ConfigurationContainer

configurations.create('myConfiguration')
configurations.myConfiguration.transitive = false

configurations.create('myConfiguration')
configurations.myConfiguration {
    transitive = false
}

  plugins {
      id 'java' //so that I can use 'implementation', 'compileClasspath' configuration
  }

  dependencies {
      implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17'
  }

  //copying all dependencies attached to 'compileClasspath' into a specific folder
  task copyAllDependencies(type: Copy) {
    //referring to the 'compileClasspath' configuration
    from configurations.compileClasspath
    into 'allLibs'
  }

plugins {
    id 'java' // so that I can use 'implementation', 'testImplementation' configurations
}

configurations {
  //adding a configuration:
  myConfiguration

  //adding a configuration that extends existing configuration:
  //(testImplementation was added by the java plugin)
  myIntegrationTestsCompile.extendsFrom(testImplementation)

  //configuring existing configurations not to put transitive dependencies on the compile classpath
  //this way you can avoid issues with implicit dependencies to transitive libraries
  compileClasspath.transitive = false
  testCompileClasspath.transitive = false
}