Fix gradle deprecations and update to gradle 8.11.1

build-config/checkstyle/build.gradle

@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ tasks.register('downloadFile', Download) {
             'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wso2/code-quality-tools/v1.4/checkstyle/jdk-17/checkstyle.xml',
             'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wso2/code-quality-tools/v1.4/checkstyle/jdk-17/suppressions.xml'
     ])
-    dest buildDir
+    dest getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()
     overwrite false
-    outputs.files("$project.buildDir/checkstyle.xml")
+    outputs.files("${project.getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/checkstyle.xml")
 }
 
-artifacts.add('default', file("$project.buildDir/checkstyle.xml")) {
+artifacts.add('default', file("${project.getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/checkstyle.xml")) {
     builtBy('downloadFile') 
 }
 

build.gradle

@@ -55,18 +55,12 @@ subprojects {
         buildTasks = ['build']
         git {
             // To release from any branch
-            requireBranch = null
+            requireBranch.set('')
         }
     }
 
 }
 
-dependencies {
-    constraints {
-        //implementation 'org.springframework:spring-web:5.0.2.RELEASE'
-    }
-}
-
 def classFilesArray = []
 def execFilesArray = []
 def skipDirectories = [
@@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ def skipDirectories = [
 
 tasks.register('copyExecFilesAndJavaClassFiles') {
     subprojects.forEach { subproject ->
-        fileTree("${subproject.buildDir}/jacoco").matching {
+        fileTree("${subproject.getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/jacoco").matching {
             include "**/*.exec"
         }.each {
             execFilesArray.push(it)
@@ -98,7 +92,7 @@ tasks.register('copyExecFilesAndJavaClassFiles') {
         if (skipProject) {
             return
         }
-        fileTree("${subproject.buildDir}/classes").matching {
+        fileTree("${subproject.getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/classes").matching {
             exclude '**/java/test/**'
             exclude '**/default/**'
             exclude '**/module-info.class'
@@ -110,9 +104,9 @@ tasks.register('copyExecFilesAndJavaClassFiles') {
 
 tasks.register('copyBallerinaClassFiles') {
     subprojects.forEach { subproject ->
-        def ballerinaSourceDirectory = new File("${subproject.buildDir}/ballerina-src")
+        def ballerinaSourceDirectory = new File("${subproject.getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/ballerina-src")
         if (ballerinaSourceDirectory.exists() && subproject.projectDir.getParentFile().getName() == "langlib") {
-            fileTree("${subproject.buildDir}/ballerina-src/target").include("**/*.zip").forEach { zip ->
+            fileTree("${subproject.getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/ballerina-src/target").include("**/*.zip").forEach { zip ->
                 def jarFiles = zipTree(zip).matching { include '**/*.jar' }
                 jarFiles.forEach { jar ->
                     zipTree(jar).matching {
@@ -130,8 +124,8 @@ tasks.register('createCodeCoverageReport', JacocoReport) {
     reports {
         xml.required = true
         html.required = true
-        xml.destination new File("${rootDir}/.jacoco/reports/jacoco/report.xml")
-        html.destination new File("${rootDir}/.jacoco/reports/jacoco/report.html")
+        xml.outputLocation = new File("${rootDir}/.jacoco/reports/jacoco/report.xml")
+        html.outputLocation = new File("${rootDir}/.jacoco/reports/jacoco/report.html")
     }
     onlyIf = {
         true

cli/ballerina-cli/build.gradle

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.commons.codec
     testImplementation libs.jline
 
-    distributionBala project(path: ':ballerina-langlib:test', configuration: 'distributionBala')
+    distributionBala project(path: ':ballerina-lang:test', configuration: 'distributionBala')
     distributionBala project(path: ':testerina:testerina-core', configuration: 'distributionBala')
     distributionBirJar project(path: ':testerina:testerina-core', configuration: 'distributionBirJar')
 
@@ -93,25 +93,25 @@ dependencies {
 tasks.register('createTestDistributionCache', Copy) {
     dependsOn configurations.distributionBala
     from configurations.distributionBala
-    into "$buildDir/repo"
+    into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/repo"
 }
 
 tasks.register('copyCompilerPluginJars', Copy) {
     from configurations.compilerPluginJar
-    into "$buildDir/compiler-plugin-jars"
+    into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/compiler-plugin-jars"
 }
 
 tasks.register('copyProfilerResources', Copy) {
     from project(':jballerina-tools').file('resources/profiler')
-    into "$buildDir/resources/profiler"
+    into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/resources/profiler"
 }
 
 tasks.register('createTestBre', Copy) {
     from configurations.balRt
     from configurations.testRt
     from configurations.testCore
     from configurations.distributionBirJar
-    into "$buildDir/bre/lib"
+    into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/bre/lib"
 }
 
 test {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ test {
     dependsOn copyCompilerPluginJars
     dependsOn copyProfilerResources
 
