Custom Gradle Task and running dependent Liferay Tasks https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785294&threadId=112163985 2026-04-04T05:39:46Z 2026-04-04T05:39:46Z Kevin Neibarger https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=112180540 2019-01-30T13:05:32Z 2019-01-30T13:05:32Z

For those having similar problems, I figured out my issue. Using the call <strong>getTasksByName</strong> will retrieve the tasks created by Liferay. Below is a snippet of my <strong>build.gradle</strong><br /><br /><strong>ext {</strong><strong>    deployDir = &#34;$buildDir/../../../../bundles/liferay-ce-portal-7.1.0-ga1/osgi/modules&#34;</strong><strong>    jarsDir = &#34;$buildDir/../../bundles/osgi/modules/&#34;</strong><strong>}</strong><strong><br /></strong><strong>task deployJars() {</strong><strong> </strong><strong>  group = &#39;build&#39;</strong><strong>    description = &#39;Moves the portlet and service jars to the osgi modules directory on your Tomcat server&#39;</strong><strong>    </strong><strong>  doLast {</strong><strong>copy {</strong><strong>    // Delete files from Deploy Dir</strong><strong>    fileTree(&#34;$deployDir&#34;).each { file -&gt; </strong><strong>    if (file.isFile()) {</strong><strong>    delete file</strong><strong>    }</strong><strong>}</strong><strong>// Copy files to deployDir</strong><strong>fileTree(&#34;$jarsDir&#34;).each { file -&gt; </strong><strong>    if (file.isFile()){</strong><strong>    println &#34;COPY $file.path To $deployDir&#34;</strong><strong>    sleep(2 * 1000)</strong><strong>    from file </strong><strong>    into deployDir</strong><strong>    }</strong><strong>}</strong><strong>}</strong><strong>}</strong><strong>}</strong><strong>deployJars.dependsOn getTasksByName(&#39;clean&#39;, true)</strong><strong>deployJars.dependsOn getTasksByName(&#39;deploy&#39;, true)</strong>

Kevin Neibarger 2019-01-30T13:05:32Z Kevin Neibarger https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=112163984 2019-01-29T13:04:47Z 2019-01-29T13:04:47Z

<p>Since the Gradle build scripts build and compile JARs for Liferay 7.1 service builder and associated portlets I'm looking to create a custom task under &quot;build&quot; that removes JARs from the osgi/modules directory in the Tomcat server bundle and copy the new JARs built from the build/deploy task. Since the <strong>deploy</strong> task creates the JARs in the Workspace/bundles/osgi/modules directory, I need to move them to the LIFERAY_HOME/bundles/liferay-ce-portal-7.1.0-ga1/osgi/modules directory.</p> <p> </p> <p>The build/deploy tasks are somehow internal to the Liferay IDE when Gradle is used during mvc-portlet and service-builder creation. When I define my custom task in the build.gradle, the <strong>dependsOn(':deploy') </strong>it's telling me the <strong>deploy</strong> task isn't found. Is there a way to run the <strong>deploy </strong>task automatically before this custom task?</p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <strong>* What went wrong:</strong></span></p> <p> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <strong>Could not determine the dependencies of task ':moveJarsToDeploy'.</strong></span></p> <p> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <strong>&gt; Task with path 'deploy' not found in root project 'KHM-portlet-v71'.</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <strong>* Try:</strong></span></p> <p> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <strong>Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p>Here is the custom task</p> <p> </p> <p> <strong>task moveJarsToDeploy (type: Copy){</strong></p> <p> <strong> <span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,0);">   dependsOn('deploy')</span></strong></p> <p> <strong>    group = 'build'</strong></p> <p> <strong>    description = 'Moves the portlet and service jars to the osgi modules directory on your Tomcat server'</strong></p> <p> <strong>   </strong></p> <p> <strong>    // Delete files from Deploy Dir</strong></p> <p> <strong>    fileTree(&quot;$deployDir&quot;).each { file -&gt; </strong></p> <p> <strong>    if (file.isFile()) {</strong></p> <p> <strong>    delete file</strong></p> <p> <strong>    }</strong></p> <p> <strong>}</strong></p> <p> <strong>// Copy files to deployDir</strong></p> <p> <strong>fileTree(&quot;$jarsDir&quot;).each { file -&gt; </strong></p> <p> <strong>    if (file.isFile()){</strong></p> <p> <strong>    println &quot;COPY $file.path To $deployDir&quot;</strong></p> <p> <strong>    sleep(2 * 1000)</strong></p> <p> <strong>    from file </strong></p> <p> <strong>    into deployDir</strong></p> <p> <strong>    }</strong></p> <p> <strong>}</strong></p> <p> <strong>}</strong></p>

Kevin Neibarger 2019-01-29T13:04:47Z