run jetty on dependency resolved war in gradle

Background:

• test classes(such as selenium tests) are in an independent module(maven project, etc.).
• have an external dependency(mave, ivy, etc) to war file(s)
• want to run jetty on dependent war file(s)

Gradle can start up jetty on dependency resolved war file(s).

	// Run Jetty on dependency resolved war file
	//
	// you can run multiple wars with different configuration by
	// adding more task definitions.
	//
	import org.gradle.api.plugins.jetty.JettyRunWar
	apply plugin: 'java'
	apply plugin: 'jetty'
	repositories {
	mavenCentral()
	}
	configurations {
	// define custom dependency configuration for war file
	myWebApp
	}
	dependencies {
	// add war file dependency to my custom configuration
	myWebApp "org.some:my-app:1.0@war"
	}
	task runMyWebApp(type: JettyRunWar) {
	// specify the resolved war file
	webApp = configurations.myWebApp.singleFile
	// more configuration
	httpPort = 8001
	contextPath = 'myWebApp'
	}

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When you want to run your tests after jetty started, set "daemon=true" and make the test task depends on your new run-war task.