How do I exclude all instances of a transitive dependency when using Gradle?

by

Ah, the following works and does what I want:

configurations {
  runtime.exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-log4j12"
}

It seems that an Exclude Rule only has two attributes – group and module.
Hence for excluding from only an individual dependency, we can do something like:

dependencies {
  compile ('org.springframework.data:spring-data-hadoop-core:2.0.0.M4-hadoop22') {
    exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "slf4j-log4j12"
  }
}

However, the above syntax doesn’t prevent you from specifying any arbitrary property as a predicate. When trying to exclude from an individual dependency you cannot specify arbitrary properties. For example, this fails:

dependencies {
  compile ('org.springframework.data:spring-data-hadoop-core:2.0.0.M4-hadoop22') {
    exclude group: "org.slf4j", name: "slf4j-log4j12"
  }
}

with

No such property: name for class: org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.DefaultExcludeRule

So even though you can specify a dependency with a group: and name: you can’t specify an exclusion with a name:!?!

Perhaps a separate question, but what exactly is a module then? I can understand the Maven notion of groupId:artifactId:version, which I understand translates to group:name:version in Gradle. But then, how do I know what module (in gradle-speak) a particular Maven artifact belongs to?

More Related Contents:

  1. Add classpath in manifest using Gradle
  2. How can I force Gradle to set the same version for two dependencies?
  3. How to add local .jar file dependency to build.gradle file?
  4. Is it possible to declare a variable in Gradle usable in Java?
  5. How do I tell Gradle to use specific JDK version?
  6. Creating runnable JAR with Gradle
  7. Peer not authenticated while importing Gradle project in eclipse
  8. Gradle – Could not find or load main class
  9. JCenter deprecation; impact on Gradle and Android
  10. What does transitive = true in Gradle exactly do (w.r.t. crashlytics)?
  11. java.util.scanner throws NoSuchElementException when application is started with gradle run
  12. Maven profiles equivalent of Gradle
  13. Error: Gradle: execution failed for task ‘:app:preDexDebug’
  14. Error:Execution failed for task ‘:app:packageRelease’. > Unable to compute hash of /../AndroidStudioProjects/../classes.jar
  15. Manifest merger failed : Attribute application@appComponentFactory updating Firebase libraries
  16. How to run Gradle test when all tests are UP-TO-DATE?
  17. How to add ojdbc7 to Java web app by Gradle?
  18. com.android.build.transform.api.TransformException
  19. Android Studio 3.1.3 Gradle Sync Error. Could Not Download Gradle-Core.jar
  20. Gradle to execute Java class (without modifying build.gradle)
  21. java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(ZLjava/lang/String;) with Selenium, gradle and ChromeDriver
  22. What does ‘->’ (arrow) mean in gradle’s dependency graph?
  23. How to create a fat JAR with Gradle Kotlin script?
  24. How to run bootRun with spring profile via gradle task
  25. Gradle “Entry .classpath is a duplicate but no duplicate handling strategy has been set”
  26. IntelliJ gradle add module dependency
  27. Importing Facebook library in Android Studio: Could not find property ‘ANDROID_BUILD_SDK_VERSION’
  28. Integration Test with Spring Boot and Spock
  29. Gradle – download dependencies, lock versions and update dependencies manually
  30. Gradle task – pass arguments to Java application

Leave a Comment