Share abstract base task between multiple projects

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Hi -

I have the following projects
Parent

  • Child1
  • Child2
    …

In each child I have build.gradle with
(1) an abstract base task class
(2) and the actual task implementing the abstract methods.

I want to move the abstract base class to the parent project and share among all children projects, instead of duplicating.

What’s the best way to do it?

Do I write my own plugin as described in (https://guides.gradle.org/designing-gradle-plugins/)?

Are there other alternatives?

Thanks,

Amit.

@CacheableTask
abstract class MyBuild extends DefaultTask {
    Boolean forceBuild = null

   @InputDirectory
   abstract DirectoryProperty getSrcInputDir()

   @Option( option = 'force', description = 'Build even if not stale in cache. Will force build only this repo')
        void setForceBuild(final Boolean ignoreVal) {
        forceBuild = true
   }

   @Input
   Map<String,String> getInputProperties() {
      def inputMap = [:]
      if(forceBuild==true) {
          inputMap['timestamp'] = LocalDateTime.now().toString()
      }
      return inputMap
   }

   @TaskAction
   void build {
        ....
   }
}
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task mybuild(type: MyBuild) {
   description 'my description'
   srcInputDir = file('pathname to the src dir')
   outputDir = file('./output')
}
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You can put common build utilities in the buildSrc project (ie buildSrc/src/main/groovy/...)

See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/organizing_gradle_projects.html#sec:build_sources