I have a Gradle plugin with some Groovy extension methods.
The plugin has a org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ExtensionModule file in the META-INF/groovy directory.
However, extension methods don’t get loaded in Groovy and so I can’t use them in the build.gradle file.
If I use the use(...) { ... } construction, I can use them in the build.gradle file.
Is there any way to get the extension methods in a Gradle plugin to be usable in a build.gradle file without having to use the use(...) { ... } construction, but instead use the module descriptor [1] ?
I cannot answer that question for you, but in terms of DSL usability I would like to drop an observation.
I think that Groovy extensions in a Gradle context are not a good idea, primarily because they cannot be used in a Kotlin DSL. If this is internal to your company, then maybe that is not a problem, but for an open-source plugin that is definitely a consideration
I already have Kotlin extensions but those aren’t usable from Groovy :). I wanted to make the plugin as usable from Groovy as it is from Kotlin since Gradle supports both languages.