Fix execute gradle task for examples

examples/java/build.gradle

@@ -38,26 +38,6 @@ artifact includes all Apache Beam Java SDK examples."""
 
 apply from: "$projectDir/common.gradle"
 
-/** Define the list of runners which execute a precommit test.
- * Some runners are run from separate projects, see the preCommit task below
- * for details.
- */
-def preCommitRunners = ["directRunner", "flinkRunner", "sparkRunner"]
-// The following runners have configuration created but not added to preCommit
-def nonPreCommitRunners = ["dataflowRunner", "prismRunner"]
-for (String runner : preCommitRunners) {
-  configurations.create(runner + "PreCommit")
-}
-for (String runner: nonPreCommitRunners) {
-  configurations.create(runner + "PreCommit")
-}
-configurations.sparkRunnerPreCommit {
-  // Ban certain dependencies to prevent a StackOverflow within Spark
-  // because JUL -> SLF4J -> JUL, and similarly JDK14 -> SLF4J -> JDK14
-  exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jul-to-slf4j"
-  exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-jdk14"
-}
-
 dependencies {
   implementation enforcedPlatform(library.java.google_cloud_platform_libraries_bom)
   implementation library.java.vendored_guava_32_1_2_jre
@@ -124,14 +104,6 @@ dependencies {
   for (String runner : preCommitRunners) {
     delegate.add(runner + "PreCommit", project(path: ":examples:java", configuration: "testRuntimeMigration"))
   }
-  directRunnerPreCommit project(path: ":runners:direct-java", configuration: "shadow")
-  flinkRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:flink:${project.ext.latestFlinkVersion}")
-  sparkRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:spark:3")
-  sparkRunnerPreCommit project(":sdks:java:io:hadoop-file-system")
-  dataflowRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:google-cloud-dataflow-java")
-  dataflowRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:google-cloud-dataflow-java:worker") // v2 worker
-  dataflowRunnerPreCommit project(":sdks:java:harness") // v2 worker
-  prismRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:prism:java")
 
   // Add dependency if requested on command line for runner
   if (project.hasProperty("runnerDependency")) {

examples/java/common.gradle

@@ -16,6 +16,37 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+/** Define the list of runners which execute a precommit test.
+ * Some runners are run from separate projects, see the preCommit task below
+ * for details.
+ */
+project.ext.preCommitRunners = ["directRunner", "flinkRunner", "sparkRunner"]
+// The following runners have configuration created but not added to preCommit
+project.ext.nonPreCommitRunners = ["dataflowRunner", "prismRunner"]
+for (String runner : ext.preCommitRunners) {
+  configurations.create(runner + "PreCommit")
+}
+for (String runner: ext.nonPreCommitRunners) {
+  configurations.create(runner + "PreCommit")
+}
+configurations.sparkRunnerPreCommit {
+  // Ban certain dependencies to prevent a StackOverflow within Spark
+  // because JUL -> SLF4J -> JUL, and similarly JDK14 -> SLF4J -> JDK14
+  exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jul-to-slf4j"
+  exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-jdk14"
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  directRunnerPreCommit project(path: ":runners:direct-java", configuration: "shadow")
+  flinkRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:flink:${project.ext.latestFlinkVersion}")
+  sparkRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:spark:3")
+  sparkRunnerPreCommit project(":sdks:java:io:hadoop-file-system")
+  dataflowRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:google-cloud-dataflow-java")
+  dataflowRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:google-cloud-dataflow-java:worker") // v1 worker
+  dataflowRunnerPreCommit project(":sdks:java:harness") // v2 worker
+  prismRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:prism:java")
+}
+
  /*
  * A convenient task to run individual example directly on Beam repo.
  *

examples/java/iceberg/build.gradle

@@ -35,26 +35,6 @@ ext.summary = """Apache Beam Java SDK examples using IcebergIO."""
 
 apply from: "$project.rootDir/examples/java/common.gradle"
 
