# Question: How to compile plugins with gradle

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-how-to-compile-plugins-with-gradle/2991>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 2, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-how-to-compile-plugins-with-gradle/2991 "2010-06-02T13:25:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yatir\_Ben\_Shlomo\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b38774/32.png) [@Yatir\_Ben\_Shlomo\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yatir_Ben_Shlomo_3)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-how-to-compile-plugins-with-gradle/2991/1 "2010-06-02T13:25:22Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to figure out how to directly compile the existing plugins  
(I will later need to write one)

what is the correct syntax?

trying this gradle -d -S

in elasticsearch\plugins\analysis\icu  
five me this error

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

- Where:  
Build file 'C:\dev\trunk\main\elasticsearch\build.gradle' line: 5

- What went wrong:  
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'elasticsearch-root'.  
Cause: Could not find method apply() for arguments [{plugin=base}] on  
root project 'elasticsearch-root'.

- Exception is:  
org.gradle.api.GradleScriptException: Build file 'C:\dev\trunk\main  
\elasticsearch\build.gradle' line: 5  
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'elasticsearch-root'.  
at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.DefaultScriptRunnerFactory  
$ScriptRunnerImpl.run(DefaultScriptRunnerFactory.java:55)  
at  
org.gradle.configuration.BuildScriptProcessor.evaluate(BuildScriptProcessor.java:

1. 

```
at

```

org.gradle.configuration.DefaultProjectEvaluator.evaluate(DefaultProjectEvaluator.java:  
35)  
at  
org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:  
521)  
at  
org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:  
54)  
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectInternal  
$evaluate.call(Unknown Source)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:  
40)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
117)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
121)  
at org.gradle.configuration.BuildConfigurer  
$\_closure1.doCall(BuildConfigurer.groovy:41)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
at  
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
39)  
at  
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
25)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:  
86)  
at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:234)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeMethod(ClosureMetaClass.java:  
272)  
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
880)  
at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:279)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ConvertedClosure.invokeCustom(ConvertedClosure.java:  
48)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ConversionHandler.invoke(ConversionHandler.java:  
77)  
at $Proxy9.execute(Unknown Source)  
at  
org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.applyActions(AbstractProject.java:  
491)  
at  
org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.allprojects(AbstractProject.java:  
486)  
at org.gradle.api.Project$allprojects.call(Unknown Source)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:  
40)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
117)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
125)  
at  
org.gradle.configuration.BuildConfigurer.process(BuildConfigurer.groovy:  
48)  
at org.gradle.GradleLauncher.doBuildStages(GradleLauncher.java:  
147)  
at org.gradle.GradleLauncher.doBuild(GradleLauncher.java:124)  
at org.gradle.GradleLauncher.run(GradleLauncher.java:95)  
at org.gradle.Main.execute(Main.java:100)  
at org.gradle.Main.main(Main.java:43)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
at  
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
39)  
at  
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
25)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
at org.gradle.BootstrapMain.main(BootstrapMain.java:50)  
Caused by: org.gradle.api.internal.MissingMethodException: Could not  
find method apply() for arguments [{plugin=base}] on root project  
'elasticsearch-root'.  
at  
org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractDynamicObject.methodMissingException(AbstractDynamicObject.java:  
60)  
at  
org.gradle.api.internal.DynamicObjectHelper.invokeMethod(DynamicObjectHelper.java:  
200)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
at  
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
39)  
at  
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
25)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite  
$PojoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.invoke(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:  
229)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite.call(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:  
52)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:  
40)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
117)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
129)  
at  
org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProject.methodMissing(DefaultProject.groovy:  
52)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
at  
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
39)  
at  
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
25)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:  
86)  
at  
groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:813)  
at  
groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokePropertyOrMissing(MetaClassImpl.java:  
1098)  
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
1051)  
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
880)  
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
706)  
at  
org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProject.invokeMethod(DefaultProject.groovy)  
at groovy.lang.GroovyObject$invokeMethod.call(Unknown Source)  
at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.DefaultScriptMetaData  
$\_applyMetaData\_closure1.doCall(DefaultScriptMetaData.groovy:31)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
at  
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
39)  
at  
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
25)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:  
86)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaMethod.invoke(ClosureMetaMethod.java:  
81)  
at  
groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:813)  
at  
groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokePropertyOrMissing(MetaClassImpl.java:  
1098)  
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
1051)  
at  
groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.invokeMethod(ExpandoMetaClass.java:923)  
at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
880)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.callCurrent(PogoMetaClassSite.java:  
66)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallCurrent(CallSiteArray.java:  
44)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:  
143)  
at  
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:  
151)  
at build\_gradle\_f298f41f71b4ce50d49bef303b550e27.run(C:\dev  
\trunk\main\elasticsearch\build.gradle:5)  
at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.DefaultScriptRunnerFactory  
$ScriptRunnerImpl.run(DefaultScriptRunnerFactory.java:53)  
... 38 common frames omitted  
16:22:43.279 [main] ERROR org.gradle.Main -  
BUILD FAILED

