Hello there :wave: is there a way to scan sources accross multiple gradle modules while using `resol...

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[arnaud.giuliani]

Hello there 👋
is there a way to scan sources accross multiple gradle modules while using resolver.getSymbolsWithAnnotation(...)?

[Zac Sweers]

that’s almost certainly not something you want to do 🤔

[Zac Sweers]

incremental processing certainly wouldn’t be able to work with that

[arnaud.giuliani]

yeah, I believe this is more something like classpath scanning that would achieve such thing

[Jiaxiang]

modules are treated as libraries in compiler, therefore it is not supported.

[Anton Popov]

However, sometimes it is needed. Fox example: airbnb's Showkase library uses this technique (source code).
Also, crab library

[Jiaxiang]

the code you linked does not seem to be calling getSymbolsWithAnnotation equivalent? You can still try to access symbols from other modules, using indirect reference or fully qualified name. But still, that might also be a nightmare for incremental.

[Anton Popov]

They are placing classes, annotated with useful info, in each module with the same package name, then collect them in the root module using Resolver.getDeclarationsFromPackage.

[arnaud.giuliani]

thanks for your messages