Why i can not access java.io.FileInputStream and java.util.Properties in `buildSrc` build.gradle.kts...

# gradle

[iamthevoid]

Why i can not access java.io.FileInputStream and java.util.Properties in buildSrc build.gradle.kts? Import directive and usage looks good (compiler do not warn) but when i try to build project i get many errors looks like build.gradle.kts of buildSrc failed to build

[ephemient]

possibly java is resolving to the Gradle extension name and not the package name

[ephemient]

if the error is coming from a fully-qualified reference, try using an import statement instead

[iamthevoid]

I use import statements, not the fully-qualified reference

[ephemient]

should work fine within .kt files in buildSrc. .kts files, 🤷

[iamthevoid]

I would to unify somehow buildSrc build.gradle.kts deps and root build.gradle.kts deps. Good way is store shared deps in .properties, but i must somehow get these version from properties inside .kts file 🤷

[iamthevoid]

Already solved this with symbolic link:

ln gradle.properties buildSrc/gradle.properties

and then

project.properties["NAME"]

[iamthevoid]

but what if i want to read another properties file? Local properties for example? This way will not work. How can i read properties from any file in build script in buildSrc?

[Vampire]

FileInputStream and Properties work fine if you use them properly. I guess you just don't use the right paths. If you would have provided what actual error you have, this would have been much more obvious.

[Vampire]

If you for example use relative paths, in Java (and thus Kotlin), they are always relative to the current working directory, so bad for things that are not user-specified on the command line

[iamthevoid]

Hm. Tried to reproduce, but when i’ve made exactly the same as when tried early - all builds fine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ looks like my fault. But I’ll report if i met that error again.