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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+// Following Gradle best practices to keep build logic organized
+
+// Override the build directory if CMake is used (allows for out-of-tree-builds)
+if (hasProperty('build.dir')) {
+    buildDir = file(property('build.dir'))
+}
+
+// In order to remain compatible with other Ant based builds in the system
+// we convert the gradle.properties into DSL friendly camelCased properties
+ext.installPath = property('install.path')
+ext.installJavadocPath = property('install.javadoc.path')
+
+ext.thriftRoot = file('../..')
+
+if (hasProperty('thrift.compiler')) {
+    ext.thriftCompiler = property('thrift.compiler')
+} else {
+    ext.thriftCompiler = "$thriftRoot/compiler/cpp/thrift"
+}
+
+ext.mvnRepo = property('mvn.repo')
+ext.apacheRepo = property('apache.repo')
+ext.mavenRepositoryUrl = property('maven-repository-url')
+
+// Versions used in this project
+ext.httpclientVersion = property('httpclient.version')
+ext.httpcoreVersion = property('httpcore.version')
+ext.servletVersion = property('servlet.version')
+ext.slf4jVersion = property('slf4j.version')
+ext.junitVersion = property('junit.version')
+ext.mockitoVersion = property('mockito.version')
+
+// In this section you declare where to find the dependencies of your project
+repositories {
+    maven {
+        name 'Maven Central Repository'
+        url mvnRepo
+    }
+    maven {
+        name 'Apache Maven Repository'
+        url apacheRepo
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${slf4jVersion}"
+    compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:${httpclientVersion}"
+    compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:${httpcoreVersion}"
+    compile "javax.servlet:servlet-api:${servletVersion}"
+
+    testCompile "junit:junit:${junitVersion}"
+    testCompile "org.mockito:mockito-all:${mockitoVersion}"
+    testRuntime "org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:${slf4jVersion}"
+}