Use Convention Plugins and Version Catalog

ballerina-shell/modules/shell-cli/build.gradle

@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/javaProject.gradle"
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/ballerinaLangLibLoad.gradle"
+plugins {
+    id 'javaProject'
+    id 'ballerinaLangLibLoad'
+}
 
 description = 'Ballerina - Ballerina Shell CLI'
 
@@ -26,12 +28,12 @@ group = 'io.ballerina'
 dependencies {
     implementation project(":ballerina-shell:shell-core")
     implementation project(':ballerina-parser')
-    implementation("org.jline:jline:${project.jlineVersion}")
+    implementation libs.jline
     implementation project(':ballerina-lang')
     implementation project(':ballerina-tools-api')
 
-    testImplementation('org.testng:testng')
-    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1'
+    testImplementation libs.testng
+    implementation libs.gson
 }
 
 compileJava {

ballerina-shell/modules/shell-core/build.gradle

@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/javaProject.gradle"
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/ballerinaLangLibLoad.gradle"
+plugins {
+    id 'javaProject'
+    id 'ballerinaLangLibLoad'
+}
 
 description = 'Ballerina - Ballerina Shell'
 
@@ -30,10 +32,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':ballerina-tools-api')
     implementation project(':ballerina-runtime')
     implementation project(':identifier-util')
-    implementation 'com.github.spullara.mustache.java:compiler'
+    implementation libs.mustache.java.compiler
 
-    testImplementation('org.testng:testng')
-    testImplementation('com.google.code.gson:gson')
+    testImplementation libs.testng
+    testImplementation libs.gson
 }
 
 test {

ballerina-shell/modules/shell-rt/build.gradle

@@ -16,15 +16,17 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/javaProject.gradle"
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/ballerinaLangLibLoad.gradle"
+plugins {
+    id 'javaProject'
+    id 'ballerinaLangLibLoad'
+}
 
 description = 'Ballerina - Ballerina Shell Runtime Dependencies'
 
 group = 'io.ballerina'
 
 dependencies {
-    testImplementation('org.testng:testng')
+    testImplementation libs.testng
 }
 
 test {

benchmarks/build.gradle

@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  *
  */
-
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/javaProject.gradle"
+
+plugins {
+    id 'javaProject'
+}
 
 dependencies {
 //    compile project(':ballerina')
-    implementation 'com.github.chewiebug:gcviewer'
+    implementation libs.chewiebug.gcviewer
 }
 
 description = 'Ballerina - Microbenchmarks'

build.gradle

@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 plugins {
     id 'base'
-    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "${githubSpotbugsVersion}"
-    id "com.dorongold.task-tree" version "${dorongoldTaskTreeVersion}"
-    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "${githubJohnrengelmanShadowVersion}"
+    alias libs.plugins.spotbugs
+    alias libs.plugins.dorongold.task.tree
+    alias libs.plugins.github.johnrengelman.shadow
     id 'maven-publish'
-    id "net.researchgate.release" version "${researchgateReleaseVersion}"
+    alias libs.plugins.researchgate.release
     id 'jacoco'
-    id "org.sonarqube" version "${sonarqubeGradlePluginVersion}"
+    alias libs.plugins.sonarqube
+    id 'repositories'
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/repositories.gradle"
-
 allprojects {
     tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
         options.fork = true

bvm/ballerina-profiler/build.gradle

@@ -16,17 +16,19 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/javaProject.gradle"
+plugins {
+    id 'javaProject'
+}
 
 configurations {
     runtimeClasspath.transitive = false
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation "org.ow2.asm:asm:${project.ow2AsmVersion}"
-    implementation "org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:${project.ow2AsmCommonsVersion}"
-    implementation "com.google.code.gson:gson:${project.gsonVersion}"
-    implementation "commons-io:commons-io:${project.commonsIoVersion}"
+    implementation libs.ow2.asm
+    implementation libs.ow2.asm.commons
+    implementation libs.gson
+    implementation libs.commons.io
     implementation project(':identifier-util')
     implementation project(':ballerina-runtime')
 }

bvm/ballerina-rt/build.gradle

@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ plugins {
     id 'java-library'
     id 'checkstyle'
     id 'com.github.spotbugs'
+    id 'repositories'
 }
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/repositories.gradle"
-
 configurations {
     dist {
         transitive false
@@ -85,38 +84,38 @@ dependencies {
 
