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BlueMagma
BlueMagma

Reputation: 2505

dependsOn another task with a parameter value

I have a task from a plugin which I call on command line like this:

$ gradle myTask -PsomeArg=<value>

I want to define another task that would do exactly the same with a default parameter value. I expect to be able to call it like this:

$ gradle otherTask

I assume my task should look something like this:

task otherTask (dependsOn: 'myTask', someArg: 'value') {...}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 280

Answers (1)

M.Ricciuti
M.Ricciuti

Reputation: 12106

You could define a task that would set default value for project property someArg when this value is not provided as command line parameter :

task otherTask (){
    finalizedBy myTask
    doFirst{
        if (!project.hasProperty("someArg")) {
            project.ext.set("someArg", "defaultValue")
        }
    }
}

Note that you need to use finalizedBy dependency type here: if you use otherTask.dependsOn myTask the task myTask will be executed first (so default value for property someArg will not be set yet)

Execution result:

./gradlew myTask -PsomeArg=myValue
  > Task :myTask
    executing task pluginTask with arg: myValue

./gradlew otherTask -PsomeArg=myValue
  > Task :myTask
    executing task pluginTask with arg: myValue

./gradlew otherTask
  > Task :myTask
    executing task pluginTask with arg: defaultValue

Upvotes: 2

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