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After much research, I can't seem to get to the root of a problem I am having in generating a runnable Scala jar file using Gradle. I'm overriding the 'jar' Gradle task to create a jar file (dependencies included) that executes starting from my main class file. However, whenever I run it, regardless of what I use for a Main-Class attribute, the console throws a "Could not find or load main class" error. Here's what I have so far:
build.gradle
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
}
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'scala'
apply plugin: 'application'
repositories {
mavenCentral()
// some other repos
}
version = '1.0'
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8
mainClassName = "com.test.Main"
dependencies {
// my dependencies
}
jar {
zip64 = true
manifest {
attributes "Main-Class": "$mainClassName"
}
from {
configurations.compile.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }
}
}
src/main/scala/com/test/Main.scala
package com.test
object Main {
def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
print("Hello world");
}
}
In fact, when I run "java tf test.jar", it shows "com/test/Main.class" in the root of the jar! Am I missing some important class path info or something? I'm running Java 1.8 on macOS Sierra using Gradle 3.5. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

You can use the Shadow Jar Plugin instead of your own jar definition.
Benefits of Shadow
Shadowing a project output has 2 major use cases:
Creating an executable JAR distribution
Bundling and relocating common dependencies in libraries to avoid classpath conflicts
Basic setup:
shadowJar {
baseName = 'your-app'
classifier = 'all'
version = version
configurations = [project.configurations.compile]
}
jar {
manifest {
attributes 'Main-Class': 'com.test.Main'
}
}
You can use the new syntax of Gradle Plugins:
plugins {
id 'java'
id 'scala'
id 'application'
}