diff --git a/acl/acl.gradle b/acl/acl.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index eacbc7f8256..00000000000
--- a/acl/acl.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// Acl Module build file
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0',
-			"org.springframework:spring-aop:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion"
-
-	optional "net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:$ehcacheVersion"
-
-	testCompile "org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-context-support:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion"
-
-	testRuntime "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/acl/spring-security-acl.gradle b/acl/spring-security-acl.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31b5de0a573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acl/spring-security-acl.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+
+	optional 'net.sf.ehcache:ehcache'
+
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-context-support'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-test'
+
+	testRuntime 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
+}
diff --git a/aspects/aspects.gradle b/aspects/aspects.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index d1fdc61ca9a..00000000000
--- a/aspects/aspects.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion"
-
-	testCompile 'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0',
-				"org.springframework:spring-aop:$springVersion"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aspects/spring-security-aspects.gradle b/aspects/spring-security-aspects.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..564a3577a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aspects/spring-security-aspects.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+apply plugin: 'aspectj'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+
+	testCompile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
+}
diff --git a/bom/build.gradle b/bom/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index a5bc2668fa9..00000000000
--- a/bom/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'maven-bom'
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle"
-
-generatePom.enabled = false
-sonarqube.skipProject = true
-
-mavenBom {
-	projects = coreModuleProjects
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bom/spring-security-bom.gradle b/bom/spring-security-bom.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e599aeeec4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bom/spring-security-bom.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apply plugin: 'maven-bom'
+
+sonarqube.skipProject = true
+
+project.rootProject.allprojects.each { p ->
+	p.plugins.withType(io.spring.gradle.convention.SpringMavenPlugin) {
+		project.mavenBom.projects.add(p)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8b73605ab73..aafeb654264 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,192 +1,18 @@
 buildscript {
-	repositories {
-		maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release" }
-		maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/plugins-snapshot" }
-	}
 	dependencies {
-		classpath("org.springframework.build.gradle:propdeps-plugin:0.0.7")
-		classpath("io.spring.gradle:spring-io-plugin:0.0.6.RELEASE")
-		classpath("com.bmuschko:gradle-tomcat-plugin:2.2.4")
-		classpath('me.champeau.gradle:gradle-javadoc-hotfix-plugin:0.1')
-		classpath('org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-plugin:1.5.1')
-		classpath("io.spring.gradle:docbook-reference-plugin:0.3.1")
-		classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT")
+		classpath 'io.spring.gradle:spring-gradle-build-conventions:1.0-SNAPSHOT'
+		classpath "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:$springBootVersion"
 	}
-}
-
-plugins {
-	id "org.sonarqube" version "2.1-rc1"
-}
-
-apply plugin: 'base'
-
-description = 'Spring Security'
-
-allprojects {
-	apply plugin: 'idea'
-	apply plugin: 'eclipse'
-
-	ext.releaseBuild = version.endsWith('RELEASE')
-	ext.snapshotBuild = version.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')
-	ext.springVersion = '4.3.5.RELEASE'
-	ext.springLdapVersion = '2.2.0.RELEASE'
-
-	group = 'org.springframework.security'
-
 	repositories {
-	mavenCentral()
-	maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot" }
-	maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release" }
-	maven { url "http://repo.terracotta.org/maven2/" }
-	}
-
-}
-
-sonarqube {
-	properties {
-		property "sonar.java.coveragePlugin", "jacoco"
-		property "sonar.projectName", "Spring Security"
-		property "sonar.jacoco.reportPath", "${buildDir.name}/jacoco.exec"
-		property "sonar.links.homepage", 'https://www.springsource.org/spring-security'
-		property "sonar.links.ci", 'https://build.springsource.org/browse/SEC-B32X'
-		property "sonar.links.issue", 'https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SEC'
-		property "sonar.links.scm", 'https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security'
-		property "sonar.links.scm_dev", 'https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-security.git'
-		property "sonar.java.coveragePlugin", "jacoco"
-	}
-}
-
-// Set up different subproject lists for individual configuration
-ext.javaProjects = subprojects.findAll { project -> project.name != 'docs' && project.name != 'manual' && project.name != 'guides' && project.name != 'spring-security-bom' }
-ext.sampleProjects = subprojects.findAll { project -> project.name.startsWith('spring-security-samples') }
-ext.itestProjects = subprojects.findAll { project -> project.name.startsWith('itest') }
-ext.coreModuleProjects = javaProjects - sampleProjects - itestProjects
-ext.aspectjProjects = [project(':spring-security-aspects'), project(':spring-security-samples-xml-aspectj'), project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-aspectj')]
-
-configure(allprojects - javaProjects) {
-	task afterEclipseImport {
-		ext.srcFile = file('.classpath')
-		inputs.file srcFile
-		outputs.dir srcFile
-
-		onlyIf { !srcFile.exists() }
-
-		doLast {
-			srcFile << """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
-</classpath>
-"""
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-configure(subprojects - coreModuleProjects - project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages') - project(':spring-security-bom')) {
-	tasks.findByPath("artifactoryPublish")?.enabled = false
-	sonarqube {
-		skipProject = true
-	}
-}
-
-configure(javaProjects) {
-	ext.TOMCAT_GRADLE = "$rootDir/gradle/tomcat.gradle"
-	ext.WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE = "$rootDir/gradle/war-sample.gradle"
-	ext.BOOT_SAMPLE_GRADLE = "$rootDir/gradle/boot-sample.gradle"
-	apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/javaprojects.gradle"
-	if(!project.name.contains('gae')) {
-		apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/checkstyle.gradle"
-	}
-	apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/ide.gradle"
-	apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/release-checks.gradle"
-	apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle"
-}
-
-configure(coreModuleProjects) {
-	apply plugin: 'emma'
-	apply plugin: 'spring-io'
-
-	ext.springIoVersion = project.hasProperty('platformVersion') ? platformVersion : 'Brussels-SR1'
-
-	configurations {
-		jacoco //Configuration Group used by Sonar to provide Code Coverage using JaCoCo
-	}
-
-	dependencyManagement {
-		springIoTestRuntime {
-			imports {
-				mavenBom("io.spring.platform:platform-bom:${springIoVersion}") {
-					bomProperties([
-						'mockito.version': '1.10.19'
-					])
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	dependencies {
-		jacoco "org.jacoco:org.jacoco.agent:0.7.5.201505241946:runtime"
-	}
-	test {
-		jvmArgs "-javaagent:${configurations.jacoco.asPath}=destfile=${buildDir}/jacoco.exec,includes=${project.group}.*"
-	}
-	integrationTest {
-		jvmArgs "-javaagent:${configurations.jacoco.asPath}=destfile=${buildDir}/jacoco.exec,includes=${project.group}.*"
+		maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot' }
+		maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release' }
 	}
 }
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.root'
 
-configure (aspectjProjects) {
-	apply plugin: 'java'
-	apply plugin: 'aspectj'
-}
-
-task coreBuild {
-	dependsOn coreModuleProjects*.tasks*.matching { task -> task.name == 'build' }
-}
-
-task coreInstall {
-	dependsOn coreModuleProjects*.tasks*.matching { task -> task.name == 'install' }
-}
-
-// Task for creating the distro zip
-
-task dist(type: Zip) {
-	dependsOn { subprojects*.tasks*.matching { task -> task.name.endsWith('generatePom') } }
-	classifier = 'dist'
-
-	evaluationDependsOn(':docs')
-	evaluationDependsOn(':docs:manual')
-
-	def zipRootDir = "${project.name}-$version"
-	into(zipRootDir) {
-		from(rootDir) {
-			include '*.adoc'
-			include '*.txt'
-		}
-		into('docs') {
-			with(project(':docs').apiSpec)
-			with(project(':docs:manual').spec)
-			with(project(':docs:guides').spec)
-		}
-		project.coreModuleProjects*.tasks*.withType(AbstractArchiveTask).flatten().each{ archiveTask ->
-			if(archiveTask!=dist){
-				into("$zipRootDir/dist") {
-					from archiveTask.outputs.files
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		sampleProjects.each { project->
-			into("$zipRootDir/samples/$project.name") {
-				from(project.projectDir) {
-					include "src/main/**"
-					include "pom.xml"
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
+group = 'org.springframework.security'
+description = 'Spring Security'
 
-artifacts {
-	archives dist
-	archives project(':docs').docsZip
-	archives project(':docs').schemaZip
-}
+ext.snapshotBuild = version.contains("SNAPSHOT")
+ext.releaseBuild = version.contains("SNAPSHOT")
+ext.milestoneBuild = !(snapshotBuild || releaseBuild)
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/MavenBomTask.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/MavenBomTask.groovy
index 171dd778920..d69a6edadd5 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/MavenBomTask.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/MavenBomTask.groovy
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.*
 
 public class MavenBomTask extends DefaultTask {
 
-	Set<Project> projects
+	Set<Project> projects = []
 
 	File bomFile
 
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ public class MavenBomTask extends DefaultTask {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/aspectj/AspectJPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/aspectj/AspectJPlugin.groovy
index fa61e5faad3..8f452689dd9 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/aspectj/AspectJPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/aspectj/AspectJPlugin.groovy
@@ -26,15 +26,11 @@ class AspectJPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 	void apply(Project project) {
 		project.plugins.apply(JavaPlugin)
 
