In my Kotlin MP project, the jvm target generates an output name such as this: MyProject*-jvm*.jar. ...

# multiplatform

[Sylvain Patenaude]

In my Kotlin MP project, the jvm target generates an output name such as this: MyProject*-jvm*.jar.
How would I configure it to not have the -jvm suffix?

[Kris Wong]

looks like the target object has a targetName property - that may be the ticket

[Kris Wong]

oh - internal set

[Kris Wong]

maybe not

[Kris Wong]

seems like this should be easy, but I don't see a way to do it

[Ugi]

One way to do it is to name the target, so for example in build.gradle.kts when defining targets yo do something like this:

kotlin {
    jvm("yourtargetname")
}

In build.gradle it would be something like this:

kotlin {
    targets {
        fromPreset(presets.jvm, 'yourtargetname') {
        ...
        }
    }
}

I found this out because I did that by mistake in my library, and it actually brought some confusion 🙂

[Dico]

val jvmJar by tasks.getting(Jar::class) {
    archiveName.set("...")
    archiveClassifier.set("...")
}

[Sylvain Patenaude]

@Ugi Sure, but naming your target like that have an impact on your folder structure, hasn't it? Although it's not a big deal, I'll try to avoid it if I can.

[Sylvain Patenaude]

@Dico Where exactly (in build.gradle) should I put this code snippet?

[Dico]

My code snippet is for kotlin gradle dsl, you'll need to translate it to groovy. Put it at the bottom of the file.

[Ugi]

Yes, you are right, it does expect the source sets to be named yourtargetnameMain and yourtargetnameTest

[Dico]

I recommend reading the archive* properties' documentation from the Jar task type

[Sylvain Patenaude]

I have to go, but will take a look at it tomorrow morning.

[Sylvain Patenaude]

So I'm trying something like this:

Jar jvmJar = tasks.getByName('jvmJar') {
    from sourceSets
    archiveFileName = "${archiveBaseName}.jar"
}

But when I build my project it doesn't seem to like the ${variable} syntax.
Can I use it on such an assignment?

[Dico]

Why are you doing from sourceSets? As for your question I suggest looking up groovy string interpolation.

[Sylvain Patenaude]

Somehow I thought a from clause was necessary. I removed it. Will look into groovy string interpolation now...

[Sylvain Patenaude]

In fact, when I write archiveFileName = "${archiveBaseName}.jar", compiler doesn't complain but result file is ${archiveBaseName}.jar. ☹️

[Sylvain Patenaude]

Nevermind, I had a typo in my variable name. Should have been archive`s`BaseName.