Hi. I want to write an extension in buildSrc, something like this: fun List <String> .kapt () ...

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[Loboda Deni]

Hi. I want to write an extension in buildSrc, something like this: fun List <String> .kapt () {this.forEatch {kapt (it)}}, but in buildSrc there is no visibility on the kapt method. can I somehow connect kotlin-kapt here, or will I call this method in another way?

[gildor]

kapt configuration is generated by Kotlin DSL, it’s not a method of api itself. Tho you can access it in precompiled script plugin, usually, for you use case it’s a lot easier to use dynamic syntax

[gildor]

also I don’t think that you can make this kind method, you need access to DependencyHandler or project (all configurations are part of dependency handler)

[gildor]

you can do something like this:

fun DependencyHandler.kapt(dependencies: List<String>): Dependency? =
    dependencies.forEach { add("kapt", it) }

[Loboda Deni]

I have access to KotlinDependencyHandler, but i don't call kapt from my extension

[Loboda Deni]

Hmm

[gildor]

The only problem that you need DependencyHandler, somehow, you can invert it, if you want and pass it as argument, but not sure that it better

[gildor]

so as I said, you cannot use method generated from configuration outside of precompiled script plugin or build.gradle itself

[Loboda Deni]

KotlinDependencyHandler not have dependencies property

[gildor]

what is dependencies property?

[gildor]

in my extension dependencies is not a property, it’s a function argument with list of dependencies

[Loboda Deni]

https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0B8M7BUY/p1594796177420300?thread_ts=1594795954.419800&amp;cid=C0B8M7BUY

[Loboda Deni]

Sorry

[Loboda Deni]

Not have add method

[Loboda Deni]

Only implementation, api, etc, but not kapt

[gildor]

DependencyHandler has add method

[gildor]

https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/dsl/DependencyHandler.html#add-java.lang.String-java.lang.Object-

[Loboda Deni]

But i have KotlinDependencyHandler, not DependencyHandler

[gildor]

It’s method of this interface

[gildor]

Is it mpp?

[Loboda Deni]

Yes

[gildor]

it makes sense to mention this fact %)

[gildor]

Ehhh, this part of Kotlin plugin dsl is messy in my opinion

[gildor]

I also not sure how you can use Kapt with it

[gildor]

kapt should be a part of JVM module only

[Loboda Deni]

got it

[Loboda Deni]

Thanks

[gildor]

It’s a bit broader topic how configure dependencies for MPP, I prefer defining them using standard gradle API, do not use kotlin mpp plugin dsl

[gildor]

all those dependencies actually just delegate to project.dependecies.add

[gildor]

all what this KotlinDependencyHandler doing is constructing name of configuration

[gildor]

so method api actually just create string something like project.dependencies.add(“${platformName}Api”)

[gildor]

where platfromName in case of jvm is jvm, or maybe android if you configurea android module

[Loboda Deni]

I use it like this now

[gildor]

yeah, it also has name of configuration main/test.
Like this:
https://github.com/gildor/knel/blob/master/build.gradle.kts#L37

[Loboda Deni]

I'll see, thanks