-		if (!project.hasProperty('aspectjVersion')) {
-			throw new GradleException("You must set the property 'aspectjVersion' before applying the aspectj plugin")
-		}
-
 		if (project.configurations.findByName('ajtools') == null) {
 			project.configurations.create('ajtools')
 			project.dependencies {
-				ajtools "org.aspectj:aspectjtools:${project.aspectjVersion}"
-				optional "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:${project.aspectjVersion}"
+				ajtools "org.aspectj:aspectjtools"
+				optional "org.aspectj:aspectjrt"
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/cas/cas.gradle b/cas/cas.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e8f2bac473..00000000000
--- a/cas/cas.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-web'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion",
-			"org.jasig.cas.client:cas-client-core:$casClientVersion"
-
-	optional "net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:$ehcacheVersion",
-			"com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jacksonDatabindVersion"
-
-	testCompile "org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:$jsonassertVersion"
-
-	provided "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-}
diff --git a/cas/spring-security-cas.gradle b/cas/spring-security-cas.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1358856901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cas/spring-security-cas.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'org.jasig.cas.client:cas-client-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+
+	optional 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
+	optional 'net.sf.ehcache:ehcache'
+
+	provided 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	testCompile 'org.skyscreamer:jsonassert'
+}
diff --git a/config/config.gradle b/config/config.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 56be46286c2..00000000000
--- a/config/config.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-import javax.security.auth.login.ConfigurationSpi;
-
-// Config Module build file
-
-apply plugin: 'groovy'
-apply plugin: 'trang'
-
-compileTestJava.dependsOn(':spring-security-core:compileTestJava')
-
-dependencies {
-	// NB: Don't add other compile time dependencies to the config module as this breaks tooling
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0',
-			"org.springframework:spring-aop:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion"
-
-	optional project(':spring-security-web'),
-			 project(':spring-security-ldap'),
-			 project(':spring-security-openid'),
-			 project(':spring-security-messaging'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-websocket:$springVersion",
-			 "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			 "org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:$aspectjVersion",
-			 "org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			 "org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion"
-
-	provided "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	testCompile project(':spring-security-cas'),
-				project(':spring-security-core').sourceSets.test.output,
-				project(':spring-security-aspects'),
-				'javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0',
-				"org.springframework.ldap:spring-ldap-core:$springLdapVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-expression:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-orm:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion",
-				"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-				"org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence:$javaPersistenceVersion",
-				"org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:$hibernateVersion",
-				"org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:$groovyVersion",
-				"org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-core:$apacheDsVersion",
-				"org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-core-entry:$apacheDsVersion",
-				"org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-protocol-shared:$apacheDsVersion",
-				"org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-protocol-ldap:$apacheDsVersion",
-				"org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-server-jndi:$apacheDsVersion",
-				'org.apache.directory.shared:shared-ldap:0.9.15',
-				'ldapsdk:ldapsdk:4.1',
-				powerMockDependencies,
-				"org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
-				spockDependencies
-
-	testCompile('org.openid4java:openid4java-nodeps:0.9.6') {
-		exclude group: 'com.google.code.guice', module: 'guice'
-	}
-	testCompile("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:$springDataJpaVersion") {
-		exclude group: 'org.aspectj', module: 'aspectjrt'
-	}
-
-	testRuntime "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
-				"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion"
-}
-
-test {
-	inputs.file file("$rootDir/docs/manual/src/docbook/appendix-namespace.xml")
-}
-
-rncToXsd {
-	rncDir = file('src/main/resources/org/springframework/security/config/')
-	xsdDir = rncDir
-	xslFile = new File(rncDir, 'spring-security.xsl')
-}
-
-build.dependsOn rncToXsd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/spring-security-config.gradle b/config/spring-security-config.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..559a9d3f8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/spring-security-config.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+apply plugin: 'trang'
+
+dependencies {
+	// NB: Don't add other compile time dependencies to the config module as this breaks tooling
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+
+	optional project(':spring-security-ldap')
+	optional project(':spring-security-messaging')
+	optional project(':spring-security-openid')
+	optional project(':spring-security-web')
+	optional 'org.aspectj:aspectjweaver'
+	optional 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	optional 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+	optional 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	optional'org.springframework:spring-web'
+	optional'org.springframework:spring-websocket'
+
+	provided 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-aspects')
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-cas')
+	testCompile project(path : ':spring-security-core', configuration : 'tests')
+	testCompile apachedsDependencies
+	testCompile powerMockDependencies
+	testCompile spockDependencies
+	testCompile 'javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0'
+	testCompile 'ldapsdk:ldapsdk:4.1'
+	testCompile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all'
+	testCompile 'org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence'
+	testCompile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager'
+	testCompile 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
+	testCompile ('org.openid4java:openid4java-nodeps') {
+		exclude group: 'com.google.code.guice', module: 'guice'
+	}
+	testCompile 'org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework.ldap:spring-ldap-core'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-expression'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-orm'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+	testCompile ('org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa') {
+		exclude group: 'org.aspectj', module: 'aspectjrt'
+	}
+
+	testRuntime 'cglib:cglib-nodep'
+	testRuntime 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
+}
+
+test {
+	inputs.file file("$rootDir/docs/manual/src/docbook/appendix-namespace.xml")
+}
+
+rncToXsd {
+	rncDir = file('src/main/resources/org/springframework/security/config/')
+	xsdDir = rncDir
+	xslFile = new File(rncDir, 'spring-security.xsl')
+}
+
+build.dependsOn rncToXsd
diff --git a/core/core.gradle b/core/core.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 95ebe7f2bc7..00000000000
--- a/core/core.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-// Core build file
-
-// We don't define a module dependency on crypto to avoid creating a transitive dependency
-def cryptoProject = project(':spring-security-crypto')
-def cryptoClasses = cryptoProject.sourceSets.main.output
-
-configurations {
-	included
-
-	compile.extendsFrom included
-
-	testCompile.exclude group: 'org.mockito', module: 'mockito-all'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-	compile springCoreDependency,
-			'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0',
-			"org.springframework:spring-aop:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-expression:$springVersion"
-
-	optional "net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:$ehcacheVersion",
-			 'javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0',
-			 "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:$aspectjVersion",
-			 "org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			 "org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion",
-			 "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jacksonDatabindVersion"
-
-	included cryptoProject
-
-	testCompile "commons-collections:commons-collections:$commonsCollectionsVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion",
-				"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-				powerMockDependencies,
-				"org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:$jsonassertVersion"
-
-	testRuntime "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion"
-}
-
-classes.doLast {
-	copy {
-		from cryptoClasses
-		into sourceSets.main.output.classesDir
-	}
-}
-
-sourceJar.from cryptoProject.sourceSets.main.java
-
-configure(project.tasks.withType(Test)) {
-	systemProperties['springSecurityVersion'] = version
-	systemProperties['springVersion'] = springVersion
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/spring-security-core.gradle b/core/spring-security-core.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..593fe43c8e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/spring-security-core.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+def includeProject = project(':spring-security-crypto')
+
+configurations {
+	tests
+	published.extendsFrom tests, archives
+
+	included
+	compile.extendsFrom included
+}
+
+dependencies {
+	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
+	compile 'commons-logging:commons-logging'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-expression'
+
+	included includeProject
+
+	optional 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
+	optional 'javax.annotation:jsr250-api'
+	optional 'net.sf.ehcache:ehcache'
+	optional 'org.aspectj:aspectjrt'
+	optional 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	optional 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+
+	testCompile powerMockDependencies
+	testCompile 'commons-collections:commons-collections'
+	testCompile 'org.skyscreamer:jsonassert'
+	testCompile 'org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-test'
+
+	testRuntime 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
+}
+
+classes.doLast {
+	copy {
+		from includeProject.sourceSets.main.output
+		into sourceSets.main.output.classesDir
+	}
+}
+
+tasks.sourcesJar.from {includeProject.sourceSets.main.java}
+
+configure(project.tasks.withType(Test)) {
+	systemProperties['springSecurityVersion'] = version
+	systemProperties['springVersion'] = project.dependencyManagement.managedVersions['org.springframework:spring-core']
+}
+
+task testJar(type: Jar) {
+	classifier = 'tests'
+	from sourceSets.test.output
+}
+
+artifacts {
+	tests testJar
+}
+
+uploadPublished {
+	// maven deployer configuration
+}
+
+install {
+	configuration = configurations.published
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
index 0348315e50f..fc32aeef43f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/core/SpringSecurityCoreVersion.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class SpringSecurityCoreVersion {
 	 */
 	public static final long SERIAL_VERSION_UID = 500L;
 
-	static final String MIN_SPRING_VERSION = "4.3.5.RELEASE";
+	static final String MIN_SPRING_VERSION = "5.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT";
 
