Configuring plugins

So far, we have seen how to create a standalone custom plugin and include it in another project build file. Gradle also allows you to configure plugin properties and customize them as per your project's need. You have already learned how you can customize the source code location and test code location in a java plugin. We will see an example of how you can replicate the same behavior in your custom plugin. To define plugin properties, you need to create one additional extension class and register the class into your plugin class. Let's say we want to add the location property to the plugin. Create the CustomPluginExtension.groovy class as follows:

package ch8
class CustomPluginExtension {
def location = "/plugin/defaultlocation"
}

Now, register this class to your plugin class:

class CustomPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
  void apply(Project project) {
    def extension = project.extensions.create("customExt",CustomPluginExtension)

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