_Depends on_: `compile` (only if the Java plugin is also applied)
+
Assembles the application EAR file.

=== Dependencies added to other tasks

The Ear plugin adds the following dependencies to tasks added by the <<base_plugin.adoc#base_plugin,Base Plugin>>.

`assemble`::
_Depends on_: `ear`.


[[sec:ear_project_layout]]
== Project layout

----
.
└── src

[[sec:war_tasks]]
== Tasks

The War plugin adds and modifies the following tasks:

`war` — link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.War.html[War]::
_Depends on_: `compile`
+
Assembles the application WAR file.

`assemble` - _lifecycle task_::
_Depends on_: `war`

The War plugin adds the following dependencies to tasks added by the Java plugin;

.War plugin - tasks
image::warPluginTasks.png[]

        output.contains """Detailed task information for :jar

Path
     :jar

Type
     Jar (org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar)

Options
${builtInOptions}

Description
     Assembles a jar archive containing the classes of the 'main' feature.

Group
     build

BUILD SUCCESSFUL"""

        when:
        run "help", "--task", "jar"
        then:

        def sources = compileJava.source
        sources.files == project.sourceSets.custom.java.files

        def classes = project.tasks['customClasses']
        classes.description == "Assembles custom classes."
        classes instanceof DefaultTask
        TaskDependencyMatchers.dependsOn('processCustomResources', 'compileCustomJava').matches(classes)

import org.gradle.api.tasks.Internal;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional;
import org.gradle.work.DisableCachingByDefault;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

/**
 * Assembles a ZIP archive.
 *
 * The default is to compress the contents of the zip.
 */
@DisableCachingByDefault(because = "Not worth caching")
public abstract class Zip extends AbstractArchiveTask {

	}
	buf.Write32b(uint32(spSize))
	buf.Write32b(uint32(lcSize))
	// amd64 includes the entry at the beginning of the symbol table.
	if is64Bit {
		buf.Write64b(uint64(entry))
	}
}

// asmbPlan9 assembles a plan 9 binary.
func asmbPlan9(ctxt *Link) {
	if !*FlagS {
		*FlagS = true
		symo := int64(Segdata.Fileoff + Segdata.Filelen)
		ctxt.Out.SeekSet(symo)
		asmbPlan9Sym(ctxt)
	}
	ctxt.Out.SeekSet(0)

        project.getTasks().register(taskName, DefaultTask.class, assembleTask -> {
            assembleTask.setDescription("Assembles the " + distribution.getName() + " distributions");
            assembleTask.setGroup(DISTRIBUTION_GROUP);
            assembleTask.dependsOn((Object[])tasks);
        });
    }

import org.gradle.nativeplatform.toolchain.internal.PlatformToolProvider;
import org.gradle.work.DisableCachingByDefault;

import javax.inject.Inject;

/**
 * Assembles a static library from object files.
 */
@DisableCachingByDefault(because = "Not made cacheable, yet")
public abstract class CreateStaticLibrary extends DefaultTask implements ObjectFilesToBinary {

        if (!tasks.getNames().contains(jarTaskName)) {
            TaskProvider<Jar> jarTask = tasks.register(jarTaskName, Jar.class, jar -> {
                jar.setDescription("Assembles a jar archive containing the " + (featureName == null ? "main " + docsType + "." : (docsType + " of the '" + featureName + "' feature.")));
                jar.setGroup(BasePlugin.BUILD_GROUP);

import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;

import static org.gradle.api.internal.lambdas.SerializableLambdas.spec;

/**
 * Assembles a WAR archive.
 */
@DisableCachingByDefault(because = "Not worth caching")
public abstract class War extends Jar {
    public static final String WAR_EXTENSION = "war";

    private File webXml;