Build File Reference

Build.kt contents

• Imports

• Project declaration(s) using the project directive

• Since it’s a Kotlin file, it can also contain any class or function you need

Example

import com.beust.kobalt.*
import java.time.ZonedDateTime
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter

fun getVersion() = ZonedDateTime.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.BASIC_ISO_DATE)

val kobalt = project {
    name = "kobalt"
    group = "com.beust"
    artifactId = name
    version = getVersion()
    directory = homeDir("kotlin/kobalt")
}

Note: the output of the project directive is assigned to the val kobalt. You could refer to the project via the val kobalt further in the build file, should you ever need to.

project directive

Parameters

This directive accepts these required and optional parameters

• name
• group
• artifactId
• version
• description

• directory

  Specifies the directory of a project that not in the root. This means that one build file can be used to build multiple projects.

Directives

Within this directive you can use these other directives:

• sourceDirectories
• sourceDirectoriesTest
• dependencies
• dependenciesTest
• application
• assemble

dependencies directive

Parameters

This directive accepts these required and optional parameters

• compile()

Directives

dependenciesTest directive

Parameters

This directive accepts these required and optional parameters

• compile()

Directives

application directive

Parameters

This directive accepts these required and optional parameters

Directives

assemble directive

Parameters

This directive accepts these required and optional parameters

Directives

Within an assemble directive you may use these other directives:

• jar
  • fatJar
  • manifest
• zip
  • include
• war
  • include