Added necessary build.gradle file changes for Gradle 7+

[sermaz]

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[iuliana]

Hi @sermaz ,

This is a lot of work and I appreciate it, but it feels weird to me to change the project to support a build tool, when in most cases it is the other way around. :)

I'll take a look at your changes as soon as I can and merge them if they are still in line with the code in the book.
Thank you for your contribution!

Cheers,
Iuliana Cosmina

[iuliana]

Hello sermaz,

Thank you for the initiative, but the project doesn't seem to build with Gradle 7. Have you even tried a full build?
I will try to make it work, because you've made me curious, but I won't merge your commits until the full build passes.

Cheers,
Iuliana Cosmina

[valentyn-nagay]

@iuliana everything works! I am so happy to find this pull request! I had many problems making it run with Gradle 7.*. Maybe, it will be great to provide instructions on how to configure Gradle's older version in Intellij IDEA at least, if you are not planning to merge this pull.

[iuliana]

@iuliana everything works! I am so happy to find this pull request! I had many problems making it run with Gradle 7.*. Maybe, it will be great to provide instructions on how to configure Gradle's older version in Intellij IDEA at least, if you are not planning to merge this pull.

@valentyn-nahai the older version of Gradle, which is 5.x, the one mentioned in the README.md , works out of the box with the tests and the AspectJ module. This pull request does not. This is why I am not merging it.

[valentyn-nagay]

Thanks for the update! I appreciate your answer.

[iuliana]

Thanks for the update! I appreciate your answer.

@valentyn-nahai this project is pretty old. Upgrading it to Gradle 7 might require changes that are making it incompatible with the text in the book. The book does explain a few details about the Gradle configurations and plugins used. Some of those plugins are not maintained nor upgraded to more recent Gradle versions. But there will be a book called "Pro Spring 6" in a year or two. ;)