-/** Define the list of runners which execute a precommit test.
- * Some runners are run from separate projects, see the preCommit task below
- * for details.
- */
-def preCommitRunners = ["directRunner", "flinkRunner", "sparkRunner"]
-// The following runners have configuration created but not added to preCommit
-def nonPreCommitRunners = ["dataflowRunner", "prismRunner"]
-for (String runner : preCommitRunners) {
-  configurations.create(runner + "PreCommit")
-}
-for (String runner: nonPreCommitRunners) {
-  configurations.create(runner + "PreCommit")
-}
-configurations.sparkRunnerPreCommit {
-  // Ban certain dependencies to prevent a StackOverflow within Spark
-  // because JUL -> SLF4J -> JUL, and similarly JDK14 -> SLF4J -> JDK14
-  exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jul-to-slf4j"
-  exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-jdk14"
-}
-
 dependencies {
   implementation enforcedPlatform(library.java.google_cloud_platform_libraries_bom)
   runtimeOnly project(":sdks:java:io:iceberg")
@@ -75,14 +55,6 @@ dependencies {
   for (String runner : preCommitRunners) {
     delegate.add(runner + "PreCommit", project(path: ":examples:java", configuration: "testRuntimeMigration"))
   }
-  directRunnerPreCommit project(path: ":runners:direct-java", configuration: "shadow")
-  flinkRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:flink:${project.ext.latestFlinkVersion}")
-  sparkRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:spark:3")
-  sparkRunnerPreCommit project(":sdks:java:io:hadoop-file-system")
-  dataflowRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:google-cloud-dataflow-java")
-  dataflowRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:google-cloud-dataflow-java:worker") // v2 worker
-  dataflowRunnerPreCommit project(":sdks:java:harness") // v2 worker
-  prismRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:prism:java")
 
   // Add dependency if requested on command line for runner
   if (project.hasProperty("runnerDependency")) {

examples/java/sql/build.gradle

@@ -36,20 +36,7 @@ ext.summary = """Apache Beam SDK provides a simple, Java-based
 interface for processing virtually any size data. This
 artifact includes all Apache Beam Java SDK examples."""
 
-/** Define the list of runners which execute a precommit test.
- * Some runners are run from separate projects, see the preCommit task below
- * for details.
- */
-def preCommitRunners = ["directRunner", "flinkRunner", "sparkRunner"]
-for (String runner : preCommitRunners) {
-  configurations.create(runner + "PreCommit")
-}
-configurations.sparkRunnerPreCommit {
-  // Ban certain dependencies to prevent a StackOverflow within Spark
-  // because JUL -> SLF4J -> JUL, and similarly JDK14 -> SLF4J -> JDK14
-  exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jul-to-slf4j"
-  exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-jdk14"
-}
+apply from: "$project.rootDir/examples/java/common.gradle"
 
 dependencies {
   implementation enforcedPlatform(library.java.google_cloud_platform_libraries_bom)
@@ -70,10 +57,6 @@ dependencies {
   for (String runner : preCommitRunners) {
     delegate.add(runner + "PreCommit", project(path: ":examples:java", configuration: "testRuntimeMigration"))
   }
-  directRunnerPreCommit project(path: ":runners:direct-java", configuration: "shadow")
-  flinkRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:flink:${project.ext.latestFlinkVersion}")
-  sparkRunnerPreCommit project(":runners:spark:3")
-  sparkRunnerPreCommit project(":sdks:java:io:hadoop-file-system")
 
   // Add dependency if requested on command line for runner
   if (project.hasProperty("runnerDependency")) {
@@ -113,10 +96,3 @@ task preCommit() {
     dependsOn runner + "PreCommit"
   }
 }
-
-tasks.create(name:"execute", type:JavaExec) {
-  main = project.hasProperty("mainClass") ? project.getProperty("mainClass") : "NONE"
-  classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
-  systemProperties System.getProperties()
-  args project.hasProperty("exec.args") ? project.getProperty("exec.args").split() : []
-}