[Java] Use gradle for spring

[waghanza]

Hi,

Seems that gradle has been the default tool when using spring-framework.

Is this affirmation correct @sbrannen @rstoyanchev @jhoeller ?

I suggest we use it here.

Regards,

[sbrannen]

Yes, the core Spring Framework project has used Gradle for its builds for several years.

[waghanza]

Thanks for confirmation, I (or anyone wanted to) will change this. The first contributor use maven, but the idea is to use what is elected by frameworks community 😉

[waghanza]

I imagine this is also the same for spring-boot

[sbrannen]

Spring Boot historically used Maven for its build; however, the Spring Boot team recently migrated to Gradle.

See the Migrating Spring Boot's Build to Gradle blog for details.