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Have you ever wanted to write an extension fonction like `fun  Project.doSomethingCool()` that would also works in a Groovy `build.gradle` file?

Have a look at this pattern: `project.kt.doSomethingCool()`

<https://github.com/jmfayard/gradledemo/commit/896ea008fea9d792d69dad122addc76d09ebce54>

very cool pattern, but i need extension functions inside `compile()` or `plugins()` much more often than on `Project`, any idea how to make those work in groovy ?

in kotlin i can do `compile(ktor("engine-cio"))` for example

I mean the thing with Project is that when you have it you can configure everything else in Gradle

I have just used a static function for the thing you requires:

```
compile(Config.ktor("engine-cio"))

object Config {

    @JvmStatic
    fun ktor(module: String): String {
        require(module in ktorModules) { "Ktor module=$module not in $ktorModules"}
        return "io.ktor:ktor-$module:1.0.0"
    }
    val ktorModules = listOf("server-core", "client-core" , ...)
```