A build.gradle script that reads Maven dependencies using XmlSlurper and applies them to the gradle dependencies.

build.gradle

apply plugin: 'java'

repositories {
    mavenCentral()

    flatDir {
        dirs 'lib'
    }
}

dependencies {
    def pomXml = new XmlSlurper().parse('pom.xml')

    def pomDependencies = pomXml.dependencies.dependency

    pomDependencies.each { dependency ->

        def dependencySpec = "${dependency.groupId}:${dependency.artifactId}:${dependency.version}"

        if(dependency.scope == 'test') {
            dependencies.add 'testCompile', dependencySpec
        } else {
            dependencies.add 'compile', dependencySpec
        }
    }
}