I am trying to convert groovy tasks from a previou...

# gradle

[Jeff Tycz]

I am trying to convert groovy tasks from a previous project to my new project that now is a .kts gradle file and I dont know how to convert them properly

here are my two tasks

task androidJavadocs(type: Javadoc) {
    failOnError = false
    source = android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
    ext.androidJar = "${android.sdkDirectory}/platforms/${android.compileSdkVersion}/android.jar"
    classpath += files(ext.androidJar)
    exclude '**/R.html', '**/R.*.html', '**/index.html'
}

task androidJavadocsJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: androidJavadocs) {
    classifier = 'javadoc'
    from androidJavadocs.destinationDir
}

Can anyone help me out with this?

[Vampire]

With what exactly do you struggle, 🥄s are out

[Jeff Tycz]

I dont understand what to do with the type in the tasks for the most part

[Jeff Tycz]

I started doing

val androidJavadocs by registering(Javadoc::class){
    failOnError = false
    source = android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
    ext.androidJar = "${android.sdkDirectory}/platforms/${android.compileSdkVersion}/android.jar"
    classpath += files(ext.androidJar)
    exclude("**/R.html", "**/R.*.html", "**/index.html")
}

but there are many errors such as it does not know android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs or ext.androidJar

[Vampire]

Boolean property naming conventions in Kotlin are different from Groovy. The property is called isFailOnError in Kotlin, so isFailOnError = false.

The syntax for using ext is also different in Kotlin DSL, but my first question is, why you actually set that as extra property.
Using ext is almost always a dirty hack that can be solved better, either by a proper typed extension or a local variable.