what's the "right "way to get the

check

task using the java api? by name? so

project.tasks.check.configure {
  dependsOn(tasks.withType<JacocoCoverageVerification>())
}

becomes

tasks.named("check", task -> task.dependsOn(tasks.withType(JacocoReport.class)));

or is there a typed version? (I kinda hate strings 😉 , strings are weakly typed, except in typescript which has some interesting type enforcement for strings like "check", even then, probably weakly typed)

https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/language/base/plugins/LifecycleBasePlugin.html#CHECK_TASK_NAME (or https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/plugins/JavaBasePlugin.html#CHECK_TASK_NAME which is the same constant)