Spring Boot get property of a package in Gradle

Question

Im trying to convert my project from Maven build to Gradle. The project currently uses Spring Boot.

In my current maven config, I have

Answer 1

You can use the dependency management plugin to import Spring Boot's bom and get access to the properties that it specifies.

Here's you original build.gradle file with the necessary changes:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.2.4.RELEASE"
        classpath "io.spring.gradle:dependency-management-plugin:0.5.2.RELEASE"
    }
}

apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'spring-boot'
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencyManagement {
    imports {
        mavenBom 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:1.2.4.RELEASE'
    }
}

ext {
    jacksonVersion = dependencyManagement.importedProperties['jackson.version']
}

dependencies {
    compile("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-hibernate4:$jacksonVersion")
}

Spring Boot 1.3 will start using the dependency management plugin by default when it'll apply the plugin and import the bom for you.