sample gradle build file

build.gradle

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'war'

// maven default
sourceCompatibility = 1.5

group = 'com.un1acker.employee'
version = '1.0'

repositories {
	mavenCentral()
}

ext {
	springVersion = '4.1.1.RELEASE'
	hibernateVersion = '4.3.7.Final'
	mysqlVersion = '5.1.27'
	apacheConnectionPoolingVersion = '1.4'
}

dependencies {
	compile 'org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.13'
	compile 'org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-core-asl:1.9.13'
	compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.4.1'
	compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.4.1.1'

	// Spring
	compile "org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion"
	compile "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion"
	compile "org.springframework:spring-orm:$springVersion"

	// Hibernate
	compile "org.hibernate:hibernate-core:$hibernateVersion"
	compile "org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:$hibernateVersion"

	// Apache's Database Connection Pooling
	compile "commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:$apacheConnectionPoolingVersion"
	compile "commons-pool:commons-pool:$apacheConnectionPoolingVersion"

	// MySQL
	compile "mysql:mysql-connector-java:$mysqlVersion"

	// Servlet
	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5'
	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
	compile 'javax.servlet:jstl:1.2'
}