Resolve new dependencies in a plugin

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I need to use execOperations.javaexec to call a groovy library so i can add a later version of groovy to the classpath than the one included in gradle. As such i need to resolve the dependency to groovy artifacts in the apply method of the plugin and build a classpath based on the results. I.e. I want to declare, resolve, and use the result in the plugin apply method. How can i use gradle functionality to do this?

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What you are after is a “detached configuration”, with that term you should easily find the information you need. :slight_smile:

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Thank you! Does something like this look like i’m on the right path?

def configuration = project.configurations.detachedConfiguration(
    project.dependencies.create('group:artifact:version'),
    project.dependencies.create('another.group:another-artifact:version')
)
def resolvedFiles = configuration.resolve()
def classpath = project.files(resolvedFiles)
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Yes, i can confirm that this was right and i was able to get it working using detached configuration.

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You should never call resolve on any configuraiton though.
A Configuration is already a FileCollection.
So if you need a FileCollection, directly use it.
If you need a classpath string, use asPath.
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