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markdb314
markdb314

Reputation: 6195

Where is the 'main' method of 'sourceSets' defined?

I'm going through some simple Gradle examples, and trying to get my head around the syntax. According to Gradle syntax, there must be a method called 'main' somewhere on 'sourceSets' (which is a SourceSetContainer) that takes a Closure. I figured that I would be able to find it by browsing around the Gradle javadocs, but I can't find it. Can someone point me to where 'main' is defined in this example?

apply plugin: 'java'

sourceSets {
    main {
        java {
            srcDirs = ['src']
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 745

Answers (1)

Peter Niederwieser
Peter Niederwieser

Reputation: 123950

sourceSets is a container of named source sets. The java plugin adds a source set named main (and another named test) to that container. As such, there is no physical method or property called main. sourceSets.main { ... } could also be written as sourceSets.getByName("main") { ... }.

Upvotes: 3

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