Gradle Config Plugin

About

Instead of asking build users to write magic and hard-to-remember CLI options like -PpropName=propValue... how about just requesting input values using GUI?

Plugin handles defining configuration for Gradle via DSL with ability to capture values using multiple input modes:

• human friendly GUI (Mac and Window users): sh gradlew config --gui
• fallback CLI (e.g for Windows & WSL): sh gradlew config --cli
• static file (e.g on CI/CD systems): sh gradlew config --file path/to/input.<yml|json>

Other concepts / features:

• super flexible everything (things could be configured by functions/lambdas)
• two-way binding between properties source values and between properties rendered on the dialog
• easily accessible values by the Gradle build - config["propName"]
• programmable visibility and enablement of property groups and fields
• programmable default values provided to the build even if input is not yet captured
• programmable validation
• providing filtered values to be read by other tools (Terraform/Packer TF vars, Ansible, etc).

Example screenshot

Example usage

plugins {
    id("io.wttech.config")
}

config {
    define {
        label("GAT configuration")

        valueSaveVisible()
        labelAbbrs("aem")

        group("general") {
            description("Infrastructure and environment type selection")
            prop("infra") {
                value("aws")
                options("local", "aws", "gcp", "az", "vagrant")
            }
            prop("envType") {
                options("afe_single", "aem_single", "aem_multi")
                visible { otherValue("infra") !in listOf("local", "vagrant")}
                validate { "Not supported on selected infra".takeIf { groups.get().none { it.name == "remote-${otherValue("infra")}_${value()}" } } }
            }
            dynamicProp("domain") { "gat-${otherValue("infra")}.wttech.cloud" }
        }
        group("local") {
            label("Local Env")
            description("Environment set up directly on current machine")
            visible { value("infra") == name }

            prop("monitoringEnabled") {
                options("true", "false")
                checkbox()
            }
        }
        group("remote-aws_afe_single") {
            label("Remote Env")
            description("Dedicated env for AFE app deployed on AWS infra")
            visible { name == "remote-${value("infra")}_${value("envType")}" }

            prop("env") {
                value("kp")
                alphanumeric()
            }
            prop("envMode") {
                options("dev", "stg", "prod")
                description("Controls AEM run mode")
                enabled { otherStringValue("env") == "kp" }
            }
            prop("aemInstancePassword") {
                valueDynamic { otherStringValue("env")?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }?.let { "$it-pass" } }
                description("Needed to access AEM admin (author & publish)")
                required()
            }
            prop("aemProxyPassword") {
                value("admin")
                description("Needed to access AEM dispatcher pages")
                required()
            }
            listProp("aemPackages") {
                values("a", "b", "c")
            }
        }
        group("app") {
            description("Application build settings")
            prop("mavenArgs") {
                value("-DskipTests")
            }
        }
        group("test") {
            description("Automated tests execution settings")
            prop("percyToken")
            prop("percyEnabled") {
                checkbox()
            }
            dynamicProp("testBaseUrl") {
                when (otherStringValue("infra")) {
                    "local" -> "https://publish.local.gat.com"
                    else -> "https://${otherValue("env")}.${otherValue("domain")}"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

tasks {
    register("printAemInstancePassword") {
        doLast {
            println(config["aemInstancePassword"])
        }
    }
}

Debugging tests

To debug plugin source code while:

• running functional tests, append --debug-jvm -Porg.gradle.testkit.debug=true.
• project using plugin, append --no-daemon -Dorg.gradle.debug=true.

Gradle will stop for a moment and wait until remote connection at port 5005 will be established from e.g IDE.

Contributing

Issues reported or pull requests created will be very appreciated.

1. Fork plugin source code using a dedicated GitHub button.
2. Do code changes on a feature branch created from develop branch.
3. Create a pull request with a base of develop branch.

License

Gradle AEM Plugin is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")