Unable to resolve class - gradle - gradle

Question

I have directory structure as below:
src
--foo
--A.groovy
--test
--groovy
buildTest.groovy
This is the A.groovy class :
package foo
class A {
void execute() {
println "Inside A"
}
}
This my buildTest.groovy
class buildTest {
#Test
void should_execute(){
A a = new A()
def result = a.execute()
}
}
When I run ./gradlew test, it throws error :
Unable to resolve class A
A a = new A()
^
This is my build.gradle :
plugins {
id "groovy"
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url 'https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/releases/' }
}
dependencies {
compile 'org.eclipse.hudson:hudson-core:3.2.1'
implementation 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:3.0.7'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
testImplementation "com.lesfurets:jenkins-pipeline-unit:1.3"
}
sourceSets {
main {
groovy {
srcDirs = ['src/foo']
}
}
}
Could someone help me in resolving this error.

Answer 1

You have declared a class A in package foo. (Note that the layout doesn't reflect this as the file should be in src/foo/foo/A.groovy, although Groovy doesn't really care).
However, the test class is not in a package and therefore can't see foo.A. Either import it or move the test class to package foo as well. Alternatively, remove the package declaration from class A, though I don't think that is good practice.
I also agree with the comment about not changing the layout unless you have a very good reason for it (e.g. you are working on a legacy project). This is probably what has caused confusion about what package the class is actually in.