buildscript {
    ext {
        ....
    }
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
        maven {
            ....
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        .....
    }
}


apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'jacoco'

jar {
    baseName = "coverage-test"
}


dependencies {
    // my dependencies
}


eclipse {
    classpath {
         containers.remove('org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER')
         containers 'org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8'
    }
}

wrapper {
    gradleVersion = '3.4.1'
}

jacoco {
    toolVersion = '0.7.9'
}

jacocoTestReport {
    reports {
        xml.enabled false
        csv.enabled false
    }
    group = "Reporting"
    description = "Generate Jacoco coverage reports after running tests."
    additionalSourceDirs = files(sourceSets.main.allJava.srcDirs)

    afterEvaluate {
        classDirectories = files(classDirectories.files.collect {
            fileTree(
                dir: it,
                excludes:
                [
                        'com/jacoco/dto/**',
                        'com/jacoco/configs/**',
                        //and others
                ])
        })
    }
}

jacocoTestCoverageVerification {

    //I tried this and it didn't work

  //   classDirectories = files(classDirectories.files.collect {
  //   fileTree(
  //    dir: it,
        // excludes:
        // [
        //      'com/jacoco/dto/**',
        //      'com/jacoco/configs/**',
        //      //and others
        // ])
  //   })

    violationRules {
        rule {
            //Also tried this and it didn't work

           // excludes = ['com/jacoco/dto/**', ...]

            limit {
                counter = 'BRANCH'
                minimum = 0.8
            }
        }
    }
}
check.dependsOn jacocoTestCoverageVerification

violationRules {
    rule {
        element = 'CLASS'
        excludes = ['com.jacoco.dto.*']
        limit {
            counter = 'BRANCH'
            minimum = 0.8
        }
    }
}

check.dependsOn jacocoTestCoverageVerification

afterEvaluate {
        classDirectories = files(classDirectories.files.collect {
            fileTree(dir: it, exclude:  [
                    'com/example/my/package/*',
                    'com/example/service/MyApplication.kt',
                    'com/google/protobuf/*'
            ])
        })
    }

apply plugin: "jacoco”

jacocoTestCoverageVerification {
    afterEvaluate {
        classDirectories = files(classDirectories.files.collect {
            fileTree(dir: it, exclude:  [
                    'com/example/my/package/*',
                    'com/example/service/MyApplication.kt',
                    'com/google/protobuf/*'
            ])
        })
    }

    violationRules {
        rule {
            limit {
                minimum = 0.79
            }
        }
    }
}


// to run coverage verification during the build (and fail when appropriate)
check.dependsOn jacocoTestCoverageVerification