buildscripts: avoid using (deprecated) space-assignment syntax

MinieAssets/build.gradle

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 tasks.register('models', JavaExec) {
-    description 'Generates C-G model assets used in MinieExamples.'
+    description = 'Generates C-G model assets used in MinieExamples.'
     mainClass = 'jme3utilities.minie.test.models.ImportCgms'
     outputs.files([
             baseMesh + '/BaseMesh.j3o',
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ tasks.register('shapes') {
     dependsOn 'ankhShape', 'bananaShape', 'barrelShape', 'bowlingPinShape', \
         'duckShape', 'glyphShapes', 'heartShape', 'horseshoeShape', \
         'swordShape', 'teapotShape'
-    description 'Generates collision-shape assets used in MinieExamples.'
+    description = 'Generates collision-shape assets used in MinieExamples.'
 }
 tasks.register('ankhShape', JavaExec) {
     mainClass = 'jme3utilities.minie.test.shapes.MakeAnkh'
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ tasks.register('teapotShape', JavaExec) {
 
 tasks.register('textures') {
     dependsOn 'greenTile', 'plaid', 'poolBalls'
-    description 'Generates texture assets used in MinieExamples.'
+    description = 'Generates texture assets used in MinieExamples.'
 }
 tasks.register('greenTile', JavaExec) {
     mainClass = 'jme3utilities.minie.test.textures.MakeGreenTile'
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ tasks.register('cleanModels', Delete) {
     delete(baseMesh, candyDish, duck, elephant, jaime, mhGame, \
         monkeyHead, ninja, sinbad)
     dependsOn 'cleanOto'
-    description 'Deletes generated model assets.'
+    description = 'Deletes generated model assets.'
 }
 tasks.register('cleanOto', Delete) {
     delete fileTree(dir: oto, include: 'Oto.*')
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ tasks.register('cleanShapes') {
         'cleanBowlingPinShape', 'cleanDuckShape', 'cleanGlyphShapes', \
         'cleanHeartShape', 'cleanHorseshoeShape', 'cleanSwordShape', \
         'cleanTeapotShape'
-    description 'Deletes generated collision-shape assets.'
+    description = 'Deletes generated collision-shape assets.'
 }
 tasks.register('cleanAnkhShape', Delete) {
     delete ankhShape
@@ -198,5 +198,5 @@ tasks.register('cleanTeapotShape', Delete) {
 
 tasks.register('cleanTextures', Delete) {
     delete(greenTile, plaid, poolBalls)
-    description 'Deletes generated texture assets.'
+    description = 'Deletes generated texture assets.'
 }

MinieLibrary/build.gradle

@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 test {
-    failFast true // stop after first failure
-    forkEvery 1  // don't run tests in parallel
+    failFast = true // stop after first failure
+    forkEvery = 1  // don't run tests in parallel
     testLogging {
         events 'started', 'skipped', 'failed'
     }
@@ -289,11 +289,11 @@ tasks.register('cleanWindows64', Delete) {
 
 tasks.register('install') {
     dependsOn 'publishMavenPublicationToMavenLocal'
-    description 'Installs Maven artifacts to the local repository.'
+    description = 'Installs Maven artifacts to the local repository.'
 }
 tasks.register('release') {
     dependsOn 'publishMavenPublicationToOSSRHRepository'
-    description 'Stages Maven artifacts to Sonatype OSSRH.'
+    description = 'Stages Maven artifacts to Sonatype OSSRH.'
 }
 
 jar {
@@ -314,41 +314,41 @@ tasks.register('javadocJar', Jar) {
     archiveBaseName = project.ext.baseName
     archiveClassifier = 'javadoc'
     dependsOn 'javadoc'
-    description 'Creates a JAR of javadoc.'
+    description = 'Creates a JAR of javadoc.'
     from javadoc.destinationDir
 }
 tasks.register('sourcesJar', Jar) {
     archiveBaseName = project.ext.baseName
     archiveClassifier = 'sources'
-    description 'Creates a JAR of sourcecode.'
+    description = 'Creates a JAR of sourcecode.'
     from sourceSets.main.allJava // default is ".allSource", which includes resources
 }
 
