Define task in apply from script

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I’m trying to define a task in a script included with apply from

task uploadBom (type: io.github.httpbuilderng.http.HttpTask) {
...

But this yields the error Could not get unknown property 'io' for root project 'gradle-java' of type org.gradle.api.Project.

If I move this task up to build.gradle it compiles fine.

I have been able to define tasks without a type this way, but this one with a type. Is there some other syntax that is required. Or is there something special about scripts included with apply from?

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Your included script has a different classloader to build.gradle. You can do this:

build.gradle

ext {
   HttpTask = io.github.httpbuilderng.http.HttpTask
} 
apply from: 'other.gradle'

other.gradle

task uploadBom (type: HttpTask) {...}

Another option is to repeat the buildscript {...} dependencies in other.gradle