 	static {
 		performVersionChecks();
diff --git a/crypto/crypto.gradle b/crypto/crypto.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index d226db0bdd3..00000000000
--- a/crypto/crypto.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-dependencies {
-	optional 'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on:1.54'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crypto/spring-security-crypto.gradle b/crypto/spring-security-crypto.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b757f4f7ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crypto/spring-security-crypto.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	optional 'commons-logging:commons-logging'
+	optional 'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on'
+}
diff --git a/data/data.gradle b/data/data.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 9de1fe8d2d1..00000000000
--- a/data/data.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			"org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:$springDataCommonsVersion"
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/spring-security-data.gradle b/data/spring-security-data.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa3a22116dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/spring-security-data.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+}
diff --git a/docs/docs.gradle b/docs/docs.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 52f896d2002..00000000000
--- a/docs/docs.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-	// Docbook and Javadoc building and uploading tasks
-apply plugin: 'base'
-
-task docs {
-	dependsOn 'manual:reference', 'apidocs', 'guides:asciidoctor'
-}
-
-project('manual') {
-	apply plugin: 'base'
-	apply plugin: 'org.asciidoctor.gradle.asciidoctor'
-	apply plugin: 'docbook-reference'
-
-	ext.expandPlaceholders = ""
-
-	asciidoctorj {
-		version = '1.5.2'
-	}
-
-	asciidoctor {
-		backends = ['docbook5']
-		def ghTag = snapshotBuild ? 'master' : project.version
-		def ghUrl = "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/tree/$ghTag"
-		options = [
-		  eruby: 'erubis',
-		  attributes: [
-			  copycss : '',
-			  icons : 'font',
-			  'source-highlighter': 'prettify',
-			  sectanchors : '',
-			  toc2: '',
-			  idprefix: '',
-			  idseparator: '-',
-			  doctype: 'book',
-			  numbered: '',
-			  'spring-security-version' : project.version,
-			  'spring-version' : springVersion,
-			  revnumber : project.version,
-			  'gh-url': ghUrl,
-			  'gh-samples-url': "$ghUrl/samples",
-			  docinfo : ""
-		  ]
-		]
-	}
-
-	reference {
-		sourceDir = new File(asciidoctor.outputDir , 'docbook5')
-		pdfFilename = "spring-security-reference.pdf"
-		epubFilename = "spring-security-reference.epub"
-		expandPlaceholders = ""
-	}
-
-	afterEvaluate {
-		tasks.findAll { it.name.startsWith("reference") }.each{ it.dependsOn.add("asciidoctor") }
-	}
-
-
-	ext.spec = copySpec {
-		from (reference) {
-			into 'reference'
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-task apidocs(type: Javadoc) {
-	destinationDir = new File(buildDir, 'apidocs')
-	title = "Spring Security $version API"
-	logging.captureStandardError LogLevel.INFO
-	logging.captureStandardOutput LogLevel.INFO
-
-	source coreModuleProjects.collect { project ->
-		project.sourceSets.main.allJava
-	}
-
-	classpath = files(coreModuleProjects.collect { project ->
-		project.sourceSets.main.compileClasspath
-	})
-	options {
-		outputLevel = org.gradle.external.javadoc.JavadocOutputLevel.QUIET
-		links = [
-			"http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/3.2.x/javadoc-api",
-			"http://static.springsource.org/spring-ldap/docs/1.3.x/apidocs/",
-			"http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/"
-		]
-		groups = [
-			'Spring Security Core':[
-				'org.springframework.security.core*',
-				'org.springframework.security.authentication*',
-				'org.springframework.security.access*',
-				'org.springframework.security.remoting*',
-				'org.springframework.security.provisioning*',
-				'org.springframework.security.util*'],
-			'Spring Security Web':['org.springframework.security.web*'],
-			'Spring Security LDAP':['org.springframework.security.ldap*'],
-			'Spring Security Crypto':['org.springframework.security.crypto*'],
-			'Spring Security OpenID':['org.springframework.security.openid*'],
-			'Spring Security CAS':['org.springframework.security.cas*'],
-			'Spring Security ACL':['org.springframework.security.acls*'],
-			'Spring Security Config':['org.springframework.security.config*'],
-			'Spring Security Taglibs':['org.springframework.security.taglibs*'],
-
-		]
-		addStringOption('-quiet')
-	}
-}
-
-if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
-	// Turn off doclint in JDK 8 Javadoc (too strict on checks)
-	apidocs.options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
-}
-
-ext.apiSpec = copySpec {
-	into('apidocs') {
-		from(apidocs.destinationDir)
-	}
-}
-
-assemble.dependsOn = [apidocs, 'manual:asciidoctor']
-
-task docsZip(type: Zip) {
-	dependsOn docs
-	evaluationDependsOn('guides')
-	group = 'Distribution'
-	baseName = rootProject.name
-	classifier = 'docs'
-	description = "Builds -${classifier} archive containing api and reference " +
-		"for deployment at static.springframework.org/spring-security/site/docs."
-
-	with(project(':docs').apiSpec)
-	with(project(':docs:manual').spec)
-	with(project(':docs:guides').spec)
-}
-
-task schemaZip(type: Zip) {
-	group = 'Distribution'
-	baseName = rootProject.name
-	classifier = 'schema'
-	description = "Builds -${classifier} archive containing all " +
-		"XSDs for deployment at static.springframework.org/schema."
-
-	coreModuleProjects.each { module ->
-		def Properties schemas = new Properties();
-
-		module.sourceSets.main.resources.find {
-			it.path.endsWith('META-INF/spring.schemas')
-		}?.withInputStream { schemas.load(it) }
-
-		for (def key : schemas.keySet()) {
-			def shortName = key.replaceAll(/http.*schema.(.*).spring-.*/, '$1')
-			assert shortName != key
-			File xsdFile = module.sourceSets.main.resources.find {
-				it.path.endsWith(schemas.get(key))
-			}
-			assert xsdFile != null
-			into (shortName) {
-				from xsdFile.path
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/docs/guides/build.gradle b/docs/guides/spring-security-docs-guides.gradle
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/guides/build.gradle
rename to docs/guides/spring-security-docs-guides.gradle
diff --git a/docs/manual/spring-security-docs-manual.gradle b/docs/manual/spring-security-docs-manual.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39b6412c3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/manual/spring-security-docs-manual.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.docs'
+
+asciidoctor {
+	def ghTag = snapshotBuild ? 'master' : project.version
+	def ghUrl = "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/tree/$ghTag"
+	attributes 'spring-security-version' : project.version,
+		'spring-version' : project(':spring-security-core').dependencyManagement.managedVersions['org.springframework:spring-core'],
+		revnumber : project.version,
+		'gh-url': ghUrl,
+		'gh-samples-url': "$ghUrl/samples"
+}
diff --git a/docs/spring-security-docs.gradle b/docs/spring-security-docs.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 0114fb77717..e4104b3046f 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+springBootVersion=1.5.2.RELEASE
 version=5.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+springIoVersion=Cairo-BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+gaeVersion=1.9.23
diff --git a/gradle/boot-sample.gradle b/gradle/boot-sample.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 20aab537d0e..00000000000
--- a/gradle/boot-sample.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
-
-sonarqube {
-	skipProject = true
-}
-
-configurations.all {
-	resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
-		if (details.requested.group == 'org.springframework') {
-			details.useVersion springVersion
-		}
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/checkstyle.gradle b/gradle/checkstyle.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fc34720f0b..00000000000
--- a/gradle/checkstyle.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
-
-checkstyle {
-	configFile = rootProject.file('etc/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml')
-	configProperties.configDir = configFile.parentFile
-	toolVersion = '6.16.1'
-}
-task checkstyle {
-	dependsOn project.tasks.findAll { task -> task.name.matches('checkstyle\\w+') }
-}
-
-check.dependsOn tasks.checkstyle
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/dependency-management.properties b/gradle/dependency-management.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4570c74e950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/dependency-management.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+cglib\:cglib-nodep=3.2.5
+opensymphony\:sitemesh=2.4.2
+org.gebish\:geb-spock=0.10.0
+org.jasig.cas\:cas-server-webapp=4.0.0
+org.mockito\:mockito-core=1.10.19
+org.powermock\:powermock-api-mockito=1.6.2
+org.powermock\:powermock-api-support=1.6.2
+org.powermock\:powermock-core=1.6.2
+org.powermock\:powermock-module-junit4-common=1.6.2
+org.powermock\:powermock-module-junit4=1.6.2
+org.powermock\:powermock-reflect=1.6.2
+org.python\:jython=2.5.0
diff --git a/gradle/ide.gradle b/gradle/ide.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index f5026910729..00000000000
--- a/gradle/ide.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-import org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.model.SourceFolder
-
-apply plugin: 'eclipse-wtp'
-apply plugin: 'propdeps-idea'
-apply plugin: 'propdeps-eclipse'
-
-eclipse.classpath.downloadSources = true
-
-
-eclipse.project.buildCommand "net.sf.eclipsecs.core.CheckstyleBuilder"
-eclipse.project.natures "net.sf.eclipsecs.core.CheckstyleNature"
-
-// Include project specific settings
-task eclipseCheckstyle(type: Copy) {
-	from rootProject.files(
-		"etc/eclipse/.checkstyle")
-	into project.projectDir
-	expand(configDir: rootProject.file('etc/checkstyle').absolutePath)
-}
-task eclipseSettings(type: Copy) {
-	from rootProject.files(
-		"etc/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs",
-		"etc/eclipse/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml")
-	into project.file('.settings/')
-	outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
-}
-
-task eclipseWstComponent(type: Copy) {
-	from rootProject.files(
-		"etc/eclipse/org.eclipse.wst.common.component")
-	into project.file('.settings/')
-	expand(deployname: project.name)
-	outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
-}
-
-task eclipseJdtPrepare(type: Copy) {
-	from rootProject.file("etc/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs")
-	into project.file(".settings/")
-	outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
-}
-
-task cleanEclipseJdtUi(type: Delete) {
-	delete project.file(".settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs")
-	delete project.file(".settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs")
-	delete project.file(".settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component")
-	delete project.file(".settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml")
-}
-
-tasks["eclipseJdt"].dependsOn(eclipseJdtPrepare)
-tasks["cleanEclipse"].dependsOn(cleanEclipseJdtUi)
-tasks["eclipse"].dependsOn(eclipseCheckstyle, eclipseSettings, eclipseWstComponent)
-
-task eclipseConfiguration(dependsOn: [eclipseCheckstyle, eclipseSettings, eclipseWstComponent]) {
-}
-
-eclipse {
-	classpath {
-		plusConfigurations += [ configurations.integrationTestCompile ]
-	}
-}
-
-// http://forums.gradle.org/gradle/topics/eclipse_wtp_deploys_testcode_to_server_example_provided
-eclipse.classpath {
-	defaultOutputDir = file('bin/main')
-	file.whenMerged { cp ->
-		cp.entries.findAll { it instanceof SourceFolder && (it.path.contains("test") || it.path.contains("Test")) }*.output = "bin/test"
-	}
-}
-
-// GRADLE-1116
-project.eclipse.classpath.file.whenMerged { classpath ->
-	classpath.entries.removeAll { entry -> entry.path.endsWith('/build/resources/test') }
-	classpath.entries.removeAll { entry -> entry.path.endsWith('/build/classes/test') }
-	classpath.entries.removeAll { entry -> entry.path.endsWith('/build/resources/main') }
-	classpath.entries.removeAll { entry -> entry.path.endsWith('/build/classes/main') }
-}
-
-// GRADLE-1422
-project.eclipseClasspath.doFirst {
-	// delay adding whenMerged till the entryAttributes are added (must be the last whenMerged)
-	project.eclipse.classpath.file.whenMerged { classpath ->
-		def includeDeps = project.configurations.getByName('runtime').collect {f -> f.absolutePath } as Set
-		classpath.entries.each { cp ->
-			if(cp instanceof org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.model.Library) {
-				def include = includeDeps.contains(cp.path)
-				def attr = 'org.eclipse.jst.component.dependency'
-				if(!include) {
-					cp.entryAttributes.remove(attr)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-project.idea.module {
-	scopes.TEST.plus += [project.configurations.integrationTestRuntime]
-	testSourceDirs += sourceSets.integrationTest.resources.srcDirs
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/javaprojects.gradle b/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c9db93a278..00000000000
--- a/gradle/javaprojects.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,244 +0,0 @@
-
-apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'groovy'
-apply plugin: 'javadocHotfix'
-apply plugin: 'propdeps'
-apply plugin: 'propdeps-maven'
-
-sourceCompatibility = 1.8
-targetCompatibility = 1.8
-
-ext.apacheDsVersion = '1.5.5'
-ext.aspectjVersion = '1.8.4'
-ext.casClientVersion = '3.4.1'
-ext.cglibVersion = '3.2.5'
-ext.commonsCodecVersion = '1.10'
-ext.commonsCollectionsVersion = '3.2.2'
-ext.commonsLoggingVersion = '1.2'
-ext.ehcacheVersion = '2.9.0'
-ext.gebVersion = '0.10.0'
-ext.groovyVersion = '2.4.4'
-ext.hsqlVersion = '2.3.2'
-ext.hibernateVersion = '5.0.11.Final'
-ext.hibernateValidatorVersion = '5.2.4.Final'
-ext.jacksonDatabindVersion = '2.8.4'
-ext.javaPersistenceVersion = '2.1.1'
-ext.jettyVersion = '6.1.26'
-ext.jstlVersion = '1.2.1'
-ext.junitVersion = '4.12'
-ext.logbackVersion = '1.1.2'
-ext.powerMockVersion = '1.6.5'
-ext.seleniumVersion = '2.44.0'
-ext.servletApiVersion = '3.1.0'
-ext.slf4jVersion = '1.7.7'
-ext.spockVersion = '0.7-groovy-2.0'
-ext.springDataCommonsVersion = '1.12.2.RELEASE'
-ext.springDataJpaVersion = '1.10.2.RELEASE'
-ext.springDataRedisVersion = '1.7.2.RELEASE'
-ext.springSessionVersion = '1.2.1.RELEASE'
-ext.springBootVersion = '1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT'
-ext.thymeleafVersion = '3.0.2.RELEASE'
-ext.jsonassertVersion = '1.3.0'
-ext.validationApiVersion = '1.1.0.Final'
-
-
-ext.spockDependencies = [
-	dependencies.create("org.spockframework:spock-spring:$spockVersion") {
-		exclude group: 'junit', module: 'junit-dep'
-	},
-	dependencies.create("org.spockframework:spock-core:$spockVersion") {
-		exclude group: 'junit', module: 'junit-dep'
-	}
-]
-
-ext.gebDependencies = spockDependencies + [
-	"org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-htmlunit-driver:$seleniumVersion",
-	"org.gebish:geb-spock:$gebVersion",
-	'commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient:3.1',
-	"org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:$groovyVersion",
-	"org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:$groovyVersion"
-]
-
-ext.powerMockDependencies = [
-	"org.powermock:powermock-core:$powerMockVersion",
-	"org.powermock:powermock-api-support:$powerMockVersion",
-	"org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4-common:$powerMockVersion",
-	"org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4:$powerMockVersion",
-	dependencies.create("org.powermock:powermock-api-mockito:$powerMockVersion") {
-		exclude group: 'org.mockito', module: 'mockito-all'
-	},
-	"org.powermock:powermock-reflect:$powerMockVersion"
-]
-
-ext.springCoreDependency = [
-	dependencies.create("org.springframework:spring-core:$springVersion") {
-		exclude(group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging')
-	}
-]
-
-ext.jstlDependencies = [
-		"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-		"org.apache.taglibs:taglibs-standard-jstlel:1.2.1"
-]
-
-ext.apachedsDependencies = [
-		"org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-core:$apacheDsVersion",
-		"org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-core-entry:$apacheDsVersion",
