Add ability to add custom header definitions

README.adoc

@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ Here is a general overview of the options:
 |excludes(Collection<String> patterns) |Add ANT style patterns to exclude files from license absence reporting and license application
 |include(String pattern) |Add an ANT style pattern to include files into license absence reporting and license application
 |includes(Collection<String> patterns) |Add ANT style patterns to include files into license absence reporting and license application
+|headerDefinition(HeaderDefinitionBuilder headerDefinition) |Add a custom header definition that will be added to the defaults.
+|headerDefinitions(Closure) | Add a custom header definition that will be added to the defaults.
 |====
 
 === Header Locations
@@ -199,6 +201,29 @@ license {
 licenseMain.ext.year = 2012
 ----
 
+=== Creating your own header definition
+In some cases the default header definitions can not be used for a specific project
+so the ability to specify your own is beneficial.
+
+Adding a new header definition is done through the license extension
+
+[source,groovy]
+----
+license {
+    headerDefinitions {
+        custom_definition {
+          firstLine = "//"
+          endLine   = "//"
+          firstLineDetectionPattern = "//"
+          lastLineDetectionPattern  = "//"
+          allowBlankLines = false
+          skipLinePattern = "//"
+          isMultiline = false
+        }
+    }
+}
+----
+
 === Include/Exclude files from license absence reporting and license application
 By default all files in the sourceSets configured are required to carry a license. Just like with Gradle `SourceSet` you can use include/exclude patterns to control this behaviour.
 

src/main/groovy/nl/javadude/gradle/plugins/license/License.groovy

@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@
 
 package nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license
 
+import com.google.code.mojo.license.header.HeaderDefinition
+import nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license.header.HeaderDefinitionBuilder
 import nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license.maven.AbstractLicenseMojo
 import nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license.maven.CallbackWithFailure
 import nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license.maven.LicenseCheckMojo
 import nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license.maven.LicenseFormatMojo
 import org.gradle.api.GradleException
+import org.gradle.api.NamedDomainObjectContainer
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.*
-
 /**
  * Task to back License. Using convention of naming Task types with just their name, which makes calls
  * like tasks.withType(License) nicer, consistent with most internal Gradle tasks.
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ public class License extends SourceTask implements VerificationTask {
     File header
 
     /**
-     * In leiu of a header file on the local filesystem, this property lets you provide a URL that could be
+     * In lieu of a header file on the local filesystem, this property lets you provide a URL that could be
      * in the classpath or on a remote system. When configured across a few projects, it would mean that a
      * header file doesn't have to be in each project.
      */
@@ -90,6 +92,9 @@ public class License extends SourceTask implements VerificationTask {
     Map<String, String> inheritedProperties;
     Map<String, String> inheritedMappings;
 
+    // Container for all custom header definitions
+    NamedDomainObjectContainer<HeaderDefinitionBuilder> headerDefinitions;
+
     @TaskAction
     protected void process() {
         // Plain weird, but this ensures that the lazy closure from the extension is properly wired into the excludes field of the SourceTask.
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@ public class License extends SourceTask implements VerificationTask {
 
         URI uri = getURI()
 
-        new AbstractLicenseMojo(validHeaders, getProject().rootDir, initial, isDryRun(), isSkipExistingHeaders(), isUseDefaultMappings(), isStrictCheck(), uri, source, combinedMappings, getEncoding())
+        new AbstractLicenseMojo(validHeaders, getProject().rootDir, initial, isDryRun(), isSkipExistingHeaders(), isUseDefaultMappings(), isStrictCheck(), uri, source, combinedMappings, getEncoding(), buildHeaderDefinitions())
             .execute(callback);
 
         altered = callback.getAffected()
@@ -164,6 +169,16 @@ public class License extends SourceTask implements VerificationTask {
         return combinedMappings
     }
 
+    List<HeaderDefinition> buildHeaderDefinitions() {
+        List<HeaderDefinition> definitions = new ArrayList<>();
+        getHeaderDefinitions().all { headerDefinition ->
+            logger.debug("Adding extra header definition ${headerDefinition.toString()}")
+            definitions.add(headerDefinition.build())
+        }
+
+        return definitions
+    }
+
     Map<String, String> internalMappings = new HashMap<String, String>();
     public void mapping(String fileType, String headerType) {
         internalMappings.put(fileType, headerType);

src/main/groovy/nl/javadude/gradle/plugins/license/LicenseExtension.groovy

@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 
 package nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license
 
