How can I access configurations.runtime in a custom task class using Kotlin DSL

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I’m working on my first Gradle plugin and I’m running into an issue here.

The plugin should copy all dependencies to the lib directory.

When I implemented this directly in the build script it works fine.

task<Copy>("copyToLibs") {
    dependsOn("cleanLibs")
    
    from(compile)
    into("lib")
}

I would like to put this into a Gradle plugin.

open class CopyToLibTask : Copy() {

    init {
        group = "myFirstPlugin"
    }

    override fun copy() {
        from(????) // What should be put here?
        into("lib")
    }
}

I tried to just use compile, but that didn’t work.
On other pages I found something like configurations.runtime, but that doesn’t work either, since it doesn’t know configurations
Finally I tried project.configurations.runtime. Here I got as far as project.configurations, but runtime is not known.

Could someone help me out here?

2

Did you try project.compile? I have the feeling that is a task simply returning resulting files.

3

Hi Thorsten,

I just did, but that gave me “Unresolved reference: compile”

open class CopyToLibTask : Copy() {

    override fun copy() {
        from(project.compile) // gives "Unresolved reference: compile"
        into("lib")
    }
}