Gradle read package information from POM file

build.gradle

defaultTasks 'hello'

repositories {
	mavenCentral()
}


configurations {
	mavenAntTasks
}

dependencies {
	mavenAntTasks 'org.apache.maven:maven-ant-tasks:2.1.3'
}

task hello << {
	ant.taskdef(
		resource: 'org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml',
		uri: 'antlib:org.apache.maven.artifact.ant',
		classpath: configurations.mavenAntTasks.asPath)

	ant.'antlib:org.apache.maven.artifact.ant:pom'(id:'mypom', file:'pom.xml')
	println ant.references['mypom'].version
}