JAR archive.

task srcJar(type: Jar) {
   from sourceSets.main.allJava
}

A task that is used in a publishing process and builds a Java sources JAR:

task apiSources(type: Jar) {

    baseName = 'blue-api'
    classifier = 'sources'
    destinationDir = buildDir
    from buildDir.path + "/api-sources"
}

The sources from different sub-projects have been collected in root's ./build/api-sources by other tasks.