gradle script to execute tests by consuming an external jar.

build2.gradle

apply plugin: 'java'

project.ext.set('testIncludeDefault', 'com/vmware/ui/login/**')

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies { 
    runtime fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}

configurations {
    provided
    testRuntime.extendsFrom(provided)
}

task expandDependencies << {
   def includes = System.getProperty('testInclude', project.testIncludeDefault)

   FileTree tree = fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
    tree.visit { element ->
        println "Unpacking $element.relativePath => $element.file"
        ant.unzip(src: element.file, dest: "$buildDir/classes/test") {
            patternset() {
		include(name: includes)
                exclude(name: 'META-INF/**')
                exclude(name: 'LICENSE')
                exclude(name: 'NOTICE')
            }
        }
    }
}

test {
    dependsOn expandDependencies

    useTestNG() { }

    // Pass along current system properties since test are executed in a forked JVM
    systemProperties System.properties
    logger.debug "systemProperties: ${systemProperties}"

    include System.getProperty('testInclude', project.testIncludeDefault)

    // maxParallelForks=5

    onOutput { descriptor, event ->
        logger.lifecycle(event.message )
    }

}