Updated javadoc linking for compatibility with latest gradle

Author: ricellis

cloudant-client/build.gradle

@@ -12,18 +12,10 @@
  * and limitations under the License.
  */
 
-// Additional configurations for javadoc
-configurations {
-    linkableJavadoc {
-        transitive false
-    }
-}
-
 dependencies {
     compile group: 'com.google.code.gson', name: 'gson', version: '2.8.2'
     compile group: 'commons-codec', name: 'commons-codec', version: '1.6'
     compile project(':cloudant-http')
-    linkableJavadoc project(':cloudant-http')
     //test dependencies
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.1.0'
     testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.1.0'
@@ -37,25 +29,15 @@ javadoc {
     options.overview = "overview.html"
     include("**/lightcouch/*Exception.java",
             "**/client/api/**")
+    // Resolve the links to the cloudant-http project javadoc
+    options.linksOffline("http://static.javadoc.io/com.cloudant/cloudant-http/${project.version}","${project.rootProject.rootDir}/cloudant-http/build/docs/javadoc");
 }
 
 javadocJar {
     // Include the logging.properties example
     from rootProject.rootDir.path + '/logging.properties'
 }
 
-gradle.projectsEvaluated {
-    javadoc {
-        // Add the offline link options for the client API pointing to javadoc.io using the resolved
-        // java-cloudant version. Use the package-list from the javadoc zip file.
-        configurations.linkableJavadoc.each {
-            String moduleName = configurations.linkableJavadoc.resolvedConfiguration.firstLevelModuleDependencies.first().moduleName;
-            String moduleVers = configurations.linkableJavadoc.resolvedConfiguration.firstLevelModuleDependencies.first().moduleVersion;
-            options.linksOffline("http://static.javadoc.io/com.cloudant/$moduleName/$moduleVers","../$moduleName/build/docs/javadoc");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 // we need Java 1.8 features for JUnit 5 features, but our production code is 1.6
 compileTestJava {
     sourceCompatibility = 1.8