An example of how to use the Cobertura plugin with Gradle

build.gradle

plugins {
  id 'net.saliman.cobertura' version '2.2.7'
}

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy {
        // Cobertura includes an ASM version that can't handle Java 8, ASM 5.0.3 handles Java8
        // Please note that doesn't resolve all of the issues, such as the lack of support for Lambda expressions
        force 'org.ow2.asm:asm:5.0.3'
        forcedModules = [ 'org.ow2.asm:asm:5.0.3' ]
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12'
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

test.finalizedBy(project.tasks.cobertura)