grunt-run-java
The Grunt Plugin for running java, javac, jar, signjar and other java related commands from within Grunt
Getting Started
This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.4
If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:
npm install grunt-run-java --save-dev
Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:
grunt;
The "run_java" task
Overview
In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named run_java
to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig()
.
grunt;
Options
stdout
Type: boolean
Default: true
Show stdout in the Terminal.
stderr
Type: boolean
Default: true
Show stderr in the Terminal.
stdin
Type: boolean
Default: true
Forward the terminal's stdin to the command.
failOnError
Type: boolean
Default: true
Fail task if it encounters an error.
execOptions
Type: object
Specify some options to be passed to the .exec() method:
cwd
String Current working directory of the child processenv
Object Environment key-value pairssetsid
Booleanencoding
String (Default: 'utf8')timeout
Number (Default: 0)maxBuffer
Number (Default: 200*1024)killSignal
String (Default: 'SIGTERM')
Usage Examples
Java Command
Run a java command
grunt;
Javac Command
Run a javac command
grunt;
Jar Command
Run a jar command
grunt
jarsigner Command
Run a jarsigner command
grunt;
Run command as a function
You can also supply a function that returns the command:
grunt;
Which can also take arguments:
run_java: hello: { return 'jar ' + options; } grunt;grunt;
Multiple commands
Run multiple commands by placing them in an array which is joined using &&
or ;
. &&
means run this only if the previous command succeeded. You can also use &
to have the commands run concurrently (by executing all commands except the last one in a subshell).
grunt;
Release History
Initial Version
License
MIT © [Kannan Loganathan] kannan.loganathan@gmail.com