Unable to resolve class org.gradle.util.TestUtil in Gradle

Question

This error means that class TestUtil is not on the classpath and the compiler can not find it. I came across such error hundred times before and there was missing Jar or wrong written class names, but now I just don't know what is wrong. In my buildSrc dir I have custom Task and I made test for it:

package com.example.core.tasks;
import spock.lang.Specification
import org.gradle.api.Project
import org.gradle.util.TestUtil

public class GetInfoTaskTest extends Specification {

    def "check files"(){
       given:
        def project = TestUtil.createRootProject()

       when:
        GetInfoTask getInfo = project.tasks.create("getInfo", GetInfoTask)

       then:
        getInfo instanceof GetInfoTask.class
    }
}

In the build script in the buildSrc dir:

dependencies {
compile localGroovy()

testCompile 'org.spockframework:spock-core:0.7-groovy-1.8'
testCompile gradleApi()

}

Error:

GetInfoTaskTest.groovy: 4: unable to resolve class org.gradle.util.TestUtil
 @ line 3, column 1.
   import org.gradle.util.TestUtil     
   ^                             

I checked that this TestUtil is not internal. I still don't know why gradle can not find it.

Answer 1

TestUtil is an internal class. You can't use it in your own code.