Create Jetty Server Minimal

build.gradle

group 'com.dgstack.eg'
version '1.0'

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

sourceCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
  compile group: 'org.eclipse.jetty', name: 'jetty-server', version: '9.3.15.v20161220'
  compile group: 'org.eclipse.jetty', name: 'jetty-webapp', version: '9.3.15.v20161220'
}

task runApp(type: JavaExec) {
  classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
  main = 'com.dgstack.eg.JettyServer'
}

JettyServer.java

package com.dgstack.eg;

import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
import org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext;

public class JettyServer {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		Server server = new Server(8080);
		WebAppContext context = new WebAppContext();
		context.setContextPath("/");
		context.setDescriptor("src/main/webapp/web.xml");
	    context.setResourceBase("src/main/webapp/");
	    server.setHandler(context);
	    server.start();
	}
}