     // Third party jars
     // config
-    dist "org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:${project.slf4jJdk14Version}"
-    dist "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${project.slf4jApiVersion}"
-    dist "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:${project.apacheCommonsLang3Version}"
-    dist "org.apache.commons:commons-text:${project.apacheCommonsTextVersion}"
-    dist "com.moandjiezana.toml:toml4j:${project.moandjiezanaToml4jVersion}"
-    dist "com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:${project.fasterxmlWoodstoxCoreVersion}"
-    dist "org.codehaus.woodstox:stax2-api:${project.codehausWoodstoxStax2ApiVersion}"
+    dist libs.slf4j.jdk14
+    dist libs.slf4j.api
+    dist libs.apache.commons.lang3
+    dist libs.apache.commons.text
+    dist libs.toml4j
+    dist libs.fasterxml.woodstox.core
+    dist libs.codehaus.woodstox.stax2.api
 
     // runtime
-    dist "org.apache.ws.commons.axiom:axiom-c14n:${project.apacheCommonsAxiomC14nVersion}"
-    dist "org.apache.ws.commons.axiom:axiom-impl:${project.apacheCommonsAxiomImplVersion}"
-    dist "org.apache.ws.commons.axiom:axiom-api:${project.apacheCommonsAxiomApiVersion}"
-    dist "org.apache.ws.commons.axiom:axiom-dom:${project.apacheCommonsAxiomDomVersion}"
-    dist "commons-logging:commons-logging:${project.commonsLoggingVersion}"
-    dist "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:${project.openTelemetryApiVersion}"
-    dist "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:${project.openTelemetryContextVersion}"
-    dist "org.awaitility:awaitility:${project.awaitilityVersion}"
-    dist "org.hdrhistogram:HdrHistogram:${project.hdrHistogramVersion}"
+    dist libs.apache.commons.axiom.c14n
+    dist libs.apache.commons.axiom.impl
+    dist libs.apache.commons.axiom.api
+    dist libs.apache.commons.axiom.dom
+    dist libs.commons.logging
+    dist libs.open.telemetry.api
+    dist libs.open.telemetry.context
+    dist libs.awaitility
+    dist libs.hdr.histogram
 
     // observability extensions
     //// metrics
     dist project(':metrics-extensions:ballerina-metrics-extension')
 
-    dist "com.google.code.gson:gson:${project.gsonVersion}"
+    dist libs.gson
 
     // Transaction related third party jars
-    dist "com.atomikos:transactions-jta:${project.atomikosTransactionsJtaVersion}"
-    dist "com.atomikos:atomikos-util:${project.atomikosUtilVersion}"
-    dist "com.atomikos:transactions-api:${project.atomikosTransactionsApiVersion}"
-    dist "com.atomikos:transactions-jdbc:${project.atomikosTransactionsJdbcVersion}"
-    dist "com.atomikos:transactions:${project.atomikosTransactionsVersion}"
-    dist "javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api:${project.javaxTransactionApiVersion}"
+    dist libs.atomikos.transactions.jta
+    dist libs.atomikos.util
+    dist libs.atomikos.transactions.api
+    dist libs.atomikos.transactions.jdbc
+    dist libs.atomikos.transactions
+    dist libs.javax.transaction.api
 
     // debugger runtime helpers
     dist project(':debug-adapter:debug-adapter-runtime')

bvm/ballerina-runtime/build.gradle

@@ -15,28 +15,30 @@
  *
  */
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/javaProject.gradle"
+plugins {
+    id 'javaProject'
+}
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.apache.ws.commons.axiom:axiom-impl:${project.apacheCommonsAxiomImplVersion}") {
+    implementation(libs.apache.commons.axiom.impl) {
         exclude group: 'org.apache.ws.commons.axiom', module: 'axiom-api'
     }
 
-    implementation('org.apache.ws.commons.axiom:axiom-api') {
+    implementation(libs.apache.commons.axiom.api) {
         exclude group: 'org.apache.geronimo.specs', module: 'geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec'
         exclude group: 'jaxen', module: 'jaxen'
     }
-    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-text'
-    implementation 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api'
-    implementation("com.atomikos:transactions-jta:${project.atomikosTransactionsJtaVersion}") {
+    implementation libs.apache.commons.text
+    implementation libs.open.telemetry.api
+    implementation(libs.atomikos.transactions.jta) {
         exclude group: 'org.hibernate', module: 'hibernate'
     }
-    implementation "javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api:${project.javaxTransactionApiVersion}"
+    implementation libs.javax.transaction.api
     implementation project(':toml-parser')
     implementation project(':ballerina-tools-api')
     implementation project(':identifier-util')
 
