How can you apply the serialization plugin in the ...

# gradle

[hfhbd]

How can you apply the serialization plugin in the buildSrc? This results into an error:

plugins {
    `kotlin-dsl`
    kotlin("plugin.serialization") version "1.7.0"
}

repositories {
    gradlePluginPortal()
    mavenCentral()
}

[hfhbd]

Okay, stupid error: The plugin version should match the internal Kotlin version: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/compatibility.html

[ephemient]

FYI embeddedKotlinVersion is available in Kotlin build scripts

[Fleshgrinder]

Lately I'm starting to use embeddedKotlinVersion everywhere. Sticking with the latest Kotlin makes all things impossible to use in Gradle. 😛

[Ayfri]

Never heard of embeddedKotlinVersion before, thanks for the information :)

[Venkataramanan Parameswaran]

may i know which determines the embeddedKotlinVersion how can i change this?

[ephemient]

https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/compatibility.html#kotlin it is fixed in each gradle version; you cannot change it

[Venkataramanan Parameswaran]

ok... so what is the difference between using this embeddedKotlinVersion and kotlin language version... i'm using serialization libraries with kotlin version 1.7.0 like this...

buildscript {
     val kotlinVersion = "1.7.0"
}
...
dependencies {
   classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:$kotlinVersion")
}

can i safely replace the kotlinVersion with embeddedKotlinVersion?.. What is the difference between both of them. and what is the usecase of embeddedKotlinVersion

[ephemient]

embeddedKotlinVersion is useful when you need to be compatible with `org.gradle.kotlin.embedded-kotlin`/`org.gradle.kotlin.kotlin-dsl`. if you're not writing a gradle plugin (or something which will be used as a gradle buildscript dependency) then don't worry about it.

[Venkataramanan Parameswaran]

ok thanks!