unable to find method() while running gradle wrapper

[manojshrin]

c:\Oracle\Training\OTEQ\okafka-master>gradle wrapper

Configure project : project client

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where: Build file 'C:\Oracle\Training\OTEQ\okafka-master\build.gradle' line: 66

• What went wrong: A problem occurred evaluating root project 'okafka'.

  Could not find method compile() for arguments [{group=com.oracle.ojdbc, name=ojdbc8, version=19.3.0.0}] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.

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Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 8.0. Use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings. See https://docs.gradle.org/7.0.2/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings

BUILD FAILED in 1s

[ShivaniK02]

method compile() is deprecated in newer gradle versions. Use implementation instead of compile.