Integrated: 7902924: Add build script for jtreg plugin

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On Wed, 5 May 2021 12:44:55 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This patch adds support for building the jtreg plugin with gradle.
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> This is a much more stable way to build the plugin, as the IntelliJ build dependency is automatically downloaded by gradle.
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> The build relies on the IntelliJ support for gradle-ized plugins:
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> https://github.com/JetBrains/gradle-intellij-plugin
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> Which is officially supported by JetBrains, see:
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> https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/gradle-build-system.html
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> The only thing that needs to be done by developers before firing up a gradle build, is to specify the path of a jtreg root in the gradle.properties file. Everything else should work out of the box.
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> I have also updated build instructions to reflect the new build system.
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> Please let me know if this is an improvement over the build steps we had before (I think it is, but I have not tested this extensively).

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: de15f6cf
Author:    Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jtreg/commit/de15f6cfd6d2e0edfa424d9a6493d88ea774778a
Stats:     463 lines in 42 files changed: 339 ins; 112 del; 12 mod

7902924: Add build script for jtreg plugin

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jtreg/pull/9