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-how-to-compile-plugins-with-gradle/2991/2 "2010-06-02T13:35:25Z")

</div>

Just run "gradlew release" it compiles everything, and creates a  
distribution under build/distributions with the plugins.

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Yatir Ben Shlomo [yatirb@gmail.com](mailto:yatirb@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi,  
> I am trying to figure out how to directly compile the existing plugins  
> (I will later need to write one)
> 
> what is the correct syntax?
> 
> trying this gradle -d -S
> 
> in elasticsearch\plugins\analysis\icu  
> five me this error
> 
> FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
> 
> - Where:  
> Build file 'C:\dev\trunk\main\elasticsearch\build.gradle' line: 5
> 
> - What went wrong:  
> A problem occurred evaluating root project 'elasticsearch-root'.  
> Cause: Could not find method apply() for arguments [{plugin=base}] on  
> root project 'elasticsearch-root'.
> 
> - Exception is:  
> org.gradle.api.GradleScriptException: Build file 'C:\dev\trunk\main  
> \elasticsearch\build.gradle' line: 5  
> A problem occurred evaluating root project 'elasticsearch-root'.  
> at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.DefaultScriptRunnerFactory  
> $ScriptRunnerImpl.run(DefaultScriptRunnerFactory.java:55)  
> at
> 
> org.gradle.configuration.BuildScriptProcessor.evaluate(BuildScriptProcessor.java:  
> 51)  
> at
> 
> org.gradle.configuration.DefaultProjectEvaluator.evaluate(DefaultProjectEvaluator.java:  
> 35)  
> at
> 
> org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:  
> 521)  
> at
> 
> org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:  
> 54)  
> at org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectInternal  
> $evaluate.call(Unknown Source)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:  
> 40)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> 117)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> 121)  
> at org.gradle.configuration.BuildConfigurer  
> $\_closure1.doCall(BuildConfigurer.groovy:41)  
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
> at  
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> 39)  
> at
> 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> 25)  
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
> at  
> org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:  
> 86)  
> at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:234)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeMethod(ClosureMetaClass.java:  
> 272)  
> at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> 880)  
> at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:279)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ConvertedClosure.invokeCustom(ConvertedClosure.java:  
> 48)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ConversionHandler.invoke(ConversionHandler.java:  
> 77)  
> at $Proxy9.execute(Unknown Source)  
> at
> 
> org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.applyActions(AbstractProject.java:  
> 491)  
> at
> 
> org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.allprojects(AbstractProject.java:  
> 486)  
> at org.gradle.api.Project$allprojects.call(Unknown Source)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:  
> 40)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> 117)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> 125)  
> at  
> org.gradle.configuration.BuildConfigurer.process(BuildConfigurer.groovy:  
> 48)  
> at org.gradle.GradleLauncher.doBuildStages(GradleLauncher.java:  
> 147)  
> at org.gradle.GradleLauncher.doBuild(GradleLauncher.java:124)  
> at org.gradle.GradleLauncher.run(GradleLauncher.java:95)  
> at org.gradle.Main.execute(Main.java:100)  
> at org.gradle.Main.main(Main.java:43)  
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
> at  
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> 39)  
> at
> 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> 25)  
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
> at org.gradle.BootstrapMain.main(BootstrapMain.java:50)  
> Caused by: org.gradle.api.internal.MissingMethodException: Could not  
> find method apply() for arguments [{plugin=base}] on root project  
> 'elasticsearch-root'.  
> at
> 
> org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractDynamicObject.methodMissingException(AbstractDynamicObject.java:  
> 60)  
> at
> 
> org.gradle.api.internal.DynamicObjectHelper.invokeMethod(DynamicObjectHelper.java:  
> 200)  
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
> at  
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> 39)  
> at
> 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> 25)  
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
> at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite  
> $PojoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.invoke(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:  
> 229)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite.call(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:  
> 52)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:  
> 40)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> 117)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> 129)  
> at
> 
> org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProject.methodMissing(DefaultProject.groovy:  
> 52)  
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
> at  
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> 39)  
> at
> 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> 25)  
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
> at  
> org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:  
> 86)  
> at  
> groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:813)  
> at  
> groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokePropertyOrMissing(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> 1098)  
> at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> 1051)  
> at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> 880)  
> at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> 706)  
> at
> 
> org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProject.invokeMethod(DefaultProject.groovy)  
> at groovy.lang.GroovyObject$invokeMethod.call(Unknown Source)  
> at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.DefaultScriptMetaData  
> $\_applyMetaData\_closure1.doCall(DefaultScriptMetaData.groovy:31)  
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
> at  
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> 39)  
> at
> 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> 25)  
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
> at  
> org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:  
> 86)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaMethod.invoke(ClosureMetaMethod.java:  
> 81)  
> at  
> groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:813)  
> at  
> groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokePropertyOrMissing(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> 1098)  
> at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> 1051)  
> at  
> groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.invokeMethod(ExpandoMetaClass.java:923)  
> at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> 880)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.callCurrent(PogoMetaClassSite.java:  
> 66)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallCurrent(CallSiteArray.java:  
> 44)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> 143)  
> at
> 
> org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> 151)  
> at build\_gradle\_f298f41f71b4ce50d49bef303b550e27.run(C:\dev  
> \trunk\main\elasticsearch\build.gradle:5)  
> at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.DefaultScriptRunnerFactory  
> $ScriptRunnerImpl.run(DefaultScriptRunnerFactory.java:53)  
> ... 38 common frames omitted  
> 16:22:43.279 [main] ERROR org.gradle.Main -  
> BUILD FAILED

