The Jetty plug-in inherits from the War plug-in and adds some tasks that allow you to deploy your web application to a Jetty web embedded container during construction.
Usage
To use Jetty’s plug-in, please include the following statement in the build script:
Use Jetty plug-in
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build.gradle
apply plugin:'jetty'
Task
Jetty plugin defines the following Tasks:
Table 28.1. Jetty plug-in-tasks
| task name | depends on | Type | Description |
jettyRun |
compile |
jettyRun | Start the Jetty instance and deploy the exploded web application. |
jettyRunWar |
war |
jettyRunWar | Start the Jetty instance and deploy the WAR package. |
jettyStop |
– | jettyStop | Stop the Jetty instance. |
Figure 28.1. Jetty plug-in-tasks
Project layout
The Jetty plugin uses the same layout as the War plugin.
Dependency Management
The Jetty plugin does not define any dependency configuration.
Convention attributes
Jetty plugin defines the following convention attributes:
Table 28.2. Jetty plugin-attributes
| Attribute name | Type | Default value | Description |
contextPath |
String |
The deployment location of the application in the Jetty container. | |
httpPort |
Integer |
8080 |
The TCP port where Jetty listens for HTTP requests. |
stopPort |
Integer |
null |
Jetty listens to the TCP port requested by the admin. |
stopKey |
String |
null |
The key passed to Jetty when it needs to stop. |
These attributes are provided by a JettyPluginConvention convention object.