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Eugene Goldberg
Eugene Goldberg

Reputation: 15564

is there a way to convert a spring boot maven pom project to gradle?

I have written a spring boot application, based on a few maven startup POM entries. Now, this application is being merged into a larger code base, which uses gradle to do builds. Is there a way to convert a maven based project to gradle without any major disruptions?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1157

Answers (1)

so-random-dude
so-random-dude

Reputation: 16585

https://gradle.org/migrating-a-maven-build-to-gradle/ is a good starting point

Gradle init task will automatically convert an existing Maven one to Gradle in addition to create a new skeleton project. Try running gradle init from the root project directory and see whether gradle is able to convert automatically. This command parses the existing POMs and generate corresponding Gradle build files plus a settings.gradle file if it’s a multi-project build. If you’re lucky and don’t have many plugins or much in the way of customization in your Maven build then gradle init will do the trick.

Here’s a list of Maven features that may make the process more difficult:

  • Bills of Material (BOMs)
  • “import” and “provided” scopes
  • Optional dependencies
  • Integration tests
  • Custom configurations
  • Less common Maven plugins
  • Custom plugins

In a nutshell, Yes automatic conversion is possible, but there are lot of catches.

Upvotes: 3

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