buildscript { ext { springBootPlugin = 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin' springBootVersion = '2.0.2.RELEASE' thinPlugin = 'org.springframework.boot.experimental:spring-boot-thin-gradle-plugin' thinVersion = '1.0.11.RELEASE' } repositories { mavenCentral() } dependencies { classpath("${springBootPlugin}:${springBootVersion}") classpath("${thinPlugin}:${thinVersion}") } } apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'eclipse' apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot' apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management' //add tasks thinJar and thinResolve for thin JAR deployments apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot.experimental.thin-launcher' group = 'org.baeldung' version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT' sourceCompatibility = 1.8 repositories { mavenCentral() } dependencies { compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter') testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') } springBoot { mainClassName = 'org.baeldung.DemoApplication' } bootJar { // This is overridden by the mainClassName in springBoot{} and added here for reference purposes. mainClassName = 'org.baeldung.DemoApplication' // This block serves the same purpose as the above thus commented out. Added here for reference purposes // manifest { // attributes 'Start-Class': 'org.baeldung.DemoApplication' // } } //Enable this to generate and use a pom.xml file apply plugin: 'maven' //If you want to customize the generated pom.xml you can edit this task and add it as a dependency to the bootJar task task createPom { def basePath = 'build/resources/main/META-INF/maven' doLast { pom { withXml(dependencyManagement.pomConfigurer) }.writeTo("${basePath}/${project.group}/${project.name}/pom.xml") } } //Uncomment the following to use your custom generated pom.xml bootJar.dependsOn = [createPom] //Enable this to generate and use a thin.properties file //bootJar.dependsOn = [thinProperties]