Thanks for the explanation. Your suggestion worked as far as "gradle compile" is concerned, but "gradle eclipse" still reports unresloved dependencies...
:::: WARNINGS
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:: UNRESOLVED DEPENDENCIES ::
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:: org.springframework#org.springframework.context;3.0.0.M3: configuration not found in org.springframework#org.springframework.context;3.0.0.M3: 'default'. It was required from unspecified#Residue;unspecified copyOftestRuntime
:: org.springframework#org.springframework.web;3.0.0.M3: configuration not found in org.springframework#org.springframework.web;3.0.0.M3: 'default'. It was required from unspecified#Residue;unspecified copyOftestRuntime
even when the dependencies are specified as follows:
compile group: "org.springframework", name: "org.springframework.web", version: "3.0.0.M3", configuration: "runtime"
compile group: "org.springframework", name: "org.springframework.web.servlet", version: "3.0.0.M3", configuration: "runtime"
compile group: "org.springframework", name: "org.springframework.core", version: "3.0.0.M3", configuration: "runtime"