Mastering Gradle

The binary plugin

Binary plugins are classes that implement the Plugin interface, which you can embed into the build script. Alternatively, you can create a separate project, package it into a jar file and add that jar file as a classpath entry to a project. The second approach makes it more reusable. Each binary plugin has one ID to uniquely identify it. To use a binary plugin, you need to include it using the apply plugin statement:

apply plugin: '<pluginid>'

For example, to use the Java plugin, you can write the following code:

apply plugin: 'java'

You can also use the class type to add plugins. For example, if you are creating a custom class, DisplayPlugin, as a plugin, you can apply the following code:

apply plugin: DisplayPlugin

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