# Getting Started
plugins {
id 'com.gradleup.shadow' version '9.0.0-beta4'
id 'java'
}
Alternatively, the plugin can be added to the buildscript classpath and applied:
buildscript {
repositories {
gradlePluginPortal()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin:9.0.0-beta4'
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.gradleup.shadow'
apply plugin: 'java'
Snapshots of the development version are available in Sonatype's snapshots repository.
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/' }
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin:9.0.0-beta4-SNAPSHOT'
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.gradleup.shadow'
apply plugin: 'java'
NOTE: The correct maven coordinates for each version of Shadow can be found by referencing the Gradle Plugin documentation here (opens new window).
Shadow is a reactive plugin.
This means that applying Shadow by itself will perform no configuration on your project.
Instead, Shadow reacts
This means, that for most users, the java
or groovy
plugins must be explicitly applied
to have the desired effect.
# Default Java/Groovy Tasks
In the presence of the java
or groovy
plugins, Shadow will automatically configure the
following behavior:
- Adds a
shadowJar
task to the project. - Adds a
shadow
configuration to the project. - Configures the
shadowJar
task to include all sources from the project'smain
sourceSet. - Configures the
shadowJar
task to bundle all dependencies from theruntimeClasspath
configuration. - Configures the classifier attribute of the
shadowJar
task to be'all'
. - Configures the
shadowJar
task to generate aManifest
with:- Inheriting all configuration from the standard
jar
task. - Adds a
Class-Path
attribute to theManifest
that appends all dependencies from theshadow
configuration
- Inheriting all configuration from the standard
- Configures the
shadowJar
task to exclude any JAR index or cryptographic signature files matching the following patterns:META-INF/INDEX.LIST
META-INF/*.SF
META-INF/*.DSA
META-INF/*.RSA
- Creates and registers the
shadow
component in the project (used for integrating withmaven-publish
).
# Shadowing Gradle Plugins
Shadow ships with a companion task that can be used to automatically discover dependency packages and configure them for relocation. This is useful in projects if you want to relocate all dependencies.
For more details see the section Using Shadow to Package Gradle Plugins