[solved] hello! I'm writing custom gradle plugin a...

# gradle

[Dariusz Kuc]

[solved] hello! I'm writing custom gradle plugin and trying to figure out proper configuration for tasks and plugin extension
• I have 2 tasks (A and B) that can be executed independently of each other
• task B can optionally take an input from task A output (or just read file from a file system)
• [works] I would like to provide an option for end users to either configure tasks directly in their build scripts

// build.gradle.kts
val a by tasks.getting(TaskA::class) {
  propA.set("whatever")
}
tasks.withType(TaskB::class) {
  propB.set("xyz")
  input.set(a.output)
  dependsOn("taskA")
}

• [doesn't work] I would also like to provide an option to to automatically create those tasks and their dependencies if project extension is configured, e.g.

// build.gradle.kts
myExtension {
  propA = "whatever"
  propB = "xyz"
}

Is that even possible?

[Dariusz Kuc]

actual code -> https://github.com/dariuszkuc/graphql-kotlin/blob/plugin/plugins/graphql-kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/expediagroup/graphql/plugin/gradle/GraphQLGradlePlugin.kt

[Dariusz Kuc]

example project that applies the plugin with explicit task config -> https://github.com/dariuszkuc/graphql-kotlin/blob/plugin/examples/client/gradle-client/build.gradle.kts

[Dariusz Kuc]

my issue was that I needed to configure tasks based on extension properties in project.afterEvaluate block