title: Can Gradle handle a build directory structure that does not conform default conventions?
body: <p>I am working on a <a href="/questions/tagged/java" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;java&#39;" rel="tag">java</a> <a href="/questions/tagged/ant" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;ant&#39;" rel="tag">ant</a>+<a href="/questions/tagged/ivy" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;ivy&#39;" rel="tag">ivy</a> based project that has the following directory structure:</p>
  
  <pre><code>projectRoot/src
  projectRoot/classes
  projectRoot/conf
  projectRoot/webservices
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>this works perfectly well in <a href="/questions/tagged/ant" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;ant&#39;" rel="tag">ant</a> but I am looking to migrate to <a href="/questions/tagged/gradle" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;gradle&#39;" rel="tag">gradle</a>.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to define a non-maven directory structure in Gradle or should I be looking to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/3372955/411902">mavenize</a>?</p>