Gradle dependency and space in path - groovy

Question

i am creating a Gradle plugin
when i try to set a jar path to project.dependencies compile which is having space, i am getting exception
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'visage-gradle-sample'.
> No signature of method: org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.compile() is applicable for argument types: (org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultConfigurableFileCollection) values: [file collection]
Possible solutions: module(java.lang.Object)
I am trying to set it in MyPlugin apply method
private void configureSetup(project) {
final javafxHome = System.env["JAVAFX_HOME"]
def jfxJar =''
if (javafxHome) {
jfxJar = "${javafxHome}${File.separator}rt${File.separator}lib${File.separator}jfxrt.jar"
}
else{
final javaHome = System.env["JAVA_HOME"]
jfxJar = "${javaHome}${File.separator}jre${File.separator}lib${File.separator}jfxrt.jar"
}
if(!(new File(jfxJar)).exists())
throw new StopExecutionException("JAVAFX_HOME is not set or your JDK is not having JAVAFX jar.")
project.dependencies {
compile project.files(jfxJar)
}
}
I am trying to set JavaFX 2 jfxrt.jar which is in following path
C:\Program Files\Oracle\JavaFX 2.1 SDK\rt\lib\jfxrt.jar
the debug shows
15:36:31.036 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Caused by: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.compile() is applicable for argument types: (org.gradle.api.internal.file.collections.DefaultConfigurableFileCollection) values: [file collection]
Possible solutions: module(java.lang.Object)
15:36:31.051 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.methodMissing(DefaultDependencyHandler.groovy:94)
15:36:31.067 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.invokeMethod(DefaultDependencyHandler.groovy)
15:36:31.082 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.visage.gradle.plugin.VisagePlugin$_configureSetup_closure1.doCall(VisagePlugin.groovy:122)
15:36:31.098 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.util.ConfigureUtil.configure(ConfigureUtil.java:141)
15:36:31.114 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.util.ConfigureUtil.configure(ConfigureUtil.java:90)
15:36:31.129 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.dependencies(AbstractProject.java:879)
15:36:31.129 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.Project$dependencies.call(Unknown Source)
15:36:31.160 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.visage.gradle.plugin.VisagePlugin.configureSetup(VisagePlugin.groovy:121)
15:36:31.176 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.visage.gradle.plugin.VisagePlugin.this$2$configureSetup(VisagePlugin.groovy)
15:36:31.176 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.visage.gradle.plugin.VisagePlugin$this$2$configureSetup.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
15:36:31.207 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.visage.gradle.plugin.VisagePlugin.apply(VisagePlugin.groovy:67)
15:36:31.207 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.visage.gradle.plugin.VisagePlugin.apply(VisagePlugin.groovy)
15:36:31.223 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultProjectsPluginContainer.providePlugin(DefaultProjectsPluginContainer.java:107)
15:36:31.239 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultProjectsPluginContainer.addPluginInternal(DefaultProjectsPluginContainer.java:71)
15:36:31.254 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultProjectsPluginContainer.apply(DefaultProjectsPluginContainer.java:37)
15:36:31.270 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultObjectConfigurationAction.applyPlugin(DefaultObjectConfigurationAction.java:101)
15:36:31.285 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultObjectConfigurationAction.access$200(DefaultObjectConfigurationAction.java:32)
15:36:31.301 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultObjectConfigurationAction$3.run(DefaultObjectConfigurationAction.java:72)
15:36:31.317 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultObjectConfigurationAction.execute(DefaultObjectConfigurationAction.java:114)
15:36:31.348 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.apply(AbstractProject.java:840)
15:36:31.364 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.Project$apply.call(Unknown Source)
15:36:31.379 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectScript.apply(ProjectScript.groovy:34)
15:36:31.395 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.Script$apply.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
15:36:31.410 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at build_1c4c4h5n90lk41hinuth6in4rk.run(D:\MyWorkBench\jugchennai\visage-gradle-plugin\visage-gradle-sample\build.gradle:8)
15:36:31.410 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.internal.DefaultScriptRunnerFactory$ScriptRunnerImpl.run(DefaultScriptRunnerFactory.java:52)
15:36:31.426 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] ... 29 more
15:36:31.442 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
15:36:31.457 [LIFECYCLE] [org.gradle.BuildResultLogger]
How to over come space in path ?

Answer 1

It doesn't look like the problem is related to a space in a path. I assume the code doesn't apply the java plugin, hence there is no compile configuration.
By the way, it is never necessary to use File.separator when passing paths to Gradle. Just use / and Gradle will do the right thing.