-    systemProperty "ballerina.home", "$buildDir"
+    systemProperty "ballerina.home", "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}".toString()
 
     useTestNG() {
         suites 'src/test/resources/testng.xml'

cli/central-client/build.gradle

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ dependencies {
 tasks.register('createTestDistributionCache', Copy) {
     dependsOn configurations.distributionBala
     from configurations.distributionBala
-    into "$buildDir/repo"
+    into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/repo"
 }
 
 tasks.register('createBirCache') {
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ tasks.register('createBirCache') {
         configurations.bir.each { artifact ->
             copy {
                 from artifact
-                into "$buildDir/bir-cache/"
+                into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/bir-cache/"
             }
         }
     }
 
     inputs.files configurations.bir
-    outputs.dir "$buildDir/bir-cache"
+    outputs.dir "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/bir-cache"
     outputs.cacheIf { false }
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ test {
     dependsOn configurations.birJar
     dependsOn configurations.birJarCompile
 
-    systemProperty "ballerina.home", "$buildDir"
+    systemProperty "ballerina.home", "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}".toString()
     useTestNG() {
         suites 'src/test/resources/testng.xml'
     }

distribution/zip/jballerina-tools/build.gradle

@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 tasks.register('configured') {
     configurations.distBal.allDependencies.withType(ProjectDependency) {
-        def path = it.getDependencyProject().path
+        // def path = it.getDependencyProject().path
 //        dependencies.add("bir", dependencies.project(path: path, configuration: 'bir'))
 //        dependencies.add("birJar", dependencies.project(path: path, configuration: 'birJar'))
     }
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ def copyBalaSpec = {
     path -> copySpec {
         from configurations.distBal
         into(path + 'lib')
-        fileMode 0644
+        filePermissions {
+            unix(0644)
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ def apiDocsSpec = {
 }
 
 tasks.register('extractBalxBirs', Copy) {
-//    def path = "$buildDir/bir-cache"
+//    def path = "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/bir-cache"
 //    from configurations.balxBir.files
 //    into path
 }
@@ -398,7 +400,7 @@ tasks.register('pathingJar', Jar) {
 tasks.register('copyApiDocs', Copy) {
     dependsOn configurations.balDoc
     from configurations.balDoc.files
-    into "$buildDir/api-docs"
+    into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/api-docs"
     exclude "index.html"
     exclude "html-template-resources"
     exclude "syntax-highlighter"
@@ -408,12 +410,12 @@ tasks.register('generateDocs', JavaExec) {
     dependsOn pathingJar
     dependsOn copyApiDocs
     dependsOn ':docerina-gradle-plugin:build'
-    outputs.dir("$buildDir/api-docs")
+    outputs.dir("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/api-docs")
     outputs.cacheIf { true }
-    systemProperty("ballerina.home", "$buildDir")
+    systemProperty("ballerina.home", "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}".toString())
     classpath = files(pathingJar.archiveFile)
     mainClass = 'org.ballerinalang.plugin.gradle.doc.DocerinaGen'
-    args("$buildDir/api-docs")
+    args("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/api-docs")
 }
 
 tasks.register('createApiDocsZip', Zip) {
@@ -469,7 +471,7 @@ tasks.register('updateBalHome', Copy) {
 
 tasks.register('createDistribution', Copy) {
     mustRunAfter(':language-server:language-server-core:createZip')
-    def filePath = "$buildDir/extracted-distributions/${project.name}-${project.version}"
+    def filePath = "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/extracted-distributions/${project.name}-${project.version}"
     file(filePath).mkdirs()
     with copyJarSpec("")
     with copyBirSpec("")
@@ -501,8 +503,8 @@ build {
 
 artifacts {
     bala configurations.distBal.files
-    zip file: file("$buildDir/distributions/${project.name}-${project.version}.zip"), builtBy: createZip
-    unzipped file: file("$buildDir/extracted-distributions/${project.name}-${project.version}"), builtBy: createDistribution
+    zip file: file("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/distributions/${project.name}-${project.version}.zip"), builtBy: createZip
+    unzipped file: file("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/extracted-distributions/${project.name}-${project.version}"), builtBy: createDistribution
 }
 
 // This section makes sure that checkstyle/spotbug runs when dist is build.

distribution/zip/jballerina/build.gradle

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ artifacts {
     bin file('bin')
     staticFiles configurations.staticArtifacts.files
     resourceFiles file('resources')
-    zip file: file("$buildDir/distributions/${basePath}.zip"), builtBy: createZip
+    zip file: file("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/distributions/${basePath}.zip"), builtBy: createZip
 }
 
 build {

docs/bir-spec/build.gradle

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ kaitai {
     cacheDir = new File("${project.gradle.gradleUserHomeDir}/kaitai-cache")
     executionTimeout = 10_000
     version = "${libs.versions.kaitaiStructCompilerVersion.get()}"
-    url = new URL("https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_compiler/releases/download/"+
+    url = URI.create("https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_compiler/releases/download/"+
             "${libs.versions.kaitaiStructCompilerVersion.get()}"+"/kaitai-struct-compiler-" +
-            "${libs.versions.kaitaiStructCompilerVersion.get()}"+".zip")
+            "${libs.versions.kaitaiStructCompilerVersion.get()}"+".zip").toURL()
 }
 
 sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs += 'build/generated/kaitai'

