I followed the "<Create a custom compilation>" to ...

# multiplatform

[jush]

I followed the "Create a custom compilation" to add a new jvm custom compilation.
It's not clear to me how can I add that new custom compilation as dependency in another module.
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[jush]

my shared module I define the new compilation:

jvm() {
        compilations {
            val main by getting
            val spring by compilations.creating
        }
    }

then in my other module (called jvmApp) I don't know how to add the spring custom compilation as dependency. Currently I have:

dependencies {
    implementation(project(":shared"))
}

but that doesn't bring in the spring one but just the main one

[russhwolf]

If the consumer also defined a spring compilation, does that pick it up correctly?

You might instead want to try defining a separate target instead of a separate compilation, and then use attributes to disambiguate them: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/mpp-set-up-targets.html#distinguish-several-targets-for-one-platform

[jush]

thanks, I'll try defining a separate target

[jush]

Thanks Russell once again for the pointers. I managed to solve it by using attributes 🦜