Does gradle provide any plugin for compiling and running Cactus test cases

Does gradle provide any plugin for compiling and running Cactus test cases.

If not how can integrate cactus test cases in the build scripts?

There is no build-in cactus support shipped with gradle or a cactus plugin. But since cactus extends JUnit you should be able to leverage the Test task for that. Have a look at the DSL reference for the Test task type at http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.Test.html

cheers, René