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ ow2AsmUtilVersion="9.7"
 ow2AsmVersion="9.7"
 picocliVersion="4.0.1"
 puppycrawlCheckstyleVersion="10.12.0"
-researchgateReleaseVersion="2.8.0"
+researchgateReleaseVersion = "3.0.2"
 scalaLibraryVersion="2.11.7"
 slf4jApiVersion="2.0.7"
 slf4jJdk14Version="2.0.7"

gradle/plugins/java-convention/src/main/groovy/ballerinaLangLibBuild.gradle

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ tasks.register('createDistributionCache') {
         configurations.distributionBala.each { artifact ->
             copy {
                 from zipTree( artifact.getPath() )
-                into "$buildDir/repo"
+                into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/repo"
             }
         }
     }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def jarFileName = modOrg + "-" + project.ext.modName + "-" + modVersion
 
 tasks.register('copyBallerinaProject', Copy) {
     from project.projectDir.toString() + "/src/main/ballerina/"
-    into project.buildDir.toString() + "/ballerina-src"
+    into project.getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get().toString() + "/ballerina-src"
 }
 
 tasks.register('ballerinaLangLibBuild', BallerinaLangLibBuildTask) {
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ tasks.register('ballerinaLangLibBuild', BallerinaLangLibBuildTask) {
 }
 
 artifacts {
-    distributionBala file("$buildDir/ballerina-src/target/" + modName + ".zip"), {
+    distributionBala file("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/ballerina-src/target/" + modName + ".zip"), {
         builtBy(ballerinaLangLibBuild)
     }
-    distributionBirJar file("$buildDir/ballerina-src/target/${jarFileName}.jar"), {
+    distributionBirJar file("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/ballerina-src/target/${jarFileName}.jar"), {
         builtBy(ballerinaLangLibBuild)
     }
-    balDoc file("$buildDir/ballerina-src/target/apidocs/"), {
+    balDoc file("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/ballerina-src/target/apidocs/"), {
         builtBy(ballerinaLangLibBuild)
     }
 }

gradle/plugins/java-convention/src/main/groovy/ballerinaLangLibLoad.gradle

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ tasks.register('loadDistributionCache') {
         configurations.distributionBala.each { artifact ->
             copy {
                 from zipTree( artifact.getPath() )
-                into "$buildDir/repo"
+                into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/repo"
             }
         }
     }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ tasks.register('loadDistributionCache') {
 test {
     dependsOn loadDistributionCache
     systemProperty "java.util.logging.config.file", "src/test/resources/logging.properties"
-    systemProperty "ballerina.home", "$buildDir"
+    systemProperty "ballerina.home", "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}".toString()
 
     afterSuite { suite, result ->
         result.exception?.printStackTrace()

gradle/plugins/java-convention/src/main/groovy/ballerinaNativeStdLibBuild.gradle

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ tasks.register('createDistributionCache') {
         configurations.distributionBala.each { artifact ->
             copy {
                 from zipTree(artifact.getPath())
-                into "$buildDir/repo"
+                into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/repo"
             }
         }
     }
@@ -141,14 +141,14 @@ tasks.register('copyRuntime') {
         configurations.dist.each { artifact ->
             copy {
                 from artifact.getPath()
-                into "$buildDir/bre/lib"
+                into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/bre/lib"
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
 tasks.register('copyInteropImports', Copy) {
-    into "$buildDir/libs"
+    into "${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/libs"
     from configurations.interopImports
 }
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def jarFileName = modOrg + "-" + project.ext.modName + "-" + modVersion
 
 tasks.register('copyBallerinaProject', Copy) {
     from project.projectDir.toString() + "/src/main/ballerina/"
-    into project.buildDir.toString() + "/ballerina-src"
+    into project.getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get().toString() + "/ballerina-src"
 }
 
 tasks.register('ballerinaLangLibBuild', BallerinaLangNativeLibBuildTask) {
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ tasks.register('ballerinaLangLibBuild', BallerinaLangNativeLibBuildTask) {
 }
 
 artifacts {
-    distributionBala file("$buildDir/ballerina-src/target/${project.ext.modName}.zip"), {
+    distributionBala file("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/ballerina-src/target/${project.ext.modName}.zip"), {
         builtBy(ballerinaLangLibBuild)
     }
-    distributionBirJar file("$buildDir/ballerina-src/target/${jarFileName}.jar"), {
+    distributionBirJar file("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/ballerina-src/target/${jarFileName}.jar"), {
         builtBy(ballerinaLangLibBuild)
     }
-    balDoc file("$buildDir/ballerina-src/target/apidocs/"), {
+    balDoc file("${getLayout().getBuildDirectory().get()}/ballerina-src/target/apidocs/"), {
         builtBy(ballerinaLangLibBuild)
     }
 }