Added example project that uses HTTPBuilder

.editorconfig

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+# http://editorconfig.org
+root = true
+
+[*]
+indent_style = tab
+indent_size = 2
+end_of_line = lf
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[*.md]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
+
+[*.java]
+indent_size = 4

.gitignore

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 examples/shell-project/.settings
 examples/shell-project/.project
 examples/shell-project/.classpath
-examples/minimal-project/.gradle
+examples/minimal-project/.gradle
+.idea
+*.iml

examples/httpbuilder-project/build.gradle

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+buildscript {
+	dependencies {
+		classpath 'org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.7'
+	}
+}
+
+plugins {
+	id "com.marklogic.ml-gradle" version "2.1.0"
+}
+
+/*
+ * This shows an example of using RESTClient - https://github.com/jgritman/httpbuilder/wiki/RESTClient - to talk to
+ * our REST API server.
+ */
+task httpTest {
+	doLast {
+		def client = new groovyx.net.http.RESTClient("http://" + mlHost + ":" + mlRestPort)
+		client.auth.basic mlUsername, mlPassword
+
+		println client.get(path: '/').data
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * You can also easily get an instance of a MarkLogic DatabaseClient (part of the Java API) for talking to the REST
+ * API server.
+ */
+task clientTest(type: com.marklogic.gradle.task.MarkLogicTask) {
+	doLast {
+		def client = newClient()
+		println "DatabaseClient: " + client
+	}
+}

examples/httpbuilder-project/gradle.properties

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+mlHost=localhost
+mlAppName=httpbuilder-project
+mlRestPort=8130
+mlUsername=admin
+mlPassword=admin