Does anyone have practical examples for using `add...
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ysb33r
09/21/2026, 3:53 PMDoes anyone have practical examples for using
addLateraddAllLaterp
Philip W
09/21/2026, 4:04 PMWhat do you mean? I often use
NDOC.addAllLater(NDOC.elements.map { it.map { objectFactory.newInstance(Foo::class, it.name).apply {} }}Philip W
09/21/2026, 4:04 PMBut it really depends on the use-case
Philip W
09/21/2026, 4:05 PMI need this code for lazily adding elements from one NDOC to another
y
ysb33r
09/21/2026, 4:26 PMThe generic example makes sense. Have you ever tried adding tasks in this way if you have an NDOC?
p
Philip W
09/21/2026, 4:27 PMYou cannot add tasks via addLater to the TaskContainer
Philip W
09/21/2026, 4:27 PMAnd you must register tasks eager
y
ysb33r
09/21/2026, 4:29 PMWell
TaskContainerDomainObjectCollectionaddAllLaterp
Philip W
09/21/2026, 4:29 PMy
ysb33r
09/21/2026, 4:46 PMThanks for that.
v
Vampire
09/21/2026, 4:55 PMWell, depending on situation you might be able to abuse a task rule
Vampire
09/21/2026, 4:56 PM Copy code
val foo = providers.gradleProperty("foo")
tasks.addRule("Task 'bar' if project property 'foo' is set") {
if (foo.isPresent && (this == "bar")) {
tasks.register(this) {
doLast {
println(this)
}
}
}
}y
ysb33r
09/21/2026, 4:57 PMYip that is a goto for this specific use-case.
I was interested in the usage in general, rather than a specific personal use case.
v
Vampire
09/21/2026, 4:57 PM Copy code
$ gw -q bar -P foo && echo ============= && gw -q bar
task ':bar'
=============
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
* What went wrong:
No matches
Task 'bar' not found in root project 'showcase'. Some candidates are: 'jar'.
* Try:
> Run gradlew tasks to get a list of available tasks.
> For more on name expansion, please refer to <https://docs.gradle.org/9.7.1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:name_abbreviation> in the Gradle documentation.
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights from a Build Scan (powered by Develocity).
> Get more help at <https://help.gradle.org>.
BUILD FAILED in 1sVampire
09/21/2026, 4:58 PMFor the general use-case, yeah, not supported by
DefaultTaskContainerVampire
09/21/2026, 4:58 PMThere often another alternative is to always register the task and use
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