Mavenized project

.gitignore

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+/target
+.idea
+/.gradle
+/build
+*.iml
+*.swp
+

README.md

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 4) Add your downloaded Freerouting source code with Add Source Package.
 
-5) Build your new project in NetBeans. 
+5) Build your new project in NetBeans.
 
-6) To get rid of the undefined's download and unzip the attached library jh.jar. It is the system library of the Java Help system. 
+6) To get rid of the undefined's download and unzip the attached library jh.jar. It is the system library of the Java Help system.
 
 7) Right click on the name of your new project on the left of NetBeans and select Properties.
 
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 For optional parameters of the Freerouting outfile check the usage of the variable p_args in the source file gui/MainApplication.java.
 
+How to run the Freerouting project as a standalone application
+===========================================================================================
+Using maven
+
+```shell
+$ mvn package
+
+$ java -jar target/freerouting-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
+```
+
+Using gradle
+
+```shell
+$ gradle build
+
+$ java -jar build/libs/FreeRouting.jar
+```
+List of options:
+
+* -de — open design file
+* -di — open directory
+* -l de — set locale to German. Other values are currently ignored
+* -s — Disable "Save/Save As/Generate Logfile/Replay Logfile" menu items from "File" menu.
+* -test — Enable test version. Debug messages, no confirm on exit

build.gradle

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+/*
+ * This build file was auto generated by running the Gradle 'init' task
+ * by 'Anand.Tamariya' at '5/31/15 6:50 PM' with Gradle 2.2.1
+ *
+ * This generated file contains a commented-out sample Java project to get you started.
+ * For more details take a look at the Java Quickstart chapter in the Gradle
+ * user guide available at http://gradle.org/docs/2.2.1/userguide/tutorial_java_projects.html
+ */
+
+// Apply the java plugin to add support for Java
+apply plugin: 'application'
+mainClassName = "net.freerouting.gui.MainApplication"
+
+
+// In this section you declare where to find the dependencies of your project
+repositories {
+    // Use 'jcenter' for resolving your dependencies.
+    // You can declare any Maven/Ivy/file repository here.
+    mavenLocal()
+    mavenCentral()
+    jcenter()
+}
+
+// In this section you declare the dependencies for your production and test code
+dependencies {
+    compile 'com.sun.woodstock.dependlibs:jh:2.0'
+	compile 'javax.help:javahelp:2.0.05'
+
+
+    // Declare the dependency for your favourite test framework you want to use in your tests.
+    // TestNG is also supported by the Gradle Test task. Just change the
+    // testCompile dependency to testCompile 'org.testng:testng:6.8.1' and add
+    // 'test.useTestNG()' to your build script.
+    testCompile "junit:junit:4.11"
+}
+
+jar {
+    manifest {
+        attributes 'Main-Class': "$mainClassName"
+    }
+}
+