Could not create an instance of Tooling API implementation using the specified Gradle distribution 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.11-bin.zip'

I’m trying to print list of targets present in the build.gradle using following code

    File file = new File("TestGradleProject/build.gradle");
    ProjectConnection connection = GradleConnector.newConnector()
            .forProjectDirectory(new File(file.getParentFile().toString())).connect();
    try {
        ModelBuilder<GradleProject> builder = connection.model(GradleProject.class);
        builder.withArguments("--build-file", file.getName());
        builder.setStandardInput(new FileInputStream(file));
        GradleProject project = builder.get();
        System.out.println("Available tasks: " + project.getTasks());

    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        connection.close();
    }

during execution i’m getting following exception:

Downloading https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.11-bin.zip

Unzipping .gradle\wrapper\dists\gradle-2.11-bin\452syho4l32rlk2s8ivdjogs8\gradle-2.11-bin.zip to .gradle\wrapper\dists\gradle-2.11-bin\452syho4l32rlk2s8ivdjogs8
Exception in thread “main” org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnectionException: Could not create an instance of Tooling API implementation using the specified Gradle distribution ‘https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.11-bin.zip’.
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.loader.DefaultToolingImplementationLoader.create(DefaultToolingImplementationLoader.java:95)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.loader.CachingToolingImplementationLoader.create(CachingToolingImplementationLoader.java:43)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.loader.SynchronizedToolingImplementationLoader.create(SynchronizedToolingImplementationLoader.java:42)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.LazyConsumerActionExecutor.onStartAction(LazyConsumerActionExecutor.java:99)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.LazyConsumerActionExecutor.run(LazyConsumerActionExecutor.java:82)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.ProgressLoggingConsumerActionExecutor.run(ProgressLoggingConsumerActionExecutor.java:58)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.RethrowingErrorsConsumerActionExecutor.run(RethrowingErrorsConsumerActionExecutor.java:38)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.async.DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor$1$1.run(DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor.java:55)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:54)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(StoppableExecutorImpl.java:40)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.BlockingResultHandler.getResult(BlockingResultHandler.java:46)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DefaultModelBuilder.get(DefaultModelBuilder.java:49)
Caused by: org.gradle.internal.service.ServiceLookupException: Could not configure services using ConnectionScopeServices.configure().
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.applyConfigureMethod(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:223)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.findProviderMethods(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:178)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.addProvider(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:316)
at org.gradle.internal.service.ServiceRegistryBuilder.build(ServiceRegistryBuilder.java:52)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.DefaultConnection.initializeServices(DefaultConnection.java:77)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.DefaultConnection.configure(DefaultConnection.java:70)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.AbstractPost12ConsumerConnection.configure(AbstractPost12ConsumerConnection.java:37)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.loader.DefaultToolingImplementationLoader.create(DefaultToolingImplementationLoader.java:87)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.loader.CachingToolingImplementationLoader.create(CachingToolingImplementationLoader.java:43)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.loader.SynchronizedToolingImplementationLoader.create(SynchronizedToolingImplementationLoader.java:42)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.LazyConsumerActionExecutor.onStartAction(LazyConsumerActionExecutor.java:99)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.LazyConsumerActionExecutor.run(LazyConsumerActionExecutor.java:82)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.ProgressLoggingConsumerActionExecutor.run(ProgressLoggingConsumerActionExecutor.java:58)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.RethrowingErrorsConsumerActionExecutor.run(RethrowingErrorsConsumerActionExecutor.java:38)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.async.DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor$1$1.run(DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor.java:55)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:54)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(StoppableExecutorImpl.java:40)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.gradle.internal.service.ServiceCreationException: Could not create service of type DefaultClassLoaderRegistry using GlobalScopeServices.createClassLoaderRegistry().
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$FactoryMethodService.invokeMethod(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:741)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$FactoryService.create(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:695)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$ManagedObjectProvider.getInstance(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:537)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$SingletonService.get(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:577)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.applyConfigureMethod(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:217)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.findProviderMethods(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:178)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.addProvider(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:316)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$1.addProvider(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:297)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ConnectionScopeServices.configure(ConnectionScopeServices.java:44)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:75)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.invoke(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:426)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.applyConfigureMethod(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:221)
… 19 more
Caused by: org.gradle.internal.service.UnknownServiceException: Could not find meta-data resource ‘META-INF/services/javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeFactory’ for service ‘javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeFactory’.
at org.gradle.internal.service.ServiceLocator.getFactory(ServiceLocator.java:55)
at org.gradle.internal.classloader.DefaultClassLoaderFactory.makeServiceVisible(DefaultClassLoaderFactory.java:113)
at org.gradle.internal.classloader.DefaultClassLoaderFactory.createFilteringClassLoader(DefaultClassLoaderFactory.java:80)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultClassLoaderRegistry.restrictToGradleApi(DefaultClassLoaderRegistry.java:47)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultClassLoaderRegistry.(DefaultClassLoaderRegistry.java:38)
at org.gradle.internal.service.scopes.GlobalScopeServices.createClassLoaderRegistry(GlobalScopeServices.java:151)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:75)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.invoke(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:426)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.access$1200(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:62)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$FactoryMethodService.invokeMethod(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:739)
… 34 more

I’m using jars of gradle-2.11 .

Can someone help please. why is there such a error?