-		"org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-protocol-shared:$apacheDsVersion",
-		"org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-protocol-ldap:$apacheDsVersion",
-		"org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-server-jndi:$apacheDsVersion",
-		'org.apache.directory.shared:shared-ldap:0.9.15'
-]
-
-// Integration test setup
-configurations {
-	integrationTestCompile {
-		extendsFrom testCompile, optional, provided
-	}
-	integrationTestRuntime {
-		extendsFrom integrationTestCompile, testRuntime
-	}
-	springSnapshotTestRuntime.extendsFrom testRuntime
-}
-
-configurations.springSnapshotTestRuntime {
-	resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
-		if (details.requested.group == 'org.springframework') {
-			details.useVersion 'latest.integration'
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-sourceSets {
-	integrationTest {
-		java.srcDir file('src/integration-test/java')
-		groovy.srcDirs file('src/integration-test/groovy')
-		resources.srcDir file('src/integration-test/resources')
-		compileClasspath = sourceSets.main.output + sourceSets.test.output + configurations.integrationTestCompile
-		runtimeClasspath = output + compileClasspath + configurations.integrationTestRuntime
-	}
-}
-
-task integrationTest(type: Test, dependsOn: jar) {
-	testClassesDir = sourceSets.integrationTest.output.classesDir
-	logging.captureStandardOutput(LogLevel.INFO)
-	classpath = sourceSets.integrationTest.runtimeClasspath
-	maxParallelForks = 1
-	reports {
-		html.destination = project.file("$project.buildDir/reports/integration-tests/")
-		junitXml.destination = project.file("$project.buildDir/integration-test-results/")
-	}
-}
-
-project.conf2ScopeMappings.addMapping(MavenPlugin.TEST_COMPILE_PRIORITY + 1, project.configurations.getByName("integrationTestCompile"), Conf2ScopeMappingContainer.TEST)
-project.conf2ScopeMappings.addMapping(MavenPlugin.TEST_COMPILE_PRIORITY + 2, project.configurations.getByName("integrationTestRuntime"), Conf2ScopeMappingContainer.TEST)
-check.dependsOn integrationTest
-
-task springSnapshotTest(type: Test) {
-	jvmArgs = ['-ea', '-Xmx500m', '-XX:MaxPermSize=128M']
-	classpath = sourceSets.test.output + sourceSets.main.output + configurations.springSnapshotTestRuntime
-	reports {
-		html.destination = project.file("$buildDir/spring-snapshot-test-results/")
-		junitXml.destination = project.file("$buildDir/reports/spring-snapshot-tests/")
-	}
-}
-
-dependencies {
-	optional "commons-logging:commons-logging:$commonsLoggingVersion"
-
-	testCompile "junit:junit:$junitVersion",
-			'org.mockito:mockito-core:1.10.19',
-			"org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion",
-			'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.6.2'
-
-	// Use slf4j/logback for logging
-	testRuntime "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-				"ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
-}
-
-[configurations.runtime, configurations.default, configurations.testCompile]*.exclude(module: 'commons-logging')
-
-configurations.all {
-	resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
-			if (details.requested.group == 'org.slf4j') {
-				details.useVersion slf4jVersion
-			}
-	}
-}
-
-[compileJava, compileTestJava]*.options*.encoding = 'UTF-8'
-
-project.tasks.matching { it instanceof Test && it.name != 'integrationTest' }.all {
-	jvmArgs = ['-ea', '-Xmx500m', '-XX:MaxPermSize=512m']
-	maxParallelForks = guessMaxForks()
-	logging.captureStandardOutput(LogLevel.INFO)
-}
-
-def guessMaxForks() {
-	int processors = Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors()
-	return Math.max(2, (int) (processors / 2))
-}
-
-jar {
-	manifest.attributes["Created-By"] = 'Spring Security Team'
-	manifest.attributes["Implementation-Title"] = project.name
-	manifest.attributes["Implementation-Version"] = project.version
-	manifest.attributes["Premain-Class"] =
-	manifest.attributes["Agent-Class"] =
-	manifest.attributes["Can-Redefine-Classes"] = "true"
-	manifest.attributes["Can-Retransform-Classes"] = "true"
-	manifest.attributes["Can-Set-Native-Method-Prefix"] = "false"
-}
-
-javadoc {
-	title = "Spring Security $version API"
-	source = sourceSets.main.allJava
-	logging.captureStandardError LogLevel.INFO
-	logging.captureStandardOutput LogLevel.INFO
-	options {
-		memberLevel = org.gradle.external.javadoc.JavadocMemberLevel.PROTECTED
-		author = true
-		header = project.name
-		outputLevel = org.gradle.external.javadoc.JavadocOutputLevel.QUIET
-		links = [
-			"http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.2.x/javadoc-api/",
-			"http://static.springsource.org/spring-ldap/docs/1.3.x/apidocs/",
-			"http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/"
-		]
-		groups = [
-			'Spring Security Core':[
-				'org.springframework.security.core*',
-				'org.springframework.security.authentication*',
-				'org.springframework.security.access*',
-				'org.springframework.security.remoting*',
-				'org.springframework.security.provisioning*',
-				'org.springframework.security.util*'],
-			'Spring Security Web':['org.springframework.security.web*'],
-			'Spring Security LDAP':['org.springframework.security.ldap*'],
-			'Spring Security Crypto':['org.springframework.security.crypto*'],
-			'Spring Security OpenID':['org.springframework.security.openid*'],
-			'Spring Security CAS':['org.springframework.security.cas*'],
-			'Spring Security ACL':['org.springframework.security.acls*'],
-			'Spring Security Config':['org.springframework.security.config*'],
-			'Spring Security Taglibs':['org.springframework.security.taglibs*'],
-			'Spring Security Test':['org.springframework.security.test*'],
-		]
-		addStringOption('-quiet')
-	}
-}
-
-if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
-	tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
-		// Turn off doclint in JDK 8 Javadoc (too strict on checks)
-		options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
-	}
-}
-
-task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
-	classifier = 'javadoc'
-	from javadoc
-}
-
-artifacts {
-	archives javadocJar
-}
diff --git a/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle b/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d0e9cde8a1..00000000000
--- a/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'maven'
-
-// Create a source jar for uploading
-task sourceJar(type: Jar) {
-	classifier = 'sources'
-	from sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
-	include '**/*.java', '**/*.aj'
-}
-
-artifacts {
-	archives sourceJar
-}
-
-// Configuration for SpringSource s3 maven deployer
-configurations {
-	deployerJars
-}
-dependencies {
-	deployerJars "org.springframework.build.aws:org.springframework.build.aws.maven:3.0.0.RELEASE"
-}
-
-install {
-	repositories.mavenInstaller {
-		customizePom(pom, project)
-	}
-}
-
-def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
-	pom.whenConfigured { p ->
-		p.dependencies.findAll{ it.scope == "optional" }.each {
-			it.scope = "compile"
-			it.optional = true
-		}
-		p.dependencies.findAll{ it.groupId == "org.springframework" }.each {
-			it.version = null
-		}
-		// sort to make pom dependencies order consistent to ease comparison of older poms
-		p.dependencies = p.dependencies.sort { dep ->
-			"$dep.scope:$dep.optional:$dep.groupId:$dep.artifactId"
-		}
-	}
-	def isWar = project.hasProperty('war')
-	pom.project {
-		name = gradleProject.name
-		if(isWar) {
-			packaging = "war"
-		}
-		description = gradleProject.name
-		url = 'http://spring.io/spring-security'
-		organization {
-			name = 'spring.io'
-			url = 'http://spring.io/'
-		}
-		licenses {
-			license {
-				name 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
-				url 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
-				distribution 'repo'
-			}
-		}
-		scm {
-			url = 'https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security'
-			connection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security'
-			developerConnection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security'
-		}
-		developers {
-			developer {
-				id = 'rwinch'
-				name = 'Rob Winch'
-				email = 'rwinch@pivotal.io'
-			}
-			developer {
-				id = 'jgrandja'
-				name = 'Joe Grandja'
-				email = 'jgrandja@pivotal.io'
-			}
-		}
-
-		if(!gradleProject.name.endsWith('-bom')) {
-			dependencyManagement {
-				dependencies {
-					dependency {
-						groupId 'org.springframework'
-						artifactId 'spring-framework-bom'
-						version project.springVersion
-						type 'pom'
-						scope 'import'
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		if(isWar) {
-			properties {
-				'm2eclipse.wtp.contextRoot' '/' + project.war.baseName
-			}
-		}
-		if(project.snapshotBuild) {
-			repositories {
-				repository {
-					id 'spring-snapshot'
-					url 'https://repo.spring.io/snapshot'
-				}
-			}
-		} else if(!project.releaseBuild) {
-			repositories {
-				repository {
-					id 'spring-milestone'
-					url 'https://repo.spring.io/milestone'
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// http://forums.gradle.org/gradle/topics/after_upgrade_gradle_to_2_0_version_the_maven_pom_not_support_build_property
-	pom.withXml {
-		def plugins = asNode().appendNode('build').appendNode('plugins')
-		plugins
-			.appendNode('plugin')
-				.appendNode('artifactId','maven-compiler-plugin').parent()
-				.appendNode('configuration')
-					.appendNode('source','1.8').parent()
-					.appendNode('target','1.8')
-		if(isWar) {
-			plugins
-				.appendNode('plugin')
-					.appendNode('artifactId','maven-war-plugin').parent()
-					.appendNode('version','2.3').parent()
-					.appendNode('configuration')
-						.appendNode('failOnMissingWebXml','false')
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-task generatePom {
-	group = 'Build'
-	description = 'Generates a Maven pom.xml'
-
-	ext.generatedPomFileName = "pom.xml"
-	onlyIf { install.enabled }
-
-	inputs.files(fileTree(project.rootProject.rootDir).include("**/*.gradle").files)
-	inputs.files(new File(project.rootProject.rootDir, Project.GRADLE_PROPERTIES))
-	outputs.files(generatedPomFileName)
-
-	doLast() {
-		def p = pom {}
-		customizePom(p, project)
-		p.writeTo(generatedPomFileName)
-	}
-}
-
-build.dependsOn generatePom
diff --git a/gradle/release-checks.gradle b/gradle/release-checks.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cf510694e0..00000000000
--- a/gradle/release-checks.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-task checkDependencies << {
-	verifyNoDependenciesMatchingVersion(".*-SNAPSHOT")
-	if(releaseBuild) {
-		verifyNoDependenciesMatchingVersion(".*M.*")
-		verifyNoDependenciesMatchingVersion(".*RC.*")
-	}
-}
-
-if(!snapshotBuild) {
-	tasks.findByPath('check')?.dependsOn checkDependencies
-}
-
-def verifyNoDependenciesMatchingVersion(def pattern) {
-	def dependencies = configurations.all*.allDependencies*.findAll { d ->
-		def ignored = 'io.spring.platform:platform-versions'
-		def groupAndName = "$d.group:$d.name".toString()
-		ignored != groupAndName &&	d.version?.matches(pattern)
-	}.flatten().toSet().join("\n	")
-	if(dependencies) {
-		throw new GradleException("${project.name} cannot have dependencies with a version that matches $pattern when its version is ${project.version}. Got\n	  $dependencies")
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/springio-dependency-management.properties b/gradle/springio-dependency-management.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fae01c03b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/springio-dependency-management.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.mockito\:mockito-core=1.10.19
diff --git a/gradle/tomcat.gradle b/gradle/tomcat.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 767eb9083ba..00000000000
--- a/gradle/tomcat.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-buildscript {
-	repositories {
-		maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release" }
-	}
-	dependencies {
-		classpath("com.bmuschko:gradle-tomcat-plugin:2.2.4")
-	}
-}
-
-apply plugin: 'com.bmuschko.tomcat'
-
-dependencies {
-	def tomcatVersion = '7.0.54'
-	tomcat "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcatVersion}",
-			"org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli:${tomcatVersion}",
-			"org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:${tomcatVersion}",
-			"org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper:${tomcatVersion}"
-}
-
-task integrationTomcatRun(type: com.bmuschko.gradle.tomcat.tasks.TomcatRun) {
-	onlyIf { !sourceSets.integrationTest.allSource.empty }
-	daemon = true
-	tomcatClasspath = tomcatRun.tomcatClasspath
-	webAppClasspath = tomcatRun.webAppClasspath
-	webAppSourceDirectory = tomcatRun.webAppSourceDirectory
-	doFirst {
-		def mainOutputDir = project.sourceSets.main.output.classesDir
-		if(mainOutputDir) {
-			classesDirectory = mainOutputDir
-		}
-		contextPath = tomcatRun.contextPath
-		// delay reserving ports to ensure they are still available
-		def ports = reservePorts(3)
-		httpPort = ports[0]
-		ajpPort = ports[1]
-		stopPort = ports[2]
-	}
-}
-
-task integrationTomcatStop(type: com.bmuschko.gradle.tomcat.tasks.TomcatStop) {
-	onlyIf { !sourceSets.integrationTest.allSource.empty }
-	doFirst {
-		stopPort = integrationTomcatRun.stopPort
-	}
-}
-
-integrationTest {
-	dependsOn integrationTomcatRun
-	doFirst {
-		def host = 'localhost:' + integrationTomcatRun.httpPort
-		systemProperties['geb.build.baseUrl'] = 'http://'+host+'/' + integrationTomcatRun.contextPath + '/'
-		systemProperties['geb.build.reportsDir'] = 'build/geb-reports'
-	}
-	finalizedBy integrationTomcatStop
-}
-
-def reservePorts(int count) {
-	def sockets = []
-	for(int i in 1..count) {
-		sockets << new ServerSocket(0)
-	}
-	def result = sockets*.localPort
-	sockets*.close()
-	result
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/war-sample.gradle b/gradle/war-sample.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 5250d0bd3bd..00000000000
--- a/gradle/war-sample.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'war'
-apply from: TOMCAT_GRADLE
-
-war {
-	baseName = "sample"
-}
-
-sonarqube {
-	skipProject = true
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/itest/context/itest-context.gradle b/itest/context/itest-context.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index b6986dc1823..00000000000
--- a/itest/context/itest-context.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-System.setProperty('python.cachedir.skip', 'true')
-
-dependencies {
-	compile		project(':spring-security-core'),
-				'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0',
-				'org.python:jython:2.5.0',
-				"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-aop:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion"
-
-	testCompile project(':spring-security-web'),
-				"javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion"
-	testRuntime project(':spring-security-config'),
-				"org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:$aspectjVersion"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/itest/context/spring-security-itest-context.gradle b/itest/context/spring-security-itest-context.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f54200b0a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/itest/context/spring-security-itest-context.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-test'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
+	compile 'org.python:jython'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-web')
+	testCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+
+	testRuntime project(':spring-security-config')
+	testRuntime 'org.aspectj:aspectjweaver'
+}
+
+System.setProperty('python.cachedir.skip', 'true')
diff --git a/itest/web/itest-web.gradle b/itest/web/itest-web.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index d9e19962b62..00000000000
--- a/itest/web/itest-web.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-
-dependencies {
-	compile		"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion"
-
-	provided "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	testCompile project(':spring-security-core'),
-				project(':spring-security-web'),
-				project(':spring-security-test'),
-				"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion"
-
-	testRuntime project(':spring-security-config'),
-				project(':spring-security-ldap')
-}
-
-integrationTest {
-	options {
-		jvmArgs = ["-ea", '-Xms128m', '-Xmx500m']
-	}
-	maxParallelForks = 1
-}
