Liquibase groovy dsl says Unrecognized root element changeSet - gradle

Question

I'm trying to learn Liquibase and have set up a simple Gradle project using Liquibase, the Liquibase Groovy DSL, and the Liquibase Gradle plugin.
When I run a task like update or updateSql, an Unrecognized root element changeSet error is thrown. What am I doing wrong?
The changeset file in src/main/db/changeset.groovy contains:
databaseChangeLog {
changeSet(id: '1.0-test-changeset', author='aoife') {
createTable(tableName: 'foo', remarks: 'Foo table for testing liquibase') {
column(name: 'bar', type: 'varchar(60)', remarks: 'lots of bars')
column(name: 'baz', type: 'varchar(15)', remarks: 'even more bazes')
}
}
}
build.gradle contains:
plugins {
id 'groovy'
id 'application'
id 'org.liquibase.gradle' version '2.0.1'
}
version = "1.0"
group = "liquitest"
mainClassName = "liquitest.LiquiTest"
repositories {
maven {
url "${nexusUrl}/maven-public"
}
}
dependencies {
compile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.5.2'
compile 'com.oracle.jdbc:ojdbc8:12.2.0.1'
compile 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.3'
testCompile 'org.spockframework:spock-core:1.2-RC3-groovy-2.5'
liquibaseRuntime 'org.liquibase:liquibase-core:3.6.1'
liquibaseRuntime 'org.liquibase:liquibase-groovy-dsl:2.0.1'
liquibaseRuntime 'com.oracle.jdbc:ojdbc8:12.2.0.1'
}
liquibase {
activities {
main {
changeLogFile 'src/main/db/changeset.groovy'
url project.ext.oracleInstance
username project.ext.oracleUser
password project.ext.oraclePassword
}
}
}
Output from ./gradlew updateSql:
> Task :updateSQL FAILED
liquibase-plugin: Running the 'main' activity...
Starting Liquibase at Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:38:37 PDT (version 3.6.1 built at 2018-04-11 09:05:04)
Unexpected error running Liquibase: Unrecognized root element changeSet
liquibase.exception.ChangeLogParseException: Unrecognized root element changeSet
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedConstructor.invoke(CachedConstructor.java:83)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedConstructor.doConstructorInvoke(CachedConstructor.java:77)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.ConstructorSite$ConstructorSiteNoUnwrap.callConstructor(ConstructorSite.java:84)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallConstructor(CallSiteArray.java:60)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callConstructor(AbstractCallSite.java:235)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callConstructor(AbstractCallSite.java:247)
at liquibase.parser.ext.GroovyLiquibaseChangeLogParser$_getChangeLogMethodMissing_closure3.doCall(GroovyLiquibaseChangeLogParser.groovy:96)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:93)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaMethod.invoke(ClosureMetaMethod.java:84)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:939)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokePropertyOrMissing(MetaClassImpl.java:1262)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1215)
at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.invokeMethod(ExpandoMetaClass.java:1125)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1022)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:810)
at groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport.invokeMethod(GroovyObjectSupport.java:46)
at groovy.lang.Script.invokeMethod(Script.java:80)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeOnDelegationObjects(ClosureMetaClass.java:430)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeMethod(ClosureMetaClass.java:369)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1022)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.callCurrent(PogoMetaClassSite.java:69)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallCurrent(CallSiteArray.java:52)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:154)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:182)
at Script1$_run_closure1.doCall(Script1.groovy:2)
at Script1$_run_closure1.doCall(Script1.groovy)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:93)
at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeMethod(ClosureMetaClass.java:294)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1022)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.call(PogoMetaClassSite.java:42)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:117)
at liquibase.parser.ext.GroovyLiquibaseChangeLogParser.processDatabaseChangeLogRootElement(GroovyLiquibaseChangeLogParser.groovy:136)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:93)
at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeMethod(ClosureMetaClass.java:384)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1022)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.callCurrent(PogoMetaClassSite.java:69)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallCurrent(CallSiteArray.java:52)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:154)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:182)
at liquibase.parser.ext.GroovyLiquibaseChangeLogParser$_getChangeLogMethodMissing_closure3.doCall(GroovyLiquibaseChangeLogParser.groovy:93)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:93)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaMethod.invoke(ClosureMetaMethod.java:84)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:939)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokePropertyOrMissing(MetaClassImpl.java:1262)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1215)
at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.invokeMethod(ExpandoMetaClass.java:1125)
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1022)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.callCurrent(PogoMetaClassSite.java:69)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallCurrent(CallSiteArray.java:52)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:154)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:166)
at Script1.run(Script1.groovy:1)
at Script1$run.call(Unknown Source)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:117)
at liquibase.parser.ext.GroovyLiquibaseChangeLogParser.parse(GroovyLiquibaseChangeLogParser.groovy:64)
at liquibase.Liquibase.getDatabaseChangeLog(Liquibase.java:217)
at liquibase.Liquibase.update(Liquibase.java:190)
at liquibase.Liquibase.update(Liquibase.java:274)
at liquibase.Liquibase.update(Liquibase.java:251)
at liquibase.integration.commandline.Main.doMigration(Main.java:1239)
at liquibase.integration.commandline.Main.run(Main.java:191)
at liquibase.integration.commandline.Main.main(Main.java:129)
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FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':updateSQL'.
> Process 'command '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_171.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java'' finished with non-zero exit value 255
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BUILD FAILED in 1s

Answer 1

The Parameter author contains an equals, but it has to be an colon. This was hard to spot.:) Glad I could help.
changeSet(id: '1.0-test-changeset', author:'aoife') {

Answer 2

If the problem is not caused by "equals" operator, it could be caused by Groovy version as well.
For my case, I got the same error Unrecognized root element changeSet with Groovy 4.0.4, and solved by replacing it with Groovy 3.0.12.
Note that I am running Liquibase directly from the command line using the binary distribution of Liquibase, and I had copied the liquibase-groovy-dsl and groovy-x.y.z jar files (no need for database driver jar though) into the lib directory of the Liquibase distribution. (according to https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase-groovy-dsl).
OS: Windows Server 2012R2