Gradle task for intellij Idea

gistfile1.txt

//Create a simple java project to generate the iml file first

task idea << {

    // change this to the name of your module file
    def moduleFileName = "<your project name>.iml"
    def root = new XmlParser().parse(moduleFileName)
    def newModuleRootManager = root.component.find {it.'@name' == 'NewModuleRootManager'}

    // if there is already a module library in place we should remove it
    remove(newModuleRootManager)

    // add the new module library with our current gradle dependencies
    addEntry(newModuleRootManager)

    // output the .iml XML
    def writer = new StringWriter()
    new XmlNodePrinter(new PrintWriter(writer)).print(root)
    def result = writer.toString()
    print result

    // overwrite our old .iml file
    def moduleFile = new File(moduleFileName)
    moduleFile.text = result
}

private def addEntry(newModuleRootManager) {
    def newEntry = newModuleRootManager.appendNode('orderEntry', [type: project.orderEntryType])
    def newLibrary = newEntry.appendNode('library', [name: project.gradleLibraryId])
    def classesNode = newLibrary.appendNode('CLASSES')

    def path = configurations.compile.asPath
    def jars = path.split(System.getProperty("path.separator"))
    jars = Arrays.asList(jars)

    jars.each { jar ->

        classesNode.appendNode('root', [url: "jar://$jar!/"])
    }
}

private def remove(newModuleRootManager) {
    def oldEntry = newModuleRootManager.orderEntry.find {
        (it.'@type' == project.orderEntryType) && (it.library[0].'@name' == project.gradleLibraryId)
    }
    if (oldEntry) {
        newModuleRootManager.remove(oldEntry)
    }
}