diff --git a/itest/web/spring-security-itest-web.gradle b/itest/web/spring-security-itest-web.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbe818a3db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/itest/web/spring-security-itest-web.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-test'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+
+	provided 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-core')
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-test')
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-web')
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-test'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+
+	testRuntime project(':spring-security-config')
+	testRuntime project(':spring-security-ldap')
+}
+
+integrationTest {
+	options {
+		jvmArgs = ['-ea', '-Xms128m', '-Xmx500m']
+	}
+	maxParallelForks = 1
+}
diff --git a/ldap/ldap.gradle b/ldap/ldap.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 4555b36c37b..00000000000
--- a/ldap/ldap.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-// Ldap build file
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion"
-
-	optional "org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-core:$apacheDsVersion",
-			 "org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-core-entry:$apacheDsVersion",
-			 "org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-protocol-shared:$apacheDsVersion",
-			 "org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-protocol-ldap:$apacheDsVersion",
-			 "org.apache.directory.server:apacheds-server-jndi:$apacheDsVersion",
-			 'org.apache.directory.shared:shared-ldap:0.9.15',
-			 'ldapsdk:ldapsdk:4.1'
-
-	compile ("org.springframework.ldap:spring-ldap-core:$springLdapVersion") {
-		exclude(group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging')
-		exclude(group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-core')
-		exclude(group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-tx')
-		exclude(group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-beans')
-		exclude(group: 'org.springframework.data', module: 'spring-data-commons')
-	}
-
-	testCompile "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-				"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion"
-}
-
-integrationTest {
-	include('**/ApacheDSServerIntegrationTests.class', '**/ApacheDSEmbeddedLdifTests.class')
-//	  exclude('**/OpenLDAPIntegrationTestSuite.class')
-	maxParallelForks = 1
-}
-
-// Runs a server for running the integration tests against (from an IDE, for example)
-task(ldapServer, dependsOn: 'integrationTestClasses', type: JavaExec) {
-	classpath = sourceSets.integrationTest.runtimeClasspath
-	main = 'org.springframework.security.ldap.ApacheDSServerIntegrationTests'
-}
-
diff --git a/ldap/spring-security-ldap.gradle b/ldap/spring-security-ldap.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1602f3271e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldap/spring-security-ldap.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+
+	optional apachedsDependencies
+	optional 'ldapsdk:ldapsdk'
+	optional 'org.apache.directory.shared:shared-ldap'
+
+	compile ('org.springframework.ldap:spring-ldap-core') {
+		exclude(group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging')
+		exclude(group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-beans')
+		exclude(group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-core')
+		exclude(group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-tx')
+		exclude(group: 'org.springframework.data', module: 'spring-data-commons')
+	}
+
+	testCompile 'org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j'
+	testCompile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api'
+}
+
+integrationTest {
+	include('**/ApacheDSServerIntegrationTests.class', '**/ApacheDSEmbeddedLdifTests.class')
+//	  exclude('**/OpenLDAPIntegrationTestSuite.class')
+	maxParallelForks = 1
+}
+
+// Runs a server for running the integration tests against (from an IDE, for example)
+task(ldapServer, dependsOn: 'integrationTestClasses', type: JavaExec) {
+	classpath = sourceSets.integrationTest.runtimeClasspath
+	main = 'org.springframework.security.ldap.ApacheDSServerIntegrationTests'
+}
+
diff --git a/messaging/messaging.gradle b/messaging/messaging.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index beb3eab4b09..00000000000
--- a/messaging/messaging.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'groovy'
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0',
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-expression:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-messaging:$springVersion"
-
-	optional project(':spring-security-web'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-websocket:$springVersion",
-			"javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	testCompile project(':spring-security-core').sourceSets.test.output,
-				"commons-codec:commons-codec:$commonsCodecVersion",
-				"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-				"org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:$groovyVersion",
-				powerMockDependencies,
-				spockDependencies
-
-	testRuntime "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/messaging/spring-security-messaging.gradle b/messaging/spring-security-messaging.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ee9e2617ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/messaging/spring-security-messaging.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-expression'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-messaging'
+
+	optional project(':spring-security-web')
+	optional 'org.springframework:spring-websocket'
+	optional 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	testCompile project(path: ':spring-security-core', configuration: 'tests')
+	testCompile 'commons-codec:commons-codec'
+	testCompile powerMockDependencies
+	testCompile slf4jDependencies
+	testCompile spockDependencies
+
+	testRuntime 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
+}
diff --git a/openid/openid.gradle b/openid/openid.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index e383326d241..00000000000
--- a/openid/openid.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// OpenID Module build file
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-web'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			"org.springframework:spring-aop:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion"
-
-	// openid4java has a compile time dep on guice with a group
-	// name which is different from the maven central one.
-	// We use the maven central version here instead.
-	compile('org.openid4java:openid4java-nodeps:0.9.6') {
-	   exclude group: 'com.google.code.guice', module: 'guice'
-	}
-	compile 'com.google.inject:guice:2.0'
-
-	provided "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	runtime 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2.3',
-			'net.sourceforge.nekohtml:nekohtml:1.9.20'
-}
diff --git a/openid/spring-security-openid.gradle b/openid/spring-security-openid.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfa8de31cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openid/spring-security-openid.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'com.google.inject:guice'
+	// openid4java has a compile time dep on guice with a group
+	// name which is different from the maven central one.
+	// We use the maven central version here instead.
+	compile('org.openid4java:openid4java-nodeps') {
+		exclude group: 'com.google.code.guice', module: 'guice'
+	}
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+
+	provided 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime 'net.sourceforge.nekohtml:nekohtml'
+	runtime 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient'
+}
diff --git a/remoting/remoting.gradle b/remoting/remoting.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 30f9b134b8f..00000000000
--- a/remoting/remoting.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// Remoting module build file
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0',
-			springCoreDependency,
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion"
-
-	testCompile project(':spring-security-core').sourceSets.test.output
-}
diff --git a/remoting/spring-security-remoting.gradle b/remoting/spring-security-remoting.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff6e06b7877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remoting/spring-security-remoting.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+
+	testCompile project(path: ':spring-security-core', configuration: 'tests')
+}
diff --git a/samples/boot/helloworld/build.gradle b/samples/boot/helloworld/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 455931c1122..00000000000
--- a/samples/boot/helloworld/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-apply from: BOOT_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-springBoot {
-    mainClass = 'org.springframework.security.samples.HelloWorldApplication'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web",
-            "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf",
-            "org.thymeleaf.extras:thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity4:2.1.2.RELEASE",
-            project(":spring-security-config"),
-            project(":spring-security-web")
-
-    testCompile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test",
-            project(":spring-security-test")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/boot/helloworld/spring-security-samples-boot-helloworld.gradle b/samples/boot/helloworld/spring-security-samples-boot-helloworld.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..133289d63a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/boot/helloworld/spring-security-samples-boot-helloworld.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-boot'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf'
+	compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
+	compile 'org.thymeleaf.extras:thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity4'
+
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-test')
+	testCompile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
+}
diff --git a/samples/boot/insecure/build.gradle b/samples/boot/insecure/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 2727c73c67a..00000000000
--- a/samples/boot/insecure/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apply from: BOOT_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-springBoot {
-    mainClass = 'org.springframework.security.samples.InsecureApplication'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web",
-            "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf"
-
-    testCompile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test"
-}
diff --git a/samples/boot/insecure/spring-security-samples-boot-insecure.gradle b/samples/boot/insecure/spring-security-samples-boot-insecure.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..556ebbb0536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/boot/insecure/spring-security-samples-boot-insecure.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-boot'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf'
+	compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
+
+	testCompile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/aspectj/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/aspectj/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 029e55272db..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/aspectj/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-config')
-
-	aspectpath project(':spring-security-aspects')
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-aspects')
-}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/aspectj/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-aspectj.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/aspectj/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-aspectj.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92816e007eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/aspectj/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-aspectj.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample'
+apply plugin: 'aspectj'
+
+repositories {
+	mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+
+	aspectpath project(':spring-security-aspects')
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-aspects')
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/concurrency/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/concurrency/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index ccc48eb7aa6..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/concurrency/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/concurrency/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-concurrency.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/concurrency/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-concurrency.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a8e417d8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/concurrency/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-concurrency.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1'
+
+	runtime 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic'
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/data/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/data/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 51b5dc17a75..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/data/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-data'),
-			project(':spring-security-config'),
-			"org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:$springDataJpaVersion",
-			"org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence:$javaPersistenceVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:$hibernateVersion",
-			"org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/data/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-data.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/data/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-data.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94680d9b970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/data/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-data.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-data')
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
+	compile 'org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa'
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/form/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/form/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f0b2a75a5a..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/form/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-
-	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/form/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-form.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/form/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-form.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0595e282ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/form/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-form.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+
+	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/hellojs/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/hellojs/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 59215bd297a..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/hellojs/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion",
-			"com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jacksonDatabindVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/hellojs/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-hellojs.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/hellojs/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-hellojs.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86700d410d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/hellojs/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-hellojs.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/hellojs/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/samples/mvc/MessageJsonController.java b/samples/javaconfig/hellojs/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/samples/mvc/MessageJsonController.java
index c4cacfa01db..9f55aa820e9 100644
--- a/samples/javaconfig/hellojs/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/samples/mvc/MessageJsonController.java
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/hellojs/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/samples/mvc/MessageJsonController.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import javax.validation.Valid;
 
