Can I use a Maven plugin (enunciate) in Gradle?

Question

I have a maven plugin called enunciate that generates nice API documentation. I'd rather use Gradle as my build tool but it looks like it's limited in this aspect or maybe I just don't know how to use it.

I'm wondering if it's possible to use a maven plugin (enunciate) in gradle somehow? Do I have to write an ant script and call that? So far I can't find a gradle example for enunciate so I'm guessing it's not supported?

Answer 1

You can't use a Maven plugin as-is in Gradle; you'll have to port it to a Gradle plugin. How difficult this is depends on how many Maven APIs the plugin is using. Another strategy might be to call into Maven via Gradle's Exec task.

Answer 2

As of October 2015, a Gradle plugin for Enunciate is available.

https://github.com/stoicflame/enunciate-gradle