compileGwt on jar projects about gwt-gradle-plugin HOT 4 CLOSED

PR #13 would solve the problem for me, I would propose the changes to your example-library to show other people how jar projects can use your compileGwt task.
Thanks!

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The short answer is "Yes this behavior is currently intended". The long story is a little bit more complex :)

By now the split of one big plugin in several smaller ones isn't currently finished. The compileGwt task is one thing that I would like to move to a separate plugin so that you can apply one of the following plugins:

• gwt-base: only configures the extension/configurations/dependencies and sets defaults for tasks if they are added. You would use this to get the dependency related functionality. This would be the best match for library projects that do not need GWT compilation (e.g. if you create your own widget library).
• gwt-compiler: adds the compileGwt and draftCompileGwt tasks but doesn't do anything with their output. It's up to the user to define this as there are several use-cases where this would be helpful (e.g. reference it from another subproject that builds a war or zip and upload to a maven repository).
• gwt: the fully configured plugin if you are building a GWT based webapp

Reworking and extending the examples (and documentation) are things I'd like to do for the next release. I think I'll add examples for the use-cases I already wrote about.

When the split of the plugins is finished, the library example won't have a compileGwt task anymore.

I'll leave this issue open until the new examples are added.

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Thanks for explaining your ideas!
When you need some help with testing, feedback or even coding feel free to note me :)

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The examples mentioned above are created and part of release 0.4.

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