Discussion on: Gradle plugins and extensions: A primer for the bemused

[Martin Bonnin]

Yep, sorry String was a bad example. The question was about exposing internal Properties.

Assuming you have an @get:OutputFile val outputFile: RegularFileProperty, how do you forward that to other parts of the build? I find it somewhat convenient to expose the outputFile itself which then makes it possible to set it without going through the functions and disallowChanges. Maybe not a huge problem but I bumped into this lately and wasn't sure if there was a more idiomatic way.

[Tony Robalik]

I think that disallowChanges() is more for user-facing API. I do what you're suggesting all the time. E.g., in a task configuration block:

consumerTask.someInputFile.set(producerTask.flatMap { it.someOutputFile })

Those properties aren't meant to be used by users, so if they mess with the properties, that's on them, Undefined Behavior.

[Martin Bonnin]

I see, thanks!