+import nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license.header.HeaderDefinitionBuilder
 import org.gradle.api.DomainObjectCollection
+import org.gradle.api.NamedDomainObjectContainer
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSet
-
 /**
  * Extension in the license namespace, which drives the License tasks.
  *
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ class LicenseExtension {
 
     boolean strictCheck
 
+    /**
+     * Additional header definitions
+     */
+    NamedDomainObjectContainer<HeaderDefinitionBuilder> headerDefinitions
+
     /**
      * The encoding used for opening files. It is the system encoding by default
      */
@@ -112,4 +118,11 @@ class LicenseExtension {
       includePatterns.addAll(patterns)
     }
 
+    def headerDefinitions(final Closure configureHeaderDefinition) {
+      headerDefinitions.configure(configureHeaderDefinition);
+    }
+
+    void headerDefinition(HeaderDefinitionBuilder definition) {
+      headerDefinitions.add(definition);
+    }
 }

src/main/groovy/nl/javadude/gradle/plugins/license/LicensePlugin.groovy

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license
 
+import nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license.header.HeaderDefinitionBuilder
 import org.gradle.api.Action
 import org.gradle.api.DomainObjectCollection
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ class LicensePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             conventionMapping.with {
                 sourceSets = { [] as DomainObjectCollection<SourceSet> }
             }
+            headerDefinitions = project.container(HeaderDefinitionBuilder)
         }
 
 
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ class LicensePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             excludes = { extension.excludePatterns }
             includes = { extension.includePatterns }
             encoding = { extension.encoding }
+            headerDefinitions = { extension.headerDefinitions }
         }
     }
 

src/main/groovy/nl/javadude/gradle/plugins/license/header/HeaderDefinitionBuilder.groovy

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license.header
+
+import com.google.code.mojo.license.header.HeaderDefinition
+import org.gradle.api.Named
+
+class HeaderDefinitionBuilder implements Named {
+  String type
+  String firstLine
+  String beforeEachLine
+  String endLine
+  boolean allowBlankLines = false
+
+  String skipLinePattern
+  String firstLineDetectionPattern
+  String lastLineDetectionPattern
+  boolean isMultiline = false
+
+  static HeaderDefinitionBuilder headerDefinition(String name) {
+    return new HeaderDefinitionBuilder(name)
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder(String type) {
+    this.type = type
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder withFirstLine(String firstLine) {
+    this.firstLine = firstLine
+    return this
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder withBeforeEachLine(String beforeEachLine) {
+    this.beforeEachLine = beforeEachLine
+    return this
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder withEndLine(String endLine) {
+    this.endLine = endLine
+    return this
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder withNoBlankLines() {
+    this.allowBlankLines = false
+    return this
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder withBlankLines() {
+    this.allowBlankLines = true
+    return this
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder withSkipLinePattern(String skipLinePattern) {
+    this.skipLinePattern = skipLinePattern
+    return this
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder withFirstLineDetectionDetectionPattern(String firstLineDetectionPattern) {
+    this.firstLineDetectionPattern = firstLineDetectionPattern
+    return this
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder withLastLineDetectionDetectionPattern(String lastLineDetectionPattern) {
+    this.lastLineDetectionPattern = lastLineDetectionPattern
+    return this
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder multiline() {
+    this.isMultiline = true
+    return this
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinitionBuilder noMultiLine() {
+    this.isMultiline = false
+    return this
+  }
+
+  HeaderDefinition build() {
+    return new HeaderDefinition(type,
+      firstLine,
+      beforeEachLine,
+      endLine,
+      skipLinePattern,
+      firstLineDetectionPattern,
+      lastLineDetectionPattern,
+      allowBlankLines,
+      isMultiline)
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  String toString() {
+    return "{" +
+      "type='" + type + '\'' +
+      ", firstLine='" + firstLine + '\'' +
+      ", beforeEachLine='" + beforeEachLine + '\'' +
+      ", endLine='" + endLine + '\'' +
+      ", allowBlankLines=" + allowBlankLines +
+      ", skipLinePattern='" + skipLinePattern + '\'' +
+      ", firstLineDetectionPattern='" + firstLineDetectionPattern + '\'' +
+      ", lastLineDetectionPattern='" + lastLineDetectionPattern + '\'' +
+      ", isMultiline=" + isMultiline +
+      '}'
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  String getName() {
+    return type
+  }
+}