Gradle artifactory plugin cannot resolve dependency on configuration phase - gradle

Question

I am trying to resolve dependency in configuration phase with artifactory gradle plugin.
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
artifactory {
contextUrl = "${artifactory_contextUrl}"
...
resolve {
repository {
repoKey = 'repo'
username = "${artifactory_user}"
password = "${artifactory_password}"
maven = true
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile 'commons-lang:commons-lang:+'
}
task testCustomResolve {
logger.quiet configurations.getByName('compile').singleFile.absolutePath
}
And it gives me
Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':compile'.
Cannot resolve external dependency commons-lang:commons-lang:+ because no repositories are defined.
It works as a charm in execution phase
task testCustomResolve << {
logger.quiet configurations.getByName('compile').singleFile.absolutePath
}
or when I use mavenCentral()
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}

Answer 1

In case you don't need to publish to Artifactory, I noticed that it works better if you don't use the artifactory {} syntax. Instead, try using:
plugins {
id "com.jfrog.artifactory" version "4.4.10"
}
repositories {
mavenLocal()
maven {
url "${artifactory_contextUrl}/${artifactory_repo}"
credentials {
username = "${artifactory_user}"
password = "${artifactory_password}"
}
}
mavenCentral()
}