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ public ResponseEntity<Iterable<Message>> list() {
 	}
 
 	@RequestMapping("{id}")
-	public ResponseEntity<Message> view(@PathVariable Long id) {
-		Message message = messageRepository.findOne(id);
-		return new ResponseEntity<Message>(message, HttpStatus.OK);
+	public ResponseEntity<Optional<Message>> view(@PathVariable Long id) {
+		Optional<Message> message = messageRepository.findOne(id);
+		return new ResponseEntity<>(message, HttpStatus.OK);
 	}
 
 	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, consumes = "application/json")
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/hellomvc/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/hellomvc/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 092faf19172..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/hellomvc/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-
-	testCompile project(":spring-security-test")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/hellomvc/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-hellomvc.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/hellomvc/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-hellomvc.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f403ecb4f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/hellomvc/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-hellomvc.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-test')
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/helloworld/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/helloworld/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b401bbd5c7..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/helloworld/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-			'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			jstlDependencies,
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion"
-
-	runtime "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
-
-	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/helloworld/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-helloworld.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/helloworld/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-helloworld.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa3713e3f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/helloworld/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-helloworld.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile jstlDependencies
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+
+	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/inmemory/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/inmemory/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 092faf19172..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/inmemory/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-
-	testCompile project(":spring-security-test")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/inmemory/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-inmemory.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/inmemory/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-inmemory.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f403ecb4f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/inmemory/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-inmemory.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-test')
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/jdbc/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/jdbc/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f0b2a75a5a..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/jdbc/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-
-	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/jdbc/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-jdbc.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/jdbc/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-jdbc.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30605b9ca63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/jdbc/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-jdbc.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+
+	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/ldap/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/ldap/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 2faa1e985b9..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/ldap/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-ldap"),
-			apachedsDependencies,
-			project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-
-	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/ldap/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-ldap.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/ldap/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-ldap.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36f3f79048f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/ldap/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-ldap.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-ldap')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile apachedsDependencies
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+
+	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/messages/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/messages/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 721b3cd033d..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/messages/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-sonarqube.skipProject = true
-
-dependencies {
-	provided "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-web"),
-			project(":spring-security-config"),
-			"org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-orm:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-aop:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-instrument:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-core:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-aspects:$springVersion",
-			"org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring4:$thymeleafVersion",
-			"nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-layout-dialect:2.0.4",
-			"org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence:$javaPersistenceVersion"
-	compile("org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:$hibernateVersion") {
-			exclude group:'javassist', module: 'javassist'
-	}
-	compile("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:$springDataJpaVersion") {
-			exclude group:'org.aspectj', module:'aspectjrt'
-	}
-}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/messages/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/messages/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4be98f77160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/messages/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-layout-dialect:2.0.4'
+	compile 'org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence'
+	compile('org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager') {
+		exclude group:'javassist', module: 'javassist'
+	}
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
+	compile('org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa') {
+		exclude group:'org.aspectj', module:'aspectjrt'
+	}
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aspects'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-instrument'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-orm'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile 'org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring5'
+
+	provided 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/messages/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/samples/mvc/config/WebMvcConfiguration.java b/samples/javaconfig/messages/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/samples/mvc/config/WebMvcConfiguration.java
index 916275901b6..133d5bafc41 100644
--- a/samples/javaconfig/messages/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/samples/mvc/config/WebMvcConfiguration.java
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/messages/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/samples/mvc/config/WebMvcConfiguration.java
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ViewControllerRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
 import org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine;
-import org.thymeleaf.spring4.SpringTemplateEngine;
-import org.thymeleaf.spring4.templateresolver.SpringResourceTemplateResolver;
-import org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafViewResolver;
+import org.thymeleaf.spring5.SpringTemplateEngine;
+import org.thymeleaf.spring5.templateresolver.SpringResourceTemplateResolver;
+import org.thymeleaf.spring5.view.ThymeleafViewResolver;
 import org.thymeleaf.templatemode.TemplateMode;
 
 @EnableWebMvc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public ViewResolver viewResolver() {
 	}
 
 	@Bean
-	public TemplateEngine templateEngine() {
+	public SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine() {
 		SpringTemplateEngine engine = new SpringTemplateEngine();
 		engine.setEnableSpringELCompiler(true);
 		engine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver());
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/openid/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/openid/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index ebe90a42df6..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/openid/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-openid"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30',
-			"net.sourceforge.nekohtml:nekohtml:1.9.10"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/openid/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-openid.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/openid/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-openid.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..899b99c2294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/openid/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-openid.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-openid')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+
+	runtime 'net.sourceforge.nekohtml:nekohtml'
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/preauth/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/preauth/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index ccc48eb7aa6..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/preauth/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/preauth/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-preauth.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/preauth/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-preauth.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..646b6878d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/preauth/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-preauth.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/rememberme/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/rememberme/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index ccc48eb7aa6..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/rememberme/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/rememberme/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-rememberme.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/rememberme/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-rememberme.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d52c8ec1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/rememberme/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-rememberme.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+}
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/x509/build.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/x509/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 0405110d138..00000000000
--- a/samples/javaconfig/x509/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			project(":spring-security-core"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/x509/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-x509.gradle b/samples/javaconfig/x509/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-x509.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea4910848f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/x509/spring-security-samples-javaconfig-x509.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j'
+	compile 'org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j'
+	compile 'org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j'
+	compile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/aspectj/aspectj.gradle b/samples/xml/aspectj/aspectj.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 470b5376017..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/aspectj/aspectj.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core')
-
-	aspectpath project(':spring-security-aspects')
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-config'),
-			project(':spring-security-aspects')
-}
diff --git a/samples/xml/aspectj/spring-security-samples-xml-aspectj.gradle b/samples/xml/aspectj/spring-security-samples-xml-aspectj.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d869f632961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/aspectj/spring-security-samples-xml-aspectj.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+apply plugin: 'aspectj'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+
+	aspectpath project(':spring-security-aspects')
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-aspects')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/cas/cassample/cassample.gradle b/samples/xml/cas/cassample/spring-security-samples-xml-cassample.gradle
similarity index 74%
rename from samples/xml/cas/cassample/cassample.gradle
rename to samples/xml/cas/cassample/spring-security-samples-xml-cassample.gradle
index b6dea3b9f17..d9babd2dbe9 100644
--- a/samples/xml/cas/cassample/cassample.gradle
+++ b/samples/xml/cas/cassample/spring-security-samples-xml-cassample.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-// CAS sample build file
-
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample'
 apply plugin: 'war'
 apply plugin: 'jetty'
-apply plugin: 'groovy'
 
 def excludeModules = ['spring-security-acl', 'jsr250-api', 'spring-jdbc', 'spring-tx']
-def jettyVersion = '8.1.9.v20130131'
 def keystore = "$rootDir/samples/certificates/server.jks"
 def password = 'password'
 
@@ -26,32 +23,31 @@ sourceSets {
 eclipse.classpath.plusConfigurations += [configurations.integrationTestRuntime]
 
 dependencies {
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-cas'),
-			"org.jasig.cas.client:cas-client-core:$casClientVersion"
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-web'),
-			project(':spring-security-config'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-context-support:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion",
-			"net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:$ehcacheVersion"
-
-	integrationTestCompile project(':spring-security-cas'),
-				   "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-htmlunit-driver:$seleniumVersion",
-				   "org.gebish:geb-spock:$gebVersion",
-				   'commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient:3.1',
-				   "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:$jettyVersion",
-				   "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:$jettyVersion",
-				   "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:$groovyVersion",
-				   "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-				   spockDependencies
+	compile project(':spring-security-cas')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'org.jasig.cas.client:cas-client-core'
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-web')
+	runtime 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic'
+	runtime 'net.sf.ehcache:ehcache'
+	runtime 'org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j'
+	runtime 'org.springframework:spring-context-support'
+
+	integrationTestCompile project(':spring-security-cas')
+	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
+	integrationTestCompile seleniumDependencies
+	integrationTestCompile spockDependencies
+	integrationTestCompile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy'
+	integrationTestCompile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server'
+	integrationTestCompile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet'
+	integrationTestCompile 'org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j'
 }
 
-[jettyRun, jettyRunWar]*.configure {
-	contextPath = "/cas-sample"
+[project.tasks.jettyRun, project.tasks.jettyRunWar]*.configure {
+	contextPath = '/cas-sample'
 	def httpConnector = jettyRunWar.class.classLoader.loadClass('org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector').newInstance()
 	httpConnector.port = 8080
 	httpConnector.confidentialPort = 8443
@@ -74,6 +70,7 @@ task cas (dependsOn: [jettyRunWar]) {
 task casServer(dependsOn: ':spring-security-samples-xml-casserver:casServer') {
 }
 
+
 integrationTest.dependsOn cas
 integrationTest.doFirst {
 	def casServiceHost = jettyRunWar.httpsHost
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ gradle.taskGraph.whenReady {graph ->
 	if(graph.hasTask(integrationTest)) {
 		tasks.getByPath(':spring-security-samples-xml-casserver:casServerOverlay').logLevel = 'ERROR'
 		jettyRunWar {
-			additionalRuntimeJars += file("src/integration-test/resources")
+			additionalRuntimeJars += file('src/integration-test/resources')
 			daemon = true
 		}
 
diff --git a/samples/xml/cas/cassample/src/integration-test/groovy/org/springframework/security/samples/cas/JettyCasService.groovy b/samples/xml/cas/cassample/src/integration-test/groovy/org/springframework/security/samples/cas/JettyCasService.groovy
index 6ba5c63fa12..2e3f961eddd 100644
--- a/samples/xml/cas/cassample/src/integration-test/groovy/org/springframework/security/samples/cas/JettyCasService.groovy
+++ b/samples/xml/cas/cassample/src/integration-test/groovy/org/springframework/security/samples/cas/JettyCasService.groovy
@@ -13,23 +13,25 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.springframework.security.samples.cas;
+package org.springframework.security.samples.cas
 
