I am writing a console application with Java and gradle. I am using the application
plugin and have the required fields correctly configured in build.gradle
.
In my main class I have BufferedReader
linked with System.in
. Here's the problem: When I run gradle run
in project directory, the reader does not wait for my console input. BufferedReader#readLine
instead returns null
on the very first call. This behavior is not desirable for what am I doing.
What is the solution? Is there a separate console application plugin for gradle or do I need to tweak application
plugin somehow to suit my needs?
Per default the system.in of your gradle build is not wired up with the system.in of the run (JavaExec) task. You can do the following:
run{
standardInput = System.in
}
As stated above, add
run {
standardInput = System.in
}
And run:
gradle console:run -q --console=plain
where:
-q
runs task in "quiet" mode (to avoid having > Building > :run
)
--console=plain
drops execution status: <=-> 80% EXECUTING [TIME]
Source: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_command_line.html
Chances are, the problem lies in your java code. All the application plugin does is compile the java code, and run the main class that you specify. Can you post the code in your main class that you specified for the application plugin (mainClassName) ?