How to change webAppDir to point to /web instead of src/main/webapp

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Hi guys, I am trying to point the directory of the War plugin webAppDir to a custom, but the plugin define this propery as read-only, whenever I try to change it it complaints about it.

Any though on how to have my source dir in one place and my web app dir in another?

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to set this folder, you can use the “webAppDirName” property.

cheers, René

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I did it like this

war{

webAppDirName=file(‘web’) }

But gradle complaints that this is deprecated why?

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  • the webAppDirName is a string property * the webAppDirName property is part of the warPluginConvention, so it is accessed directly on the project object where the ‘war’ plugin is applied
apply plugin: 'war'
webAppDirName = 'web'
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getting this exception

Creating properties on demand (a.k.a. dynamic properties) has been deprecated and is scheduled to be removed in Gradle 2.0. Please read http://gradle.org/docs/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.plugins.ExtraPropertiesExtension.html for information on the replacement for dynamic properties.
Deprecated dynamic property: "webAppDirName" on "root project 'xxxxxxxxxx", value: "WebContent".

How to resolve this issue… This is my first meet with Gradle… Please help