Example Gradle build for multi-project Java that copies jar files to specific paths

build.gradle

apply plugin: 'eclipse'

allprojects {
}

subprojects { apply plugin: 'java' }

project(':DMTableInput') {
  dependencies { compile project(':DMUtils') }
}

project(':GroovyScript') {

  }

// list all the libraries here that need to be copied to the biserver
def libSpec = copySpec {
  from("DMUtils") { include "build/libs/*.jar" }
}

// list all the custom plugins here that need to be copied to the biserver
def stepsSpec = copySpec {
  from(".") {
    include "DMTableInput/build/libs/DMTableInput.jar"
    include "DMTableInput/DMTableInput/*.*"
	include "GroovyScript/*.*"
  }
}

// This is where pentaho customized libaries and step plugins will reside
def bisvrLibsDir="${System.env.HOME}/git/emt/biserver-ce/tomcat/webapps/pentaho/WEB-INF/lib"
def bisvrStepsDir="${System.env.HOME}/git/emt/biserver-ce/pentaho-solutions/system/kettle/plugins"
def spoonLibsDir="${System.env.HOME}/git/data-integration/lib"
def spoonStepsDir="${System.env.HOME}/git/data-integration/plugins"

// custom steps to copy libraries and customer plugin steps to biserver

task copyLibs(dependsOn: subprojects.jar) {
  copy {
    into "$bisvrLibsDir"
    with libSpec
    eachFile { details -> details.path = details.name }
    includeEmptyDirs = false
  }
  copy {
    into "$spoonLibsDir"
    with libSpec
    eachFile { details -> details.path = details.name }
    includeEmptyDirs = false
  }
}

task copySteps(dependsOn: subprojects.jar) {
  copy {
    into "$bisvrStepsDir"
    with stepsSpec
    eachFile { details -> details.path = details.sourcePath.split("/")[0] + "/" + details.name }
    includeEmptyDirs = false
  }
  copy {
    into "$spoonStepsDir"
    with stepsSpec
    eachFile { details -> details.path = details.sourcePath.split("/")[0] + "/" + details.name }
    includeEmptyDirs = false
  }
}

task copyLocal(dependsOn: [':copyLibs', ':copySteps']) {
}