-    testImplementation 'org.testng:testng'
+    testImplementation libs.testng
 }
 
 

cli/ballerina-cli/build.gradle

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
  *
  */
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/javaProject.gradle"
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/ballerinaLangLibLoad.gradle"
+plugins {
+    id 'javaProject'
+    id 'ballerinaLangLibLoad'
+}
 
 configurations {
     testImplementation.exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-log4j12'
@@ -38,12 +40,12 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':ballerina-runtime')
     implementation project(':ballerina-tools-api')
     implementation project(':central-client')
-    implementation 'info.picocli:picocli'
-    implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-compress:${project.apacheCommonsCompressVersion}") {
+    implementation libs.picocli
+    implementation(libs.apache.commons.compress) {
         exclude group: 'commons-codec', module: 'commons-codec'
         exclude group: 'org.apache.commons', module: 'commons-lang3'
     }
-    implementation "com.google.code.gson:gson:${project.gsonVersion}"
+    implementation libs.gson
     implementation project(':docerina')
     implementation project(':testerina:testerina-core')
     implementation project(':testerina:testerina-runtime')
@@ -52,23 +54,19 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':toml-parser')
     implementation project(':identifier-util')
     testImplementation project(':ballerina-test-utils')
-    implementation 'org.ow2.asm:asm'
-    implementation "org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:${project.ow2AsmCommonsVersion}"
-    implementation "org.jacoco:org.jacoco.core:${project.jacocoVersion}"
-    implementation "org.jacoco:org.jacoco.report:${project.jacocoVersion}"
-    implementation group: 'org.jacoco', name: 'org.jacoco.core', version: "${project.jacocoVersion}"
-    implementation group: 'org.jacoco', name: 'org.jacoco.report', version: "${project.jacocoVersion}"
-    implementation group: 'org.ow2.asm', name: 'asm', version: "${project.ow2AsmVersion}"
-    implementation group: 'org.ow2.asm', name: 'asm-commons', version: "${project.ow2AsmCommonsVersion}"
-    implementation group: 'org.ow2.asm', name: 'asm-tree', version: "${project.ow2AsmTreeVersion}"
-    implementation 'commons-io:commons-io'
-
-    testImplementation "org.testng:testng:${project.testngVersion}"
-    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:${project.mockitoCoreVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-testng'
-    testImplementation 'commons-io:commons-io'
-    testImplementation "commons-codec:commons-codec:${project.commonsCodecVersion}"
-    testImplementation "org.jline:jline:${project.jlineVersion}"
+    implementation libs.ow2.asm
+    implementation libs.ow2.asm.commons
+    implementation libs.ow2.asm.tree
+    implementation libs.jacoco.core
+    implementation libs.jacoco.report
+    implementation libs.commons.io
+
+    testImplementation libs.testng
+    testImplementation libs.mockito.core
+    testImplementation libs.mockito.testng
+    testImplementation libs.commons.io
+    testImplementation libs.commons.codec
+    testImplementation libs.jline
 
     distributionBala project(path: ':ballerina-langlib:test', configuration: 'distributionBala')
     distributionBala project(path: ':testerina:testerina-core', configuration: 'distributionBala')

cli/central-client/build.gradle

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
  *
  */
 
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/javaProject.gradle"
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/ballerinaLangLibLoad.gradle"
+plugins {
+    id 'javaProject'
+    id 'ballerinaLangLibLoad'
+}
 
 configurations {
     birJar
@@ -30,19 +32,19 @@ configurations {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':ballerina-runtime')
-    implementation 'me.tongfei:progressbar'
-    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson'
-    implementation 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305'
-    implementation 'com.github.zafarkhaja:java-semver'
-    implementation 'commons-io:commons-io'
-    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp'
-    implementation 'com.squareup.okio:okio'
+    implementation libs.tongfei.progressbar
+    implementation libs.gson
+    implementation libs.findbugs.jsr305
+    implementation libs.zafarkhaja.jsemver
+    implementation libs.commons.io
+    implementation libs.squareup.okhttp
+    implementation libs.squareup.okio
 
-    testImplementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:${mockWebserverVersion}"
-    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:${mockitoCoreVersion}"
-    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-testng:${mockitoTestNGVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.testng:testng'
-    testImplementation 'org.awaitility:awaitility'
+    testImplementation libs.squareup.mock.webserver
+    testImplementation libs.mockito.core
+    testImplementation libs.mockito.testng
+    testImplementation libs.testng
+    testImplementation libs.awaitility
 }
 
 tasks.register('createTestDistributionCache', Copy) {