Gradle doesn't copy html files into executed jar - spring-boot

Question

build.gradle
buildscript {
ext {
springBootVersion = '2.0.6.RELEASE'
springRestDocsVersion = '2.0.2.RELEASE'
gradleDockerVersion = '1.2'
asciidoctorGradlePluginVersion = '1.5.9.2'
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}")
classpath("org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-plugin:${asciidoctorGradlePluginVersion}")
classpath("se.transmode.gradle:gradle-docker:${gradleDockerVersion}")
}
}
plugins {
id "org.springframework.boot" version "2.0.6.RELEASE"
id "org.asciidoctor.convert" version "1.5.9.2"
}
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'maven'
apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
apply plugin: 'org.asciidoctor.convert'
apply plugin: 'application'
apply plugin: 'docker'
apply from: 'local.gradle'
mainClassName = 'class.path.package.BootApplication'
version = '0.0.3a'
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
// Standard spring boot packages
compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web')
compile('org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-config')
compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jersey')
compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security')
compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation')
compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa')
compile('org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-client')
compile('org.postgresql:postgresql')
compile('biz.paluch.redis:lettuce:4.4.6.Final')
compile('org.pacesys:openstack4j-core:3.1.0')
compile('org.pacesys.openstack4j.connectors:openstack4j-httpclient:3.1.0')
// Dozer object mapping
compile('net.sf.dozer:dozer:5.5.1')
// Sengrid library
compile('com.sendgrid:sendgrid-java:4.2.1')
compile('org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.28')
// Cloudant
compile('com.cloudant:cloudant-client:2.9.0')
compile('com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection:3.4.2')
compile('org.json:json:20171018')
compile('javax.validation:validation-api:2.0.1.Final')
//Swagger2
compile('io.springfox:springfox-swagger2:2.9.2')
compile('io.springfox:springfox-swagger-ui:2.9.2')
runtime('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools')
testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test')
testCompile('org.springframework.security:spring-security-test')
testCompile("org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-mockmvc")
testCompile("org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-plugin:1.5.9.2")
asciidoctor('org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-asciidoctor:2.0.2.RELEASE')
}
processResources {
// expand(project.properties)
}
ext {
springCloudVersion = 'Finchley.RELEASE'
snippetsDir = file('build/generated-snippets')
// springRestDocsVersion = '2.0.2.RELEASE'
}
ext['spring-restdocs.version'] = '${springRestDocsVersion}'
test {
outputs.dir snippetsDir
}
dependencyManagement {
imports {
mavenBom "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-dependencies:${springCloudVersion}"
mavenBom("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:${springBootVersion}")
}
}
asciidoctor {
// attributes "snippets": snippetsDir
inputs.dir snippetsDir
dependsOn test
}
jar {
dependsOn asciidoctor
from ('${asciidoctor.outputDir}/html5') {
into 'static/apidocs'
}
}
my problem actually in this part:
jar {
dependsOn asciidoctor
from ('${asciidoctor.outputDir}/html5') {
into 'static/apidocs'
}
}
executed jar doesn't copy index.html file executed from asciidoctor into jar and jar executed only without this file
So how i can copy build/asciidoc/html5/index.html from build
folder into executed jar?
Also if i need to use bootJar task so how i can make it include all jar needed into /BOOT-INF/lib/

Answer 1

Your configuration is almost right, but you are customising the wrong task. A Spring Boot fat jar is built with the bootJar task rather than the jar task.
You need to replace jar with bootJar in your build.gradle. This will result in it looking the same as the following example:
bootJar {
dependsOn asciidoctor
from ("${asciidoctor.outputDir}/html5") {
into 'static/docs'
}
}
This is the configuration that's described in the REST Docs documentation.