Add Gradle dependency

org.openrewrite.gradle.AddDependency

Add a gradle dependency to a build.gradle file in the correct configuration based on where it is used.

Recipe source

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• groupId: org.openrewrite

• artifactId: rewrite-gradle

• version: 8.23.1

Options

Type	Name	Description	Example
String	groupId	The first part of a dependency coordinate 'com.google.guava:guava:VERSION'.	com.google.guava
String	artifactId	The second part of a dependency coordinate 'com.google.guava:guava:VERSION'	guava
String	version	Optional. An exact version number or node-style semver selector used to select the version number. You can also use latest.release for the latest available version and latest.patch if the current version is a valid semantic version. For more details, you can look at the documentation page of version selectors.	29.X
String	versionPattern	Optional. Allows version selection to be extended beyond the original Node Semver semantics. So for example, Setting 'version' to "25-29" can be paired with a metadata pattern of "-jre" to select Guava 29.0-jre	-jre
String	configuration	Optional. A configuration to use when it is not what can be inferred from usage. Most of the time this will be left empty, but is used when adding a new as of yet unused dependency.	implementation
String	onlyIfUsing	Optional. Used to determine if the dependency will be added and in which scope it should be placed.	org.junit.jupiter.api.*
String	classifier	Optional. A classifier to add. Commonly used to select variants of a library.	test
String	extension	Optional. The extension of the dependency to add. If omitted Gradle defaults to assuming the type is "jar".	jar
String	familyPattern	Optional. A pattern, applied to groupIds, used to determine which other dependencies should have aligned version numbers. Accepts '*' as a wildcard character.	com.fasterxml.jackson*
Boolean	acceptTransitive	Optional. Default false. If enabled, the dependency will not be added if it is already on the classpath as a transitive dependency.	true

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Usage

This recipe has required configuration parameters. Recipes with required configuration parameters cannot be activated directly. To activate this recipe you must create a new recipe which fills in the required parameters. In your rewrite.yml create a new recipe with a unique name. For example: com.yourorg.AddDependencyExample. Here's how you can define and customize such a recipe within your rewrite.yml:

rewrite.yml

---
type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
name: com.yourorg.AddDependencyExample
displayName: Add Gradle dependency example
recipeList:
  - org.openrewrite.gradle.AddDependency:
      groupId: com.google.guava
      artifactId: guava
      version: 29.X
      versionPattern: '-jre'
      configuration: implementation
      onlyIfUsing: org.junit.jupiter.api.*
      classifier: test
      extension: jar
      familyPattern: com.fasterxml.jackson*
      acceptTransitive: true

Now that com.yourorg.AddDependencyExample has been defined activate it in your build file:

Gradle

1. Add the following to your build.gradle file:

build.gradle

plugins {
    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("6.11.2")
}

rewrite {
    activeRecipe("com.yourorg.AddDependencyExample")
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

2. Run gradle rewriteRun to run the recipe.

Moderne CLI

You will need to have configured the Moderne CLI on your machine before you can run the following command.

shell

mod run . --recipe AddDependencyExample

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