Hi, When configuring a project with the `kotlin("multiplatform")` plugin we can do something like: ...

# multiplatform

[GarouDan]

Hi,

When configuring a project with the kotlin("multiplatform") plugin we can do something like:

val jvmMain by getting {
...
}

but how our build process knows that if we write jvmMain2 in the variable name instead of jvmMain our sourceset does not exist?
My motivation is that I would like to do something similar, probably using my buildSrc, but I don’t know which kind of magic we are using here.
Is the kotlin build process somehow extracting the variable names and comparing them with the available sourcesets?

[r4zzz4k]

Extracting the variable name part comes from property delegates feature. You get reflected property instance from which you can get the name.
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/delegated-properties.html

As for the sourcesets, you just check the model of the project you have.

[GarouDan]

Hum, thanks, indeed. I’ve already read the delegates documentation but I wasn’t remembering that we could get the property name there. Thanks