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Use mainClass instead of main for JavaExec tasks

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.gradle.gradle9.UseMainClassPropertyArtifactorg.openrewrite:rewrite-gradle

The main property on JavaExec tasks was deprecated in Gradle 7.1 and removed in Gradle 9.0. Use the mainClass property instead. See the Gradle upgrade guide for more information.

Single recipeApache 2.0

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~/.gradle/gradle.properties

codeGenomeUsername=you@example.com
codeGenomeToken=YOUR_DOWNLOAD_TOKEN

build.gradle.kts

plugins {
    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("latest.release")
}

rewrite {
    activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.gradle.gradle9.UseMainClassProperty")
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven {
        url = uri("https://artifacts.codegenomeproject.org/maven")
        credentials {
            username = providers.gradleProperty("codeGenomeUsername").get()
            password = providers.gradleProperty("codeGenomeToken").get()
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    rewrite("org.openrewrite:rewrite-gradle:8.92.8")
}

Then run

./gradlew rewriteRun

Usage

This recipe has no required configuration options. You’ll need the Moderne CLI configured before running the command below.

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.gradle.gradle9.UseMainClassProperty

If the recipe isn’t available locally, install it with:

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite:rewrite-gradle:RELEASE

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