gradle kotlin dsl - How to configure dependencies for subprojects

Question

I'm creating gradle multi project for kotlin programming.

When I create dependencies under subprojects in main project build.gradle.kts I'm getting error Configuration with name 'implementation' not found.

Below is my configuration -

    plugins {
        kotlin("jvm") version "1.3.61" apply false
    }

    subprojects {   
        dependencies {
            val implementation by configurations
            implementation(kotlin("stdlib-jdk8"))
        }
    }

Once I move the plugins and dependencies into subproject build.gradle.kts then it is working fine. How can I make dependencies under subprojects work fine?

Code is on github.

Answer 1

With Kotlin dsl, you can add your dependencies as long as you use either apply(plugin = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") or apply(plugin = "java").

Those needs to be where you put your dependencies { .. }, usually inside a subprojects { .. }.

So here would be a simple build.gradle.kts that would propagate the kotlin dependency in all its subprojects.

plugins {
    kotlin("jvm") version "1.3.50"
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

subprojects {
   apply(plugin = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm")

   dependencies {
      implementation(kotlin("stdlib-jdk8"))
   } 

   tasks.withType<KotlinCompile> {
       kotlinOptions {
           freeCompilerArgs = listOf("-Xjsr305=strict")
           jvmTarget = "11"
       }
   }

}

(You would still need to have the kotlin plugin, however no need to specify the version in the other subproject once defined at the root)