Issue with configurations (implementation/apiElements)

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Hello,

I am building a new gradle multiproject project.
This multi project has the following structure.
Project A:

  • SubProject AA
    • api sourceSet
    • main sourceSet
  • SubProject AB
    • api sourceSet
    • main sourceSet

When I setup a buildSrc with a api-conventions.gradle file in which I define the following configurations :

configurations {
    apiOutput
    implementationElements {
        // for running the 'jar' (main) variant is used, so we only modify that
        // 'main' is already added by default
        outgoing.artifact(jarApi)
    }
    apiElements {
        // for compilation the 'classes' variant is used, so we only modify that
        outgoing.variants['classes'].artifacts.clear() // remove 'main'
        sourceSets.api.output.classesDirs.each {
            outgoing.variants['classes'].artifact(it)
        }
    }
}

jar {
    from sourceSets.api.java
    from sourceSets.api.output
    from sourceSets.main.java
    from sourceSets.main.output
}

// Define API jar artifacts
artifacts {
    apiOutput jarApi
}

Subproject AB depends on subproject AA.
I tested with both implementation project(path: ‘:AA’) and api project(path: ‘:AA’) it does not works, it only works if I specify configuration: ‘apiOutput’.

I would prefer that if I set a dependency to project AA, by default, only the output of API is used. Do you know why the configurations of implementationElements or apiElements does not work ?

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implementationElements has no effect because you probably meant to change runtimeElements but instead created a new configuration.

Everything else should work.
It might not be a good idea, but should work.
Maybe you should provide an MCVE that shows exactly what you have and what is not behaving as expected.