Could not find method compile() for arguments [com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.9.3] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl

Question

I am trying to learn spark java web framework. I am using Intellij and created a new project just added a HelloWorld class, but got this error,

Build file '/Users/mingwang/SourceCodes/spark-example/build.gradle' line: 17

A problem occurred evaluating root project 'spark-example'.
> Could not find method compile() for arguments [com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.9.3] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

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My build.gradle is like

plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'application'
    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.0.0'
}

group 'org.example'
version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

mainClassName = "HelloWorld"

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile "com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.9.3"
    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.7.0'
    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.7.0'
}

test {
    useJUnitPlatform()
}

can anyone help me with it? Thanks.

Palazzo

Does this answer your question? Could not find method compile() for arguments Gradle – Detrude

Answer 1

The compile statement is deprecated and has been removed in Gradle 7.0. You should use implementation or api instead. The differences are explained in this answer.

In your build.gradle, replace

compile "com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.9.3"

with

implementation "com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.9.3"

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