sfl4j logging with Groovy using Gradle to manage dependencies (build.gradle) See http://vazexqi.github.com/posts/2013/02/24/groovy-sfl4j.html

build.gradle

apply plugin: 'groovy'                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
repositories {                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    mavenCentral()                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
    // For newer/beta versions of Groovy                                                                                                                                                                                                      
    maven {                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
        url 'http://repository.codehaus.org/'                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    }                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
}                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
dependencies {                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    groovy group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', name: 'groovy', version: '2.1.0'                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
    // Using sfl4j allows us to replace different loggers later, if desired                                                                                                                                                                   
    compile group: 'org.slf4j', name:'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.2'                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
    // sfl4j is just a facade for loggers. To actually get logging to work, you need to                                                                                                                                                       
    // tie it in with some actual implementation, e.g., logback                                                                                                                                                                               
    compile group: 'ch.qos.logback', name:'logback-classic', version: '1.0.9'                                                                                                                                                                 
    compile group: 'ch.qos.logback', name:'logback-core', version: '1.0.9'                                                                                                                                                                    
}                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
task(runMyExample, dependsOn: [compileGroovy], type: JavaExec) {                                                                                                                                                                              
    main = 'MyExample'                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath + files('config/')                                                                                                                                                                           
}