Using ant tasks from gradle-script-kotlin

Question

How can I access ant tasks from my build.gradle.kts script? In particular, I am interested in the ant.patch task.

Can I extend it, like so?

task("patchSources", Patch::class) {

Can I invoke it from other task, like this?

task("patchSources") {
    doLast {
        ant.patch(...)
    }
}

I know how to do it in Groovy: How do I apply a patch file in Gradle?

Answer 1

This works for me:

import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Patch

val patchConfigTask = task("patchConfig") {
    dependsOn(unzipTask)    

    doLast {
        val resources = projectDir.resolve("src/main/resources")
        val patchFile = resources.resolve("config.patch")

        Patch().apply {
            setPatchfile(patchFile)
            setDir(buildDir.resolve("config/"))
            setStrip(1)  // gets rid of the a/ b/ prefixes
            execute()
        }
    }
}

I am not sure if it's the one-right-way-to-do-it.