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Java Spring Basics Spring Components and Configuring Our App Configuring Gradle for Spring Development

Davis Hubbard
Davis Hubbard
19,896 Points
Posted by Davis Hubbard
Davis Hubbard
19,896 Points

Error on Refreshing Gradle

When refreshing Gradle after adding the buildscript block to support the plugin, I get this error- Error: The supplied build action failed with an exception. Here is my build.gradle for reference:

group 'com.teamtreehouse' version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

buildscript{ repositories{ mavenCentral() } dependencies{ classpath 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.2.6.RELEASE' } }

apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'spring-boot'

sourceCompatibility = 1.5

repositories { mavenCentral() }

dependencies { compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:1.2.6.RELEASE' }

7 Answers

David Riesz
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David Riesz
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David Riesz
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David Riesz
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Hi Davis,

I had the same error and the solution was to use the latest release. Also, there has been a change in the way that the Spring Boot plugin works with Gradle. It's now much simpler to do, so you can use the below Gradle plugin style instead. Please post back if it doesn't work.

plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'idea'
    id 'eclipse'
    id 'org.springframework.boot' version '1.4.3.RELEASE'
}

group 'com.teamtreehouse'
version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

sourceCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'

}
Alex Bratkovskij
Alex Bratkovskij
5,329 Points
Alex Bratkovskij
Alex Bratkovskij
5,329 Points

so plugins must always be before declaration of group and version? Does it just fetch additional data on its own then?

Tamir Bernie
Tamir Bernie
1,366 Points
Tamir Bernie
Tamir Bernie
1,366 Points

thank you works great!

Navid Afzal
Navid Afzal
1,389 Points
Navid Afzal
Navid Afzal
1,389 Points

David, using that plugin style works however I notice 'classpath' is left off - is this intentional? I wonder if leaving off classpath is related to my project not seeing the Spring libraries in my import statements.

Ashley Hopkins
Ashley Hopkins
1,654 Points
Ashley Hopkins
Ashley Hopkins
1,654 Points

thanks for the solution. Works perfectly :)

Chitra Sharathchandra
Chitra Sharathchandra
6,188 Points
Chitra Sharathchandra
Chitra Sharathchandra
6,188 Points

That worked for me. Thank you!

Eddy Oretap
Eddy Oretap
5,205 Points
Eddy Oretap
Eddy Oretap
5,205 Points

This worked for me as well. Thanx

S K
S K
5,496 Points
S K
S K
5,496 Points

Hi! Your solution is very helpful. That worked ;)

Mateusz Almannai
Mateusz Almannai
1,805 Points
Mateusz Almannai
Mateusz Almannai
1,805 Points

Ahhhh, much better, thank you!

Purity Muzorori
Purity Muzorori
2,445 Points
Purity Muzorori
Purity Muzorori
2,445 Points

Solution worked like a charm