Gradle equivalent of maven-dependency-plugin -

my root problem when running "spring-test"-based tests controllers , freemarker views need have taglibs inside web-inf/lib folder - otherwise freemarker not find them during tests. solved issue following piece of maven configuration. copies taglibs jars src/main/webapp/web-inf/lib folder before running tests. don't want clear folder since problem same when running test ide.

<plugin> <groupid>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupid> <artifactid>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactid> <version>2.3</version> <executions>     <!-- freemaarker requires taglibs should reside in web-inf/lib folder -->     <execution>         <id>tests</id>         <phase>test-compile</phase>         <goals>             <goal>copy</goal>         </goals>         <configuration>             <outputdirectory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/web-inf/lib/</outputdirectory>             <artifactitems>                 <artifactitem>                     <groupid>org.springframework.security</groupid>                     <artifactid>spring-security-taglibs</artifactid>                     <version>${spring.security.version}</version>                 </artifactitem>             </artifactitems>         </configuration>     </execution> </executions> </plugin> 

now i'm migrating project gradle. how can achieve same gradle?

here how solved problem (the same in maven actually):

add configuration dependencies:

configurations{       taglibs { transitive = false } } 

add needed dependency configuration:

dependencies {     ...     taglibs "org.springframework.security:spring-security-taglibs:$springsecurityversion"     ... } 

add gradle code copy these dependencies required folder:

task copytaglibs << {     copy {        configurations.taglibs       'src/main/webapp/web-inf/lib'    } }   compiletestjava{    dependson copytaglibs } 

this it.