-import java.io.IOException
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpVersion
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConfiguration
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnectionFactory
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.SecureRequestCustomizer
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.SslConnectionFactory
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletException
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
 
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ssl.SslSelectChannelConnector
 import org.jasig.cas.client.proxy.ProxyGrantingTicketStorage;
 import org.jasig.cas.client.proxy.ProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl;
-import org.jasig.cas.client.validation.Assertion
 import org.jasig.cas.client.validation.Cas20ProxyTicketValidator;
 
 /**
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ class JettyCasService extends Server {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	def init(String casServerUrl) {
+		println "Initializing to " + casServerUrl
 		ProxyGrantingTicketStorage storage = new ProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl()
 		validator = new Cas20ProxyTicketValidator(casServerUrl)
 		validator.setAcceptAnyProxy(true)
@@ -61,12 +64,31 @@ class JettyCasService extends Server {
 		validator.setProxyCallbackUrl(absoluteUrl('callback'))
 
 		String password = System.getProperty('javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword','password')
-		SslSelectChannelConnector ssl_connector = new SslSelectChannelConnector()
-		ssl_connector.setPort(port)
-		ssl_connector.setKeystore(getTrustStore())
-		ssl_connector.setPassword(password)
-		ssl_connector.setKeyPassword(password)
-		addConnector(ssl_connector)
+
+
+		SslContextFactory sslContextFactory = new SslContextFactory();
+		sslContextFactory.setKeyStorePath(getTrustStore());
+		sslContextFactory.setKeyStorePassword(password);
+		sslContextFactory.setKeyManagerPassword(password);
+
+		HttpConfiguration http_config = new HttpConfiguration();
+		http_config.setSecureScheme("https");
+		http_config.setSecurePort(availablePort());
+		http_config.setOutputBufferSize(32768);
+
+		HttpConfiguration https_config = new HttpConfiguration(http_config);
+		SecureRequestCustomizer src = new SecureRequestCustomizer();
+		src.setStsMaxAge(2000);
+		src.setStsIncludeSubDomains(true);
+		https_config.addCustomizer(src);
+
+		ServerConnector https = new ServerConnector(this,
+			new SslConnectionFactory(sslContextFactory,HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1.asString()),
+			new HttpConnectionFactory(https_config));
+		https.setPort(port);
+		https.setIdleTimeout(500000);
+
+		addConnector(https)
 		setHandler(new AbstractHandler() {
 			public void handle(String target, Request baseRequest,
 					HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
@@ -121,4 +143,4 @@ class JettyCasService extends Server {
 		server.close()
 		port
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/cas/casserver/casserver.gradle b/samples/xml/cas/casserver/spring-security-samples-xml-casserver.gradle
similarity index 97%
rename from samples/xml/cas/casserver/casserver.gradle
rename to samples/xml/cas/casserver/spring-security-samples-xml-casserver.gradle
index 1316212e7f3..65aa0064d62 100644
--- a/samples/xml/cas/casserver/casserver.gradle
+++ b/samples/xml/cas/casserver/spring-security-samples-xml-casserver.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 
-apply plugin: 'jetty'
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample'
 
 def keystore = "$rootDir/samples/certificates/server.jks"
 def password = 'password'
diff --git a/samples/xml/contacts/contacts.gradle b/samples/xml/contacts/contacts.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 57aeb01ee6c..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/contacts/contacts.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// Contacts sample build file
-
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-acl'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-aop:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion"
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-web'),
-			project(':spring-security-config'),
-			project(':spring-security-taglibs'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-context-support:$springVersion",
-			jstlDependencies,
-			"org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion",
-			"net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:$ehcacheVersion"
-
-	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/xml/contacts/spring-security-samples-xml-contacts.gradle b/samples/xml/contacts/spring-security-samples-xml-contacts.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c0f7f557fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/contacts/spring-security-samples-xml-contacts.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-acl')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-taglibs')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-web')
+	runtime jstlDependencies
+	runtime 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic'
+	runtime 'net.sf.ehcache:ehcache'
+	runtime 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
+	runtime 'org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j'
+	runtime 'org.springframework:spring-context-support'
+
+	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/dms/dms.gradle b/samples/xml/dms/dms.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index df1a81e69d8..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/dms/dms.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-acl'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion"
-
-	testCompile "org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion"
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-config'),
-			"org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context-support:$springVersion"
-
-	optional "net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:$ehcacheVersion"
-}
diff --git a/samples/xml/dms/spring-security-samples-xml-dms.gradle b/samples/xml/dms/spring-security-samples-xml-dms.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51a003853b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/dms/spring-security-samples-xml-dms.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-acl')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+
+	optional 'net.sf.ehcache:ehcache'
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+	runtime 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
+	runtime 'org.springframework:spring-context-support'
+
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/gae/gae.gradle b/samples/xml/gae/gae.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 6caf0a337cc..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/gae/gae.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'war'
-apply plugin: 'jetty'
-apply plugin: 'appengine'
-
-def gaeVersion="1.9.23"
-
-buildscript {
-	repositories {
-		mavenCentral()
-	}
-	dependencies {
-		classpath 'com.google.appengine:gradle-appengine-plugin:1.9.23'
-	}
-}
-
-appengine {
-	downloadSdk = true
-}
-
-// Remove logback as it causes security issues with GAE.
-configurations.runtime.exclude(group: 'ch.qos.logback')
-
-dependencies {
-	appengineSdk "com.google.appengine:appengine-java-sdk:$gaeVersion"
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-web'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context-support:$springVersion",
-			"com.google.appengine:appengine-api-1.0-sdk:$gaeVersion",
-			'javax.validation:validation-api:1.0.0.GA',
-			'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.2.0.Final',
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-config'),
-			project(':spring-security-taglibs'),
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:$slf4jVersion",
-			jstlDependencies
-	testCompile "com.google.appengine:appengine-testing:$gaeVersion"
-
-	testRuntime "com.google.appengine:appengine-api-labs:$gaeVersion",
-				"com.google.appengine:appengine-api-stubs:$gaeVersion"
-
-}
-
-appengineRun.onlyIf { !gradle.taskGraph.hasTask(appengineFunctionalTest) }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/xml/gae/spring-security-samples-xml-gae.gradle b/samples/xml/gae/spring-security-samples-xml-gae.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ab8a164798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/gae/spring-security-samples-xml-gae.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+apply plugin: 'appengine'
+
+buildscript {
+	repositories {
+		mavenCentral()
+	}
+	dependencies {
+		classpath "com.google.appengine:gradle-appengine-plugin:$gaeVersion"
+	}
+}
+
+appengine {
+	downloadSdk = true
+}
+
+// Remove logback as it causes security issues with GAE.
+configurations.runtime.exclude(group: 'ch.qos.logback')
+
+dependencies {
+	appengineSdk "com.google.appengine:appengine-java-sdk:$gaeVersion"
+
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-taglibs')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile jstlDependencies
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+	compile "com.google.appengine:appengine-api-1.0-sdk:$gaeVersion"
+	compile "com.google.appengine:appengine-api-stubs:$gaeVersion"
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context-support'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+
+	testCompile "com.google.appengine:appengine-testing:$gaeVersion"
+
+	testRuntime "com.google.appengine:appengine-api-labs:$gaeVersion"
+}
+
+appengineRun.onlyIf { !gradle.taskGraph.hasTask(appengineFunctionalTest) }
diff --git a/samples/xml/helloworld/build.gradle b/samples/xml/helloworld/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b401bbd5c7..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/helloworld/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-			'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-config"),
-			project(":spring-security-web"),
-			jstlDependencies,
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion"
-
-	runtime "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
-
-	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/xml/helloworld/spring-security-samples-xml-helloworld.gradle b/samples/xml/helloworld/spring-security-samples-xml-helloworld.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f52da5e0339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/helloworld/spring-security-samples-xml-helloworld.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-config')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile jstlDependencies
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/insecure/build.gradle b/samples/xml/insecure/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 073d7aabb2e..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/insecure/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile jstlDependencies,
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion"
-
-	runtime "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
-
-	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/xml/insecure/spring-security-samples-xml-insecure.gradle b/samples/xml/insecure/spring-security-samples-xml-insecure.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97106699751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/insecure/spring-security-samples-xml-insecure.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile jstlDependencies
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+
+	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/insecuremvc/build.gradle b/samples/xml/insecuremvc/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 44c188c89c0..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/insecuremvc/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-dependencies {
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1",
-					'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-
-	compile project(":spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages"),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"javax.validation:validation-api:$validationApiVersion",
-			"org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
-
-	runtime "opensymphony:sitemesh:2.4.2",
-			"cglib:cglib-nodep:$cglibVersion",
-			'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:0.9.30'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/xml/insecuremvc/spring-security-samples-xml-insecuremvc.gradle b/samples/xml/insecuremvc/spring-security-samples-xml-insecuremvc.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d311bb56cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/insecuremvc/spring-security-samples-xml-insecuremvc.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-samples-javaconfig-messages')
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'javax.validation:validation-api'
+	compile 'org.hibernate:hibernate-validator'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+
+	runtime 'opensymphony:sitemesh'
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/jaas/jaas.gradle b/samples/xml/jaas/jaas.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index d786a227795..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/jaas/jaas.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-// JAAS sample build file
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-def excludeModules = ['spring-security-acl', 'jsr250-api', 'ehcache', 'spring-jdbc', 'spring-tx']
-
-configurations {
-	excludeModules.each {name ->
-		runtime.exclude module: name
-	}
-
-	runtime.exclude group: 'org.aspectj'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion"
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-web'),
-			project(':spring-security-config'),
-			project(':spring-security-taglibs'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-context-support:$springVersion",
-			jstlDependencies,
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
-
-	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/xml/jaas/spring-security-samples-xml-jaas.gradle b/samples/xml/jaas/spring-security-samples-xml-jaas.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ea809d42dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/jaas/spring-security-samples-xml-jaas.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-taglibs')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-web')
+	runtime jstlDependencies
+	runtime slf4jDependencies
+	runtime 'org.springframework:spring-context-support'
+
+	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/ldap/ldap.gradle b/samples/xml/ldap/ldap.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 26ed39147d5..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/ldap/ldap.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-// LDAP sample build file
-apply from: WAR_SAMPLE_GRADLE
-
-def excludeModules = ['spring-security-acl', 'jsr250-api', 'ehcache', 'spring-jdbc', 'ldapsdk']
-
-configurations {
-	excludeModules.each {name ->
-		runtime.exclude module: name
-	}
-
-	runtime.exclude group: 'org.aspectj'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-taglibs'),
-			jstlDependencies
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-web'),
-			project(':spring-security-config'),
-			project(':spring-security-ldap'),
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion",
-			apachedsDependencies
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/xml/ldap/spring-security-samples-xml-ldap.gradle b/samples/xml/ldap/spring-security-samples-xml-ldap.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5fc778106e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/ldap/spring-security-samples-xml-ldap.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-taglibs')
+	compile jstlDependencies
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-web')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-ldap')
+	runtime apachedsDependencies
+	runtime slf4jDependencies
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	integrationTestCompile gebDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/openid/openid.gradle b/samples/xml/openid/openid.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 9aade821a68..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/openid/openid.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// OpenID sample build file
-
-apply plugin: 'war'
-apply plugin: 'jetty'
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-openid'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion"
-
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-config'),
-			project(':spring-security-taglibs'),
-			jstlDependencies,
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
-}
-
-[jettyRun, jettyRunWar]*.contextPath = "/openid"
diff --git a/samples/xml/openid/spring-security-samples-xml-openid.gradle b/samples/xml/openid/spring-security-samples-xml-openid.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6af3676800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/openid/spring-security-samples-xml-openid.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-openid')
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-taglibs')
+	runtime jstlDependencies
+	runtime slf4jDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/preauth/preauth.gradle b/samples/xml/preauth/preauth.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 21935056eeb..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/preauth/preauth.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-// Preauth sample build file
-
-apply plugin: 'war'
-apply plugin: 'jetty'
-
-war.baseName = "sample"
-
-def excludeModules = ['jsr250-api', 'ehcache', 'spring-jdbc', 'spring-tx']
-
-configurations {
-	excludeModules.each {name ->
-		runtime.exclude module: name
-	}
-
-	runtime.exclude group: 'org.aspectj'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1"
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-web'),
-			project(':spring-security-config'),
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
-
-	testCompile project(':spring-security-web'),
-			project(':spring-security-config')
-}
-
-jettyRun {
-	userRealms = [jettyRun.class.classLoader.loadClass('org.mortbay.jetty.security.HashUserRealm').newInstance('Preauth Realm', "$projectDir/realm.properties")]
-}
diff --git a/samples/xml/preauth/spring-security-samples-xml-preauth.gradle b/samples/xml/preauth/spring-security-samples-xml-preauth.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6645d9e6055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/preauth/spring-security-samples-xml-preauth.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-web')
+	runtime slf4jDependencies
+
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-config')
+	testCompile project(':spring-security-web')
+}
+
+//jettyRun {
+//	userRealms = [jettyRun.class.classLoader.loadClass('org.mortbay.jetty.security.HashUserRealm').newInstance('Preauth Realm' '$projectDir/realm.properties')]
+//}
diff --git a/samples/xml/servletapi/servletapi.gradle b/samples/xml/servletapi/servletapi.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index e86f96ac1e6..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/servletapi/servletapi.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// Servlet API integration sample build file
-
-apply plugin: 'war'
-
-def excludeModules = ['spring-security-acl', 'jsr250-api', 'ehcache', 'spring-jdbc', 'spring-tx']
-
-configurations {
-	excludeModules.each {name ->
-		runtime.exclude module: name
-	}
-
-	runtime.exclude group: 'org.aspectj'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-web'),
-			"javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion"
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-config'),
-			project(':spring-security-taglibs'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-context-support:$springVersion",
-			jstlDependencies,
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
-}
-
-eclipse.wtp.component.contextPath = "servletapi"
diff --git a/samples/xml/servletapi/spring-security-samples-xml-servletapi.gradle b/samples/xml/servletapi/spring-security-samples-xml-servletapi.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3a9e76e1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/servletapi/spring-security-samples-xml-servletapi.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-taglibs')
+	runtime jstlDependencies
+	runtime slf4jDependencies
+	runtime 'org.springframework:spring-context-support'
+}
+
+eclipse.wtp.component.contextPath = 'servletapi'
diff --git a/samples/xml/tutorial/spring-security-samples-xml-tutorial.gradle b/samples/xml/tutorial/spring-security-samples-xml-tutorial.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c520fdb2b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/xml/tutorial/spring-security-samples-xml-tutorial.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-sample-war'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile slf4jDependencies
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+
+	providedCompile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	runtime project(':spring-security-config')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-taglibs')
+	runtime project(':spring-security-web')
+	runtime jstlDependencies
+}
diff --git a/samples/xml/tutorial/tutorial.gradle b/samples/xml/tutorial/tutorial.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f3c64db624..00000000000
--- a/samples/xml/tutorial/tutorial.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-// Tutorial sample build file
-
-apply plugin: 'war'
-apply plugin: 'jetty'
-
-war.baseName = "sample"
-
-def excludeModules = ['spring-security-acl', 'jsr250-api', 'ehcache', 'spring-jdbc', 'spring-tx']
-
-configurations {
-	excludeModules.each {name ->
-		runtime.exclude module: name
-	}
-
-	runtime.exclude group: 'org.aspectj'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-	providedCompile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
-
-	runtime project(':spring-security-web'),
-			project(':spring-security-config'),
-			project(':spring-security-taglibs'),
-			jstlDependencies,
-			"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-			"ch.qos.logback:logback-core:$logbackVersion",
-			"ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
-}
-
-jettyRun {
-	def httpConnector = jettyRunWar.class.classLoader.loadClass('org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector').newInstance()
-	httpConnector.port = 8080
-	httpConnector.confidentialPort = 8443
-	def httpsConnector = jettyRunWar.class.classLoader.loadClass('org.mortbay.jetty.security.SslSocketConnector').newInstance()
-	httpsConnector.port = 8443
-	httpsConnector.keystore = "$rootDir/samples/certificates/server.jks"
-	httpsConnector.keyPassword = 'password'
-
-	connectors = [httpConnector, httpsConnector]
-}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 41586c8da0e..a2de87930e4 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,80 +1,30 @@
 rootProject.name = 'spring-security'
 
