I have tried to build me a plugin to run pdflatex (and at a later point in time bibtex) using gradle.
Unfortunately I am stuck with an error I don't understand: Neither path nor baseDir may be null or empty string. path='null' basedir='/home/me/paper'
Here is my build.gradle:
apply plugin: LaTeXPlugin
project.latex{
documentBase = "research_paper"
cookDir = "cooked"
jobname = "job"
pdflatexargs = ["-synctex=1", "-interaction=nonstopmode", "-shell-escape"]
rawDir = "."
}
class LaTeXPlugin implements Plugin<Project>{
@Override
void apply(Project project){
project.extensions.create("latex", LaTeXPluginExtension)
def pdflatex = "pdflatex"
def bibtex = "bibtex"
project.task("pdfLaTeX", type:Exec){
doFirst {
println "CookDir $project.latex.cookDir"
println "PdfLaTeX $project.latex.jobname"
println "args: " + project.latex.pdflatexargs
println "docBase: " + project.latex.documentBase
println "rawDir:" + project.latex.rawDir
println "path: $project.path"
println "$project.rootDir"
}
outputs.dir(project.latex.cookDir)
outputs.upToDateWhen{false}
commandLine =[pdflatex] + project.latex.pdflatexargs + ["-jobname=$project.latex.jobname", "-output-directory=$project.latex.cookDir"] + [project.latex.documentBase + '.tex']
doLast{
println "PdfLaTeX done."
}
}
}
}
class LaTeXPluginExtension {
String documentBase
String jobname
String[] pdflatexargs
String cookDir
String rawDir
}
and here is the full output of running gradle pdflatex --stacktrace
gradle pdfLaTeX --stacktrace
:pdfLaTeX
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Neither path nor baseDir may be null or empty string. path='null' basedir='/home/steffensky/CISPA/BachelorThesis/paper'
* Try:
Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
* Exception is:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Neither path nor baseDir may be null or empty string. path='null' basedir='/home/steffensky/CISPA/BachelorThesis/paper'
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.BaseDirFileResolver.doResolve(BaseDirFileResolver.java:65)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.AbstractFileResolver.resolve(AbstractFileResolver.java:81)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.AbstractFileResolver.resolve(AbstractFileResolver.java:63)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext$FileCollectionConverter.convertInto(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:177)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.doResolve(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:138)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.resolveAsFileCollections(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:85)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext$FileCollectionConverter.convertInto(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:161)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.doResolve(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:102)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.resolveAsFileCollections(DefaultFileCollectionResolveContext.java:85)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.CompositeFileCollection.getSourceCollections(CompositeFileCollection.java:162)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.CompositeFileCollection.getFiles(CompositeFileCollection.java:45)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.AbstractFileCollection.iterator(AbstractFileCollection.java:65)
at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.CacheBackedTaskHistoryRepository.outputFiles(CacheBackedTaskHistoryRepository.java:115)
at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.state.CacheBackedTaskHistoryRepository.getHistory(CacheBackedTaskHistoryRepository.java:49)
at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.changes.DefaultTaskArtifactStateRepository.getStateFor(DefaultTaskArtifactStateRepository.java:54)
at org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection.changes.ShortCircuitTaskArtifactStateRepository.getStateFor(ShortCircuitTaskArtifactStateRepository.java:47)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:49)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:58)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:52)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:53)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43)
at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:203)
at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:185)
at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(AbstractTaskPlanExecutor.java:66)
at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(AbstractTaskPlanExecutor.java:50)
at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.process(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:25)
at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:110)
at org.gradle.execution.SelectedTaskExecutionAction.execute(SelectedTaskExecutionAction.java:37)
at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:37)
at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.access$000(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:23)
at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter$1.proceed(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:43)
at org.gradle.execution.DryRunBuildExecutionAction.execute(DryRunBuildExecutionAction.java:32)
at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:37)
at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:30)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$4.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:154)
at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22)
at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:90)
at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:52)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:151)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.access$200(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:32)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$1.create(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:99)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$1.create(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:93)
at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:90)
at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:62)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:93)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:82)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.run(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:94)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ExecuteBuildActionRunner.run(ExecuteBuildActionRunner.java:28)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:43)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:28)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:78)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:48)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.DaemonUsageSuggestingBuildActionExecuter.execute(DaemonUsageSuggestingBuildActionExecuter.java:51)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.DaemonUsageSuggestingBuildActionExecuter.execute(DaemonUsageSuggestingBuildActionExecuter.java:28)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.RunBuildAction.run(RunBuildAction.java:43)
at org.gradle.internal.Actions$RunnableActionAdapter.execute(Actions.java:170)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:237)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:210)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.JavaRuntimeValidationAction.execute(JavaRuntimeValidationAction.java:35)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.JavaRuntimeValidationAction.execute(JavaRuntimeValidationAction.java:24)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:206)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:169)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:33)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:22)
at org.gradle.launcher.Main.doAction(Main.java:33)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.EntryPoint.run(EntryPoint.java:45)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:54)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:35)
at org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain.main(GradleMain.java:23)
BUILD FAILED
Total time: 1.285 secs
Hopefully one of you can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.
found the error
for some reason gradle did not like:
after removing it I only had to fix some scoping errors