In gradle 7.x, is it possible to invoke function defined in `org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.*` in buildSrc?

Question

In my multi-module project built by Gradle, a few repeated dependency declarations can be aggregated into a utility function

The easiest way to define such function that can be used by all submodules is to do it in buildSrc:

What is the purpose of gradle's buildSrc folder?

Unfortunately, its classpath resolving seems to be broken. If I import any function from the kotlin-dsl module:

import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.`implementation`

I got the following error:

e: /home/peng/git/shapesafe/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/init.kt: (5, 30): Unresolved reference: `implementation`

How could this happen?

Answer 1

This means, that you have imported nothing at all:

Unresolved reference: implementation

You'd probably would have to import some more:

import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.apply
import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.dependencies
import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.kotlin
import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.*

... where * also includes implementation.