-rootProject.children.each {project ->
-	//assert project.projectDir.isDirectory()
-	//assert project.buildFile.isFile()
-}
-
-def String[] modules = [
-	'core',
-	'data',
-	'remoting',
-	'web',
-	'ldap',
-	'acl',
-	'config',
-	'cas',
-	'openid',
-	'taglibs',
-	'aspects',
-	'crypto',
-	'messaging',
-	'test'
-]
-
-include modules
-
-modules.each {name ->
-	def p = findProject(":${name}")
-	p.name = "spring-security-${name}"
-	p.buildFileName = "${name}.gradle"
-}
-
-def String[] itest = [
-	'web',
-	'context'
-]
-
-include itest
-
-itest.each { name ->
-	def p = findProject(":${name}")
-	p.name = "itest-${name}"
-	p.buildFileName = "itest-${name}.gradle"
-	p.projectDir = new File(settingsDir, "itest/${name}");
+FileTree buildFiles = fileTree(rootDir) {
+	List excludes = gradle.startParameter.projectProperties.get("excludeProjects")?.split(",")
+	include '**/*.gradle'
+	exclude '**/gradle', 'settings.gradle', 'buildSrc', '/build.gradle', '.*', 'out'
+	exclude '**/grails3'
+	if(excludes) {
+		exclude excludes
+	}
 }
 
-include 'docs', 'docs:manual', 'docs:guides'
-
-def docs = findProject(':docs')
-docs.buildFileName = 'docs.gradle'
-
-include 'bom'
-
-findProject(':bom').name = 'spring-security-bom'
-
-includeSamples("samples" + File.separator + "xml")
-includeSamples("samples" + File.separator + "javaconfig")
-includeSamples("samples" + File.separator + "boot")
-
-void includeSamples(String samplesDir) {
-	FileTree tree = fileTree(samplesDir) {
-		include '**' + File.separator + '*.gradle'
-	}
-	tree.each {File file ->
-		String projectDir = file.path.substring(file.path.indexOf(samplesDir), file.path.lastIndexOf(File.separator))
-		String projectPath = projectDir.substring(projectDir.lastIndexOf(File.separator) + 1)
-		String projectNamePrefix = samplesDir.substring(samplesDir.lastIndexOf(File.separator) + 1).toLowerCase();
+String rootDirPath = rootDir.absolutePath + File.separator
+buildFiles.each { File buildFile ->
 
+	boolean isDefaultName = 'build.gradle'.equals(buildFile.name)
+	if(isDefaultName) {
+		String buildFilePath = buildFile.parentFile.absolutePath
+		String projectPath = buildFilePath.replace(rootDirPath, '').replaceAll(File.separator, ':')
 		include projectPath
-
-		def project = findProject(":${projectPath}")
-
-		project.name = "spring-security-samples-${projectNamePrefix}-${project.name}"
-		project.projectDir = new File(settingsDir, projectDir)
-
-		if (!project.buildFile.exists()) {
-			project.buildFileName = file.path.substring(file.path.lastIndexOf(File.separator) + 1)
-		}
+	} else {
+		String projectName = buildFile.name.replace('.gradle', '');
+		String projectPath = ':' + projectName;
+		include projectPath
+		def project = findProject("${projectPath}")
+		project.name = projectName
+		project.projectDir = buildFile.parentFile
+		project.buildFileName = buildFile.name
 	}
 }
diff --git a/taglibs/spring-security-taglibs.gradle b/taglibs/spring-security-taglibs.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dae6b73ae86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taglibs/spring-security-taglibs.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-acl')
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-aop'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-expression'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+
+	provided 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api'
+	provided 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	testCompile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all'
+	testCompile spockDependencies
+
+	testRuntime 'javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api'
+}
+
+configure(project.tasks.withType(Test)) {
+	systemProperties['springSecurityVersion'] = version
+}
diff --git a/taglibs/taglibs.gradle b/taglibs/taglibs.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b36ab17d22..00000000000
--- a/taglibs/taglibs.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// Taglibs build file
-apply plugin: 'groovy'
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-web'),
-			project(':spring-security-acl'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-aop:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-expression:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion"
-
-	provided 'javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api:2.2.1',
-			 "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	testCompile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:$groovyVersion",
-				spockDependencies
-
-	testRuntime "javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:$jstlVersion"
-}
-
-configure(project.tasks.withType(Test)) {
-	systemProperties['springSecurityVersion'] = version
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/spring-security-test.gradle b/test/spring-security-test.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..031fe0cd228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spring-security-test.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile project(':spring-security-web')
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-core'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-test'
+
+	optional project(':spring-security-config')
+
+	provided 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+	testCompile 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+	testCompile powerMockDependencies
+}
diff --git a/test/test.gradle b/test/test.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index e7e312ac30d..00000000000
--- a/test/test.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// OpenID Module build file
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			project(':spring-security-web'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			"org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion"
-
-	optional project(':spring-security-config')
-
-	provided "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	testCompile "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-				"org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion",
-				powerMockDependencies
-}
diff --git a/web/spring-security-web.gradle b/web/spring-security-web.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ee4bc59810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/spring-security-web.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-module'
+
+dependencies {
+	compile project(':spring-security-core')
+	compile springCoreDependency
+	compile 'aopalliance:aopalliance'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-context'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-expression'
+	compile 'org.springframework:spring-web'
+
+	optional 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
+	optional 'org.springframework:spring-jdbc'
+	optional 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
+	optional 'org.springframework:spring-webmvc'
+
+	provided 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api'
+
+	testCompile project(path: ':spring-security-core', configuration: 'tests')
+	testCompile 'commons-codec:commons-codec'
+	testCompile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all'
+	testCompile 'org.skyscreamer:jsonassert'
+	testCompile powerMockDependencies
+	testCompile spockDependencies
+	testCompile slf4jDependencies
+
+	testRuntime 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb'
+}
diff --git a/web/web.gradle b/web/web.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 12e6c68f335..00000000000
--- a/web/web.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'groovy'
-
-dependencies {
-	compile project(':spring-security-core'),
-			springCoreDependency,
-			'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0',
-			"org.springframework:spring-beans:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-expression:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-web:$springVersion"
-
-	optional "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion",
-			"org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion",
-			"com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jacksonDatabindVersion"
-
-	provided "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-
-	testCompile project(':spring-security-core').sourceSets.test.output,
-				'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.3',
-				"org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
-				"org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:$groovyVersion",
-				powerMockDependencies,
-				spockDependencies,
-				"org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:$jsonassertVersion"
-
-	testRuntime "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqlVersion"
-}
\ No newline at end of file