Adam Murdoch-3 wrote:
>
> Absolutely. I think we should make the actual target object more explicit:
>
> myTask.extendWith(MyTaskExtension.class)
> extendWith(MyProjectExtension.class) // implicit project.
>
> Or maybe something more like the apply statement:
>
> extend withType: MyProjectExtension
> myTask {
> extend withType: MyTaskExtension
> }
> dependencies.all { extend withType: MyDependencyExtension }
>
> Or even reuse (abuse?) the apply statement:
>
> apply type: MyProjectExtension
>
I'd say "mixin" is a good (and accurate) term for this. Mixins are great for
extending the domain model, but I think we need something simpler for use
within build scripts. For example, I don't want to use a mixin for a
"libraries" variable.
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