apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'war'
apply plugin: 'eclipse-wtp'
apply plugin: 'jetty'

// JDK 7
sourceCompatibility = 1.7
targetCompatibility = 1.7

repositories {
    mavenLocal()
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3'
    compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc:4.1.6.RELEASE'
    compile 'javax.servlet:jstl:1.2'
}

// Embeded Jetty for testing
jettyRun{
    contextPath = "spring4"
    httpPort = 8080
}

jettyRunWar{
    contextPath = "spring4"
    httpPort = 8080
}

//For Eclipse IDE only
eclipse {

  wtp {
    component {

      //define context path, default to project folder name
      contextPath = 'spring4'

    }

  }
}

your-project$ gradle eclipse

package com.example.helloworld.web;

import java.util.Map;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;

import com.example.helloworld.service.HelloWorldService;

@Controller
public class WelcomeController {

    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WelcomeController.class);
    private final HelloWorldService helloWorldService;

    @Autowired
    public WelcomeController(HelloWorldService helloWorldService) {
        this.helloWorldService = helloWorldService;
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String index(Map model) {

        logger.debug("index() is executed!");

        model.put("title", helloWorldService.getTitle(""));
        model.put("msg", helloWorldService.getDesc());

        return "index";
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/hello/{name:.+}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public ModelAndView hello(@PathVariable("name") String name) {

        logger.debug("hello() is executed - $name {}", name);

        ModelAndView model = new ModelAndView();
        model.setViewName("index");

        model.addObject("title", helloWorldService.getTitle(name));
        model.addObject("msg", helloWorldService.getDesc());

        return model;

    }

}

package com.example.helloworld.service;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

@Service
public class HelloWorldService {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HelloWorldService.class);

    public String getDesc() {

        logger.debug("getDesc() is executed!");

        return "Gradle + Spring MVC Hello World Example";

    }

    public String getTitle(String name) {

        logger.debug("getTitle() is executed! $name : {}", name);

        if(StringUtils.isEmpty(name)){
            return "Hello World";
        }else{
            return "Hello " + name;
        }

    }

}

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your-project$ gradle jettyRun

:compileJava
:processResources
:classes
:jettyRun
//...SLF4j logging

> Building 75% > :jettyRun > Running at http://localhost:8080/spring4

your-project$ gradle war

${Project}\build\libs\spring-web-gradle-xml.war