Unable to apply plugin in gradle init script

Question

Here is my gradle init script.

initscript {
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:2.5.1")
    }
}

allprojects {
    apply(plugin="java")
    apply(plugin="application")
    apply(plugin="org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin")
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
        mavenCentral()
    }

}

However, I am getting Plugin with id 'org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin' not found. error.

I have tried the solutions from the following questions but none of them solves the problem.

Add Android plugin to gradle init script

The plugin ID of the Spring Boot plugin is [`org.springframework.boot`](https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.springframework.boot), not `org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin`. — aSemy, Jun 19 '22 at 14:39
@MartinZeitler this is init script that is found in `init.d`. buildscript does not work here. — Mox, Jun 19 '22 at 14:48
@aSemy in a [`gradle.init`/ `init.gradle.kts` script](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/init_scripts.html) the way you reference the plugin you want to apply is referenced by its class. So `org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin` is correct and `"org.springframework.boot"` will not work. — Jmini, Nov 23 '22 at 16:43

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '22 at 01:06

I have found my solution after googling around.

In order to apply plugins in gradle init script that is written in kotlin DSL, one has to use the following

initscript {
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:2.5.1")
    }
}

allprojects {
    apply(plugin="java")
    apply(plugin="application")
    apply<org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin>()
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
        mavenCentral()
    }

}

In order to apply third party plugins in the init script, one has to use the form apply<path.to.classname>()

Unable to apply plugin in gradle init script

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