Node Build fail after upgrade to Gradle 7.3 - node.js

Question

We have upgrade gradle from 4.8 to 7.3 after that nodeSetup build gets fail with below error.
Could not find method layout() for arguments [pattern, com.moowork.gradle.node.task.SetupTask$_addRepository_closure5$_closure7#25995910] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.DefaultIvyArtifactRepository.
Below are code snippet of build.gradle.
buildscript {
repositories {
maven {
url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
}
}
dependencies {
classpath "com.moowork.gradle:gradle-node-plugin:1.3.1"
classpath "io.spring.gradle:dependency-management-plugin:1.0.11.RELEASE"
}
}
apply plugin: "com.moowork.node"
apply plugin: "io.spring.dependency-management"
node {
version = "16.13.12"
npmVersion = "6.12.0"
download = true
nodeModulesDir = file("/XXX")
}

Answer 1

Cause:
There is a breaking change in gradle 6.8 which is you can checkout here:
https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_version_6.html#configuring_the_layout_of_an_ivy_repository
"The 'layout' method taking a configuration block has been removed and
is replaced by 'patternLayout'
Your plugin "com.moowork.gradle:gradle-node-plugin:1.3.1" is using that method which not upgraded in this library.
Solution:
You can use this gradle-node-plugin instead of "com.moowork.gradle:gradle-node-plugin:1.3.1"
Installation:
https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin/blob/master/docs/installation.md
Installing the node-related plugins can be done in multiple ways. The easiest is to use the plugins-closure in your build.gradle file:
plugins {
id "com.github.node-gradle.node" version "3.1.1"
}
You can also install the plugins by using the traditional Gradle way:
buildscript {
repositories {
gradlePluginPortal()
}
dependencies {
classpath "com.github.node-gradle:gradle-node-plugin:3.1.1"
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.github.node-gradle.node'