gradle REPL in java8 for scala development

Question

Is there a way to retrofit java8 with a REPL in gradle similar to sbt console which automatically adds the classes of the project to the class path of the REPL? https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/net.java.openjdk.shinyafox.jshell.gradle.plugin only is applicable for java9 or is the workaround of Scala REPL in Gradle considered still best practice?

Answer 1

Following along with http://geekplace.eu/flow/posts/2017-09-28-how-to-add-a-repl.html

my build.gradle.kts looks like:

plugins {
    scala
}

dependencies {
    compile(project(":core"))
    compile(Conf.plugins.ammonite)
}

tasks{
    "printClasspath"{
        dependsOn("assemble")
        doLast{
            println(java.sourceSets["main"].runtimeClasspath.asPath)

        }
    }
}