Gradle 5: Failed to apply plugin [id 'aspectj'] - spring

Question

I am trying to run a build.gradle file that looks like this and which returns an error on line apply plugin: 'aspectj'
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenLocal()
mavenCentral()
maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/release" }
maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/snapshot" }
maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot" }
maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/milestone" }
maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone" }
maven { url "https://maven.eveoh.nl/content/repositories/releases" }
}
dependencies {
classpath "nl.eveoh:gradle-aspectj:2.0"
}
}
apply plugin: 'aspectj'
jar {
manifest {
attributes(
"Created-By": "Iuliana Cosmina",
"Specification-Title": "Pro Spring 5",
"Main-Class": "com.apress.prospring5.ch5.AspectJDemo",
"Class-Path": configurations.compile.collect { it.getName() }.join(' ')
)
}
}
The error message is as follows:
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* Where:
Build file '/home/me/Spring/pro-spring-5-master/chapter05/aspectj-aspects/build.gradle' line: 17
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':chapter05:aspectj-aspects'.
> Failed to apply plugin [id 'aspectj']
> Could not find method deleteAllActions() for arguments [] on task ':chapter05:aspectj-aspects:compileJava' of type org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.
What am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

AspectJ is not compatible with Gradle 5.0 - see issues #7861 and #8063.
The most easy might be to replace the plugin; eg. with io.freefair.aspectj.post-compile-weaving, because aspectj.gradle had been last updated 2 years ago (it seems abandoned).

Answer 2

I have fixed the issue and published a new version to jcenter. Find it here: https://bintray.com/zebalu/releases/gradle-aspectj
currently you need this:
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'io.github.zebalu:gradle-aspectj:2.3.3'
}
}
apply plugin: 'gradle-aspectj'
// rest of your code