Can we include buildscript by using script plugins in Gradle?

Question

I was trying to include buildscript from an external gradle script but constantly getting some error. Then I found this forum subject, but it was discussed in 2012.

https://discuss.gradle.org/t/how-do-i-include-buildscript-block-from-external-gradle-script/7016

Any changes since then?

Here is my code:

myPlugin.gradle

buildscript {
ext {
    springBootVersion = '1.3.5.RELEASE'
}
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}") 
}
}

subprojects {

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'spring-boot' 

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    /*
    compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter')
    compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web')
    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator")
    testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') 
    */
}

}

build.gradle

apply from: "../myProject/myPlugin.gradle"

Below error is thrown:

> Plugin with id 'spring-boot' not found.

In order to make it work, I change the build.gradle to this code:

buildscript {
ext {
    springBootVersion = '1.3.5.RELEASE'
}
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}") 
}
}

apply from: "../myProject/myPlugin.gradle"

Which works fine.

Thanks...

Opal Opal · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-13T07:33:41

No, no changes. This is still valid. I've answered to the question on SO related to this topic recently so nothing has changed.

Can we include buildscript by using script plugins in Gradle?

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