Upgrading versions

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ out/
 .idea/
 *.iml
 classes
+.gradle/

build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+apply plugin: 'java'
+
+repositories {
+  jcenter()
+}
+
+configurations {
+  all*.exclude group: 'ant', module: 'ant'
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  compile group: 'org.apache.velocity', name: 'velocity', version: '+'
+  compile group: 'org.jamon', name: 'jamon-anttask', version: '+'
+  compile group: 'org.rythmengine', name: 'rythm-engine', version: '+'
+  compile group: 'org.freemarker', name: 'freemarker', version: '+'
+  compile group: 'com.github.httl', name: 'httl', version: '+'
+  compile group: 'com.floreysoft', name: 'jmte', version: '+'
+  compile group: 'org.thymeleaf', name: 'thymeleaf', version: '+'
+  compile group: 'com.github.spullara.mustache.java', name: 'compiler', version: '+'
+  compile group: 'com.github.jknack', name: 'handlebars', version: '+'
+
+  runtime group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-simple', version: '+' // for Thymeleaf and Handlebars
+}
+
+task discard(type: Delete) {
+  delete 'lib'
+}
+
+task update(type: Copy, dependsOn: discard) {
+  description 'Attempts to update all dependencies - but BE WARNED, it may downgrade them, upgrade them to an unstable version, or delete them altogether!'
+  from configurations.runtime
+  into 'lib'
+}

build.xml

@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@
             <sysproperty  key="ntimes" value="${ntimes}"/>
             <sysproperty  key="buf" value="${buf}"/>
             <classpath location="classes"/>
-            <classpath location="${lib}/velocity-1.7.jar"/>
-            <classpath location="${lib}/velocity-1.7-dep.jar"/>
+            <classpath refid="project.class.path"/>
         </java>
     </target>
 
@@ -177,36 +176,36 @@
             <sysproperty  key="out" value="${out}"/>
             <sysproperty  key="wtimes" value="${wtimes}"/>
             <sysproperty  key="ntimes" value="${ntimes}"/>
-            <sysproperty  key="buf" value="${buf}"/>	
-        	<sysproperty  key="handlebars.defaultTemplateLoader" 
+            <sysproperty  key="buf" value="${buf}"/>
+        	<sysproperty  key="handlebars.defaultTemplateLoader"
         		value="${handlebars.defaultTemplateLoader}" />
-        	<sysproperty  key="handlebars.defaultCache" 
+        	<sysproperty  key="handlebars.defaultCache"
         		value="${handlebars.defaultTemplateLoader}" />
             <classpath location="classes"/>
             <classpath refid="project.class.path"/>
         </java>
     </target>
-	
+
     <target name="header">
         <echo>
 #################################################################
-            
+
             JAVA TEMPLATE ENGINE BENCHMARKER v1.0
-            
+
                Output method:   ${out}
                warm up loops:   ${wtimes}
                benchmark loops: ${ntimes}
                buffer mode:     ${buf}
                rythm new API:   ${rythm.new}
-               
+
             type 'ant help' to see help messsage
 ################################################################
         </echo>
     </target>
 
     <target name="selected" depends="header,stringbuilder,freemarker,velocity,beetl,rythm,jamon,httl,jmte,mustache,handlebars"></target>
     <target name="all" depends="header,stringbuilder,freemarker,velocity,beetl,rythm,jamon,httl,jmte,jangod,thymeleaf,mustache,handlebars"></target>
-    
+
     <target name="help">
         <echo>
 ==============================================================================
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@
 
 This is a benchmark program for a collection of Java template engines
 
-You need apache ant to run the program, just type "ant" and it will start. 
+You need apache ant to run the program, just type "ant" and it will start.
 This program accept parameters to configure how to run the benchmark:
 
  1. out: specify how to output rendering result, could be:
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ This program accept parameters to configure how to run the benchmark:
 
  4. buf: specify whether use BufferedWriter or OS
     default: false
-    
+
  5. rythm.new: for rythm engine only. specify whether use new API to
     run rythm benchmark or not. Default: false
 
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ The arguments should be passed in using property setting. e.g
        -Dbuf=false \
        -Drythm.new=true
 
-Should you have any suggestion or comments, please raise issue via 
+Should you have any suggestion or comments, please raise issue via
 https://github.com/greenlaw110/template-engine-benchmarks/issues
 
 Note since jangod and thymeleaf is way slow than all others, they are not put into the default target. To benchmark jangod and thymeleaf also, run `ant all`