---

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-how-to-compile-plugins-with-gradle/2991/3 "2010-06-02T13:37:23Z")

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By the way, if you can explain what exactly you want to do, you might not  
need to provide a plugin, since there might already be an extension point  
for it.

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com)wrote:

> Just run "gradlew release" it compiles everything, and creates a  
> distribution under build/distributions with the plugins.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Yatir Ben Shlomo [yatirb@gmail.com](mailto:yatirb@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > Hi,  
> > I am trying to figure out how to directly compile the existing plugins  
> > (I will later need to write one)
> > 
> > what is the correct syntax?
> > 
> > trying this gradle -d -S
> > 
> > in elasticsearch\plugins\analysis\icu  
> > five me this error
> > 
> > FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
> > 
> > - Where:  
> > Build file 'C:\dev\trunk\main\elasticsearch\build.gradle' line: 5
> > 
> > - What went wrong:  
> > A problem occurred evaluating root project 'elasticsearch-root'.  
> > Cause: Could not find method apply() for arguments [{plugin=base}] on  
> > root project 'elasticsearch-root'.
> > 
> > - Exception is:  
> > org.gradle.api.GradleScriptException: Build file 'C:\dev\trunk\main  
> > \elasticsearch\build.gradle' line: 5  
> > A problem occurred evaluating root project 'elasticsearch-root'.  
> > at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.DefaultScriptRunnerFactory  
> > $ScriptRunnerImpl.run(DefaultScriptRunnerFactory.java:55)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.gradle.configuration.BuildScriptProcessor.evaluate(BuildScriptProcessor.java:  
> > 51)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.gradle.configuration.DefaultProjectEvaluator.evaluate(DefaultProjectEvaluator.java:  
> > 35)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:  
> > 521)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:  
> > 54)  
> > at org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectInternal  
> > $evaluate.call(Unknown Source)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:  
> > 40)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> > 117)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> > 121)  
> > at org.gradle.configuration.BuildConfigurer  
> > $\_closure1.doCall(BuildConfigurer.groovy:41)  
> > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
> > at  
> > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> > 39)  
> > at
> > 
> > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> > 25)  
> > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
> > at  
> > org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:  
> > 86)  
> > at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:234)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeMethod(ClosureMetaClass.java:  
> > 272)  
> > at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> > 880)  
> > at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:279)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ConvertedClosure.invokeCustom(ConvertedClosure.java:  
> > 48)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ConversionHandler.invoke(ConversionHandler.java:  
> > 77)  
> > at $Proxy9.execute(Unknown Source)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.applyActions(AbstractProject.java:  
> > 491)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.allprojects(AbstractProject.java:  
> > 486)  
> > at org.gradle.api.Project$allprojects.call(Unknown Source)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:  
> > 40)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> > 117)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> > 125)  
> > at  
> > org.gradle.configuration.BuildConfigurer.process(BuildConfigurer.groovy:  
> > 48)  
> > at org.gradle.GradleLauncher.doBuildStages(GradleLauncher.java:  
> > 147)  
> > at org.gradle.GradleLauncher.doBuild(GradleLauncher.java:124)  
> > at org.gradle.GradleLauncher.run(GradleLauncher.java:95)  
> > at org.gradle.Main.execute(Main.java:100)  
> > at org.gradle.Main.main(Main.java:43)  
> > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
> > at  
> > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> > 39)  
> > at
> > 
> > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> > 25)  
> > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
> > at org.gradle.BootstrapMain.main(BootstrapMain.java:50)  
> > Caused by: org.gradle.api.internal.MissingMethodException: Could not  
> > find method apply() for arguments [{plugin=base}] on root project  
> > 'elasticsearch-root'.  
> > at
> > 
> > org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractDynamicObject.methodMissingException(AbstractDynamicObject.java:  
> > 60)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.gradle.api.internal.DynamicObjectHelper.invokeMethod(DynamicObjectHelper.java:  
> > 200)  
> > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
> > at  
> > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> > 39)  
> > at
> > 
> > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> > 25)  
> > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
> > at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite  
> > $PojoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.invoke(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:  
> > 229)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite.call(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:  
> > 52)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:  
> > 40)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> > 117)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> > 129)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProject.methodMissing(DefaultProject.groovy:  
> > 52)  
> > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
> > at  
> > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> > 39)  
> > at
> > 
> > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> > 25)  
> > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
> > at  
> > org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:  
> > 86)  
> > at  
> > groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:813)  
> > at  
> > groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokePropertyOrMissing(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> > 1098)  
> > at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> > 1051)  
> > at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> > 880)  
> > at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> > 706)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProject.invokeMethod(DefaultProject.groovy)  
> > at groovy.lang.GroovyObject$invokeMethod.call(Unknown Source)  
> > at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.DefaultScriptMetaData  
> > $\_applyMetaData\_closure1.doCall(DefaultScriptMetaData.groovy:31)  
> > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
> > at  
> > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> > 39)  
> > at
> > 
> > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:  
> > 25)  
> > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)  
> > at  
> > org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:  
> > 86)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaMethod.invoke(ClosureMetaMethod.java:  
> > 81)  
> > at  
> > groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMissingMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:813)  
> > at  
> > groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokePropertyOrMissing(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> > 1098)  
> > at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> > 1051)  
> > at  
> > groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.invokeMethod(ExpandoMetaClass.java:923)  
> > at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:  
> > 880)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.callCurrent(PogoMetaClassSite.java:  
> > 66)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallCurrent(CallSiteArray.java:  
> > 44)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> > 143)  
> > at
> > 
> > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:  
> > 151)  
> > at build\_gradle\_f298f41f71b4ce50d49bef303b550e27.run(C:\dev  
> > \trunk\main\elasticsearch\build.gradle:5)  
> > at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.DefaultScriptRunnerFactory  
> > $ScriptRunnerImpl.run(DefaultScriptRunnerFactory.java:53)  
> > ... 38 common frames omitted  
> > 16:22:43.279 [main] ERROR org.gradle.Main -  
> > BUILD FAILED

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