Gradle Build : Project API Inbuilt properties

 One can use these properties given by gradle project api, within build.gradle file.

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build.gradle

//project api properties
logger.info("Name of the project: ${project.name}")
logger.info("absolute path of the project: ${project.path}")
logger.info("description for the project: ${project.description}")
logger.info("directory containing the build script: ${project.projectDir}")
logger.info("build directory: ${project.buildDir}")
logger.info("${project.group}")
logger.info("${project.version}")

//The above properties - print same as below
//project api properties without project. prefix - implied by default
logger.info("Name of the project: ${name}")
logger.info("absolute path of the project: ${path}")
logger.info("description for the project: ${description}")
logger.info("directory containing the build script: ${projectDir}")
logger.info("build directory: ${buildDir}")
logger.info("${group}")
logger.info("${version}")

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Execution:

gradle -i build

-i for enabling logging for info level.

Output:

Name of the project: gradle-demo
absolute path of the project: :
description for the project: null
directory containing the build script: /Users/dinesh/IdeaProjects/gradle-demo
build directory: /Users/dinesh/IdeaProjects/gradle-demo/build

unspecified

Name of the project: gradle-demo
absolute path of the project: :
description for the project: null
directory containing the build script: /Users/dinesh/IdeaProjects/gradle-demo
build directory: /Users/dinesh/IdeaProjects/gradle-demo/build

unspecified