Something like this

def loadLibs(config) {
config.each { name ->
file("${name}.lib.properties").eachLine { line->
if (!line.trim().empty)

}
}
}

loadLibs(['compile'])

and this

def parsedProjectXml = (new XmlParser()).parse('dependencies-pom.xml')
println parsedProjectXml.@name
println parsedProjectXml.@version
println "ModuleList name : " + parsedProjectXml.modulelist[0].@name +
", shortName : " + parsedProjectXml.modulelist[0].@shortName
parsedProjectXml.modulelist.module.each

println parsedProjectXml.description.text()

Does the build-setup plugin in Gradle 1.6 not solve this problem for you?

Sorry for long time before answer: it is not well documented. There is procedure where in the code which can be used as snippet though it is private now.

I consider the case then migrating from buggy, not satisfying all requirements Maven script to Gradle. That is why i want to import dependencies only from maven script.

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