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+/*
+ * Modular Gradle Build for justCheckers
+ * Author: Dorian Pula
+ * 
+ * 	URI for docs: http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/userguide_single.html
+ */
+
+// TODO: Add the Android Gradle plugin: https://github.com/jvoegele/gradle-android-plugin/wiki
+// TODO: Add in support for multiple projects, to allow for clean separation of projects.
+
+apply plugin: 'war'
+apply plugin: 'jetty'
+
+sourceCompatibility = 1.6
+targetCompatibility = 1.6
+
+// Description of the project
+description = 'justCheckers'
+version = '0.3'
+
+project.ext {
+	appName = 'justCheckers'
+    appBaseName = "justcheckers"
+
+    hibernateVersion = '3.5.4-Final'
+    slf4jVersion = '1.6.0'
+	springVersion = '3.1.3.RELEASE'
+}
+
+// Setup everything to work with the Eclipse friendly Web setup.
+sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs = ['src', 'gen']
+sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs = ['res']
+//sourceSets.test.java.srcDirs = ['test-src']
+	
+// Setup build script repositories starting with Maven repositories
+repositories {
+    flatDir {
+        dirs 'WebContent/WEB-INF/lib'
+    }
+	maven {
+	    url 'http://repo1.maven.org/maven2'
+	}
+}
+
+// Dependency management
+dependencies {
+
+    // Spring Framework + SLF4J
+    compile ('org.springframework:spring-context:' + project.springVersion) {
+        exclude module: 'commons-logging'
+    }
+    compile 'log4j:log4j:1.2.16'
+    compile 'org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:' + project.slf4jVersion
+    compile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:' + project.slf4jVersion
+    compile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:' + project.slf4jVersion
+
+    compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc:' + project.springVersion
+    compile 'org.springframework:spring-orm:' + project.springVersion
+    compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc:' + project.springVersion
+    compile 'org.springframework:spring-parent:' + project.springVersion
+    compile 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.22'
+
+    // xstream
+    compile 'com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.4.4'
+
+    // Hibernate + C3P0
+    compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate:' + project.hibernateVersion
+    compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-annotations:' + project.hibernateVersion
+    compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-c3p0:' + project.hibernateVersion
+    compile 'javassist:javassist:3.9.0.GA'
+
+    // Apache Commons Libraries
+    compile 'commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient:3.1'
+    compile 'commons-lang:commons-lang:2.4'
+
+    // FlexJson
+    compile 'net.sf.flexjson:flexjson:2.1'
+
+    // Javax Servlet and Mail APIs
+    providedCompile 'javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5'
+}
+
+// At the end of day we just need a JAR and a WAR.
+ext.sharedManifest = manifest {
+	
+	attributes(
+		'App-Name' : project.appName,
+		'App-Version' : version,
+		'Build-User' : System.properties['user.name'],
+		'Build-Time' : new Date().format('yyyy-MMMM-dd HH:mm:ss'),
+		'Build-OS' : System.properties['os.name'] + ' - version ' + System.properties['os.version'],
+		'Build-Sys' : System.properties['os.arch'],
+		'Java-Version' : System.properties['java.version'],
+		'Java-Vendor' : System.properties['java.vendor'],
+		'Java-VM' :
+			System.properties['java.vm.vendor'] + ' ' + System.properties['java.vm.name'] + ' v'
+				+ System.properties['java.vm.version'])
+}
+
+// Build the JAR.
+jar {
+	enabled = true
+	includeEmptyDirs = false
+	manifest = sharedManifest
+	include '**/**.class'
+    exclude 'build/**'
+}
+
+// Build WAR files that include the JAR file.  Add the resources back in.
+war {
+
+    from 'webapp'
+    exclude 'WEB-INF/lib'
+
+	classpath = project.configurations.runtime - project.configurations.providedRuntime + jar.outputs.files
+	manifest = sharedManifest
+
+    includeEmptyDirs = false
+	into('WEB-INF/classes') {
+		from sourceSets.main.resources
+	}
+}
+
+jettyRun {
+	httpPort = 8080
+	contextPath = project.appBaseName
+	webAppSourceDirectory = new File('webapp')
+}
+
+// Run embedded Jetty setup.
+jettyRunWar {
+	httpPort = 8080
+	contextPath = project.appBaseName
+}
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+//include 'core', 'web', 'android'
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