Where does files with extensions, other than `.kt` and `.java`, get placed, when crating them using...

# ksp

[Anton Popov]

Where does files with extensions, other than .kt and .java, get placed, when crating them using CodeGenerator? Will they get included in apk (in android project)?
Use-case: I would like to transfer processed info from one compilation module to another in this file (just text file), and use it while processing another module. Right now I just place this "transfer file" in /module-name/build/generated/myProcessorName/transferFile , but I have A LOT of problems with gradle: after gradle clean my processor doesn't run (presumably gets in gradle cache) and, consequently, doesn't produce this transfer file. In gradle logs I see > Task :module-name:kspDebugKotlin FROM-CACHE. Will this problem go away if I will use CodeGenerator to create this transfer file? If yes, how can I do so without including the transfer file in final build artifact (apk)?

[Anton Popov]

@Jiaxiang

[Jiaxiang]

they are placed in resource output directory, specified by your build system.

[Jiaxiang]

only .class, .kt, .java files go to their correspondent directories, all other files go to resource directory.

[Jiaxiang]

you should try with CodeGenerator for any generated files from KSP in my opinion

[Anton Popov]

I just found out (by experimenting) that files in this directory are not included in apk.
But how can I read those files from another module? CodeGenerator does not provide a path to a generated file, and I dont want to rely on specific dir ksp uses right now (might change in the future).

[Anton Popov]

I guess i will use this for now

fun OutputStream.filename(): String? = runCatching {
    val pathField = FileOutputStream::class.java.getDeclaredField("path")
    pathField.isAccessible = true
    pathField.get(this as FileOutputStream) as String
}.getOrNull()

Ugly, but works