 assemble.dependsOn('module', 'moduleAsc', 'pom', 'pomAsc')
 tasks.register('module', Copy) {
     dependsOn 'generateMetadataFileForMavenPublication'
-    description 'Copies the module metadata to build/libs.'
+    description = 'Copies the module metadata to build/libs.'
     from "${buildDir}/publications/maven/module.json"
     into "${buildDir}/libs"
     rename 'module.json', project.ext.baseName + '.module'
 }
 tasks.register('moduleAsc', Copy) {
     dependsOn 'signMavenPublication'
-    description 'Copies the signature of the module metadata to build/libs.'
+    description = 'Copies the signature of the module metadata to build/libs.'
     from "${buildDir}/publications/maven/module.json.asc"
     into "${buildDir}/libs"
     rename 'module.json.asc', project.ext.baseName + '.module.asc'
 }
 tasks.register('pom', Copy) {
     dependsOn 'generatePomFileForMavenPublication'
-    description 'Copies the Maven POM to build/libs.'
+    description = 'Copies the Maven POM to build/libs.'
     from "${buildDir}/publications/maven/pom-default.xml"
     into "${buildDir}/libs"
     rename 'pom-default.xml', project.ext.baseName + '.pom'
 }
 tasks.register('pomAsc', Copy) {
     dependsOn 'signMavenPublication'
-    description 'Copies the signature of the Maven POM to build/libs.'
+    description = 'Copies the signature of the Maven POM to build/libs.'
     from "${buildDir}/publications/maven/pom-default.xml.asc"
     into "${buildDir}/libs"
     rename 'pom-default.xml.asc', project.ext.baseName + '.pom.asc'
@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ publishing {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
             artifact javadocJar
             artifact sourcesJar
-            artifactId artifact
+            artifactId = artifact
             from components.java
-            groupId project.ext.group
+            groupId = project.ext.group
             pom {
                 description = 'a physics library for jMonkeyEngine'
                 developers {
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ publishing {
                 }
                 url = 'https://stephengold.github.io/Minie'
             }
-            version project.ext.version + rootProject.ext.minieSnapshot
+            version = project.ext.version + rootProject.ext.minieSnapshot
         }
     }
     // Staging to OSSRH relies on the existence of 2 properties

build.gradle

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ tasks.register('checkstyle') {
         ':MinieAssets:checkstyleMain', ':MinieDump:checkstyleMain', \
         ':MinieExamples:checkstyleMain', ':MinieLibrary:checkstyleMain', \
         ':MinieLibrary:checkstyleTest', ':TutorialApps:checkstyleMain'
-    description 'Checks the style of all Java sourcecode.'
+    description = 'Checks the style of all Java sourcecode.'
 }
 
 // Register cleanup tasks:
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ tasks.register('cleanNodeModules', Delete) {
 
 tasks.register('install') {
     dependsOn ':MinieLibrary:install'
-    description 'Installs Maven artifacts to the local repository.'
+    description = 'Installs Maven artifacts to the local repository.'
 }
 tasks.register('release') {
     dependsOn ':MinieLibrary:release'
-    description 'Stages Maven artifacts to Sonatype OSSRH.'
+    description = 'Stages Maven artifacts to Sonatype OSSRH.'
 }

common.gradle

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ java {
 }
 
 checkstyle {
-    toolVersion libs.versions.checkstyle.get()
+    toolVersion = libs.versions.checkstyle.get()
 }
 
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach { // Java compile-time options:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ tasks.withType(JavaExec).configureEach { // Java runtime options:
     }
     //args '--verbose' // to enable additional log output
     classpath sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
-    enableAssertions true
+    enableAssertions = true
     //jvmArgs '-verbose:gc'
     //jvmArgs '-Xcheck:jni'
     jvmArgs '-Xms1024m', '-Xmx1024m' // to enlarge the Java heap

settings.gradle

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     repositories {
         //mavenLocal() // to find libraries installed locally
         mavenCentral() // to find libraries released to the Maven Central repository
-        //maven { url 'https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/staging' } // to find libraries staged but not yet released
-        //maven { url 'https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots' } // to find public snapshots of libraries
+        //maven { url = 'https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/staging' } // to find libraries staged but not yet released
+        //maven { url = 'https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots' } // to find public snapshots of libraries
     }
 }