Access project extra properties in buildscript closure

Question

I am new to gradle and have some question about project properties.

I need to declare spring boot dependences at multiple locations in my build.gradle and I\'d like

Answer 1

This will not work.

First of all buildscript block is evaluated at the very beginning, before any other part of groovy script. Hence, properties defined in ext block just does not exist at that time.

Secondly, I'm unsure about if exchanging properties between buildscript and other part of script is possible.