Properties of extensions that are containers should have Kotlin DSL accessors for existing elements #9264
Description
so they are easily discoverable and configurable.
Example below configuring the Android Gradle Plugin.
Expected Behavior
plugins {
id("com.android.application")
}
android {
buildTypes {
debug {
// ...
}
release {
// ...
}
}
signingConfigs {
debug {
// ...
}
release {
// ...
}
}
}Current Behavior
plugins {
id("com.android.application")
}
android {
buildTypes {
named("debug") {
// ...
}
named("release") {
// ...
}
}
signingConfigs {
named("debug") {
// ...
}
named("release") {
// ...
}
}
}Open questions
- project schema collection rules
- performance impact
- adding more element accessors raises the chance of accessor target conflict if container type isn't specialized, and there's no public api to do it
Implementation notes
Implementation wise the ProjectSchemaProvider should be enhanced to iterate on the properties of each extension and handle those that are assignable to NamedDomainObjectContainer.