Improved checkLibraryVersion

build.gradle

@@ -46,16 +46,14 @@ task checkLibVersions << {
                 def version = dependency.version
                 if (!version.contains('SNAPSHOT') && !checked[dependency]) {
                     def group = dependency.group
-                    def path = group.replace('.', '/')
                     def name = dependency.name
-                    def url = "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/$path/$name/maven-metadata.xml"
+                    def url = "http://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=g:\"$group\"+AND+a:\"$name\"+AND+p:\"jar\"&rows=20&wt=xml".toString()
                     try {
-                        def metadata = new XmlSlurper().parseText(url.toURL().text)
-                        def newestVersion = metadata.versioning.latest
-                        if(newestVersion == null || newestVersion.toString().isEmpty()) {
-                            newestVersion = metadata.versioning.release
+                        def response = new XmlSlurper().parseText(url.toURL().text)
+
+                        def newestVersion = response.result.doc.str.findAll {
+                            it.@name.text().contains("latestVersion")
                         }
-                        //println "Latest version of $name is $newestVersion"
 
                         if (!version.toString().equals(newestVersion.toString())) {
                             println "$group:$name $version -> $newestVersion"