Understanding operators << and -> in gradle scripts

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#1

Hi,

I have a very basic question and I have been trying to search google but havent been very successful. I would like to understand more about the operators used in gradle scripts like -> and << . Are these two operators part of groovy paradigm? Please can some one point some reading material or explain what the above two operators are and how they can be used.

Thanks
Kartech11

#2

-> is a Groovy thing: http://www.groovy-lang.org/closures.html

<< is a Gradle thing. In Groovy, you can override operators (leftShift in this case) to mean other things. In Gradle, it’s a shortcut for doLast: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/tutorial_using_tasks.html (6.3)