build.gradle

apply plugin: 'war'
apply plugin: 'idea'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
	compile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:+'
    compile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:+'
    compile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-jsp:+'
    compile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-annotations:+'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'lib', include: '*.jar')
    compile 'javax.json:javax.json-api:1.0'
}

war.baseName = 'jason_plans'

war {
	// unzip and add all jetty dependencies into the root of our war file
	from {configurations.compile.collect {
			project.zipTree(it)
		}
	}
	// remove signature and unnecessary files
	exclude "META-INF/*.SF", "META-INF/*.RSA", "about.html", "about_files/**", "readme.txt", "plugin.properties", "jetty-dir.css"

	// include only the classes which will be used to start Embedded Jetty
	from "$buildDir/classes/main"
	exclude "com/myapp/"
	
	// tells the class to run when the generate war be executed using 'java -jar'
	manifest { attributes 'Main-Class': 'com.embedded.JettyStarter' }
}

// Once you will need some basic api (e.i. servlet api) for compilation, add embeddedJetty dependencies for compilation
//sourceSets.main.compileClasspath += configurations.embeddedJetty

// the same for eclipse classpath, so you can use it to edit your java files
/*
idea {
	classpath {
		plusConfigurations += configurations.embeddedJetty
	}
}
*/