taskdef class com.sun.tools.xjc.XJCTask cannot be found - intellij-idea

Question

I am trying to generate classes from an XSD file in a Springboot project with multiple modules. I tried to follow the guide given here.
I have the below config in my root build.gradle
buildscript {
ext {
springBootVersion = '1.3.5.RELEASE'
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/libs-release" }
maven { url "https://mvnrepository.com/artifact" }
}
dependencies {
classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}")
classpath("io.spring.gradle:dependency-management-plugin:0.5.2.RELEASE")
//####################### XJC - JDK 1.7/1.8 ####################
classpath 'com.github.jacobono:gradle-jaxb-plugin:1.3.5'
}
}
subprojects {
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'spring-boot'
apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
//####################### XJC - JDK 1.7/1.8 ####################
apply plugin: 'com.github.jacobono.jaxb'
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/libs-release" }
maven { url "https://mvnrepository.com/artifact" }
}
task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
gradleVersion = '2.3'
}
}
and below config in my module's build.gradle
dependencies {
compile project(':appCommon')
compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter")
}
//####################### XJC - JDK 1.7/1.8 ####################
jaxb {
xjc {
xsdDir = "schemas/v1.1"
generatePackage = "com.test.domain.v1_1"
}
}
when I run the xjc task from my IntelliJ on my module, I am getting an exception as below
taskdef class com.sun.tools.xjc.XJCTask cannot be found
using the classloader AntClassLoader[]
Any help with what is going wrong is appreciated

Answer 1

Looks like you're missing the jaxb dependencies. In your module's build.gradle add the following:
dependencies {
jaxb 'com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-xjc:2.2.7-b41'
jaxb 'com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:2.2.7-b41'
jaxb 'javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.2.7'
}