How gradle dependencies work

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When I walk through the gradle dsl guide, I notice the DependencyHandler. It's delegated to closure when execute dependencies method. Just like dependencies { compile 'commons-lang:commons-lang:2.6' } The point I can't understand is why "compile 'commons-lang:commons-lang:2.6'" caused the method "add(configurationName, dependencyNotation)" be invoked.

related https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27584463 – tkruse Feb 07 '18 at 10:00 — tkruse, Feb 07 '18 at 10:00

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '15 at 05:40

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Internally Gradle uses Groovy's metaprogramming features, specifically methodMissing, to implement this capability. You can see how this is done in the DependencyHandler implementation.

answered Aug 21 '15 at 05:40

Mark Vieira

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Thank you so much, I get it thoroughly now. – AtanL Sep 04 '15 at 03:38

How gradle dependencies work

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