How to add a Netbeans project as a dependency to a Gradle project?

Question

I am new to gradle and most of my existing projects are in ant (netbeans projects).

Do I have to create gradle project for each of those projects that I would want to reuse?

Can I straightaway declare existing netbeans projects as dependencies in my gradle project? If yes, how?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The simplest approach is to add a dependency on files produced by Ant build (they are usually in build/dist ). This would be similar to Gradle dependencies with file directories

Better solution is to start using repository manager: Ivy, Artifactory, Nexus. Then update your NetBeans projects to publish built artifacts into this repository and your Gradle projects can easily refer to them. Check for more details in http://gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/artifact_dependencies_tutorial.html