Step by step guide to create a Custom Gradle Plugin in Java and sample project for usagae

##Structure

This project has three sections

• gradle-java-plugin : Simple gradle java plugin projcet
• plugin-sample : Simple usage of the above plugin
• repo : Maven local repository

1. Create a new gradle project
2. Apply 'java-gradle-plugin'
3. Apply 'maven' plugin to distribute the libs
4. Create CustomGradleJavaPlugin, CustonGradleJavaPluginExtension and CustomGradleJavaPluginTask classes in %PROJECT%/src/main/java
5. Create META-INF/gradle-plugins folder at %PROJECT_FOLDER%/src/main/resources folder
6. Create a properties file, the name should represent the name of the plugin, which will be represented in other projects
7. Execute ./gradle clean build uploadArchives command
8. local maven repo folder created, which in this case is used in plugin-sample

1. Create a sample gradle project
2. Apply the buildScript plugin, which resolves the plugin dependencies(refer the build.gradle)
3. Apply the custom plugin, the name refers to the point mentioned in the point 5 of gradle-java-pluin
4. Provide the custom plugin extension properties
5. Execute ./gradlew build customGradleJavaPluginTask
6. Verify the output intended