java - How to use application classpath in Gradle task -

the idea rather simple, want access project classes in build script directly.

i first tried:

apply plugin: 'java'  tasks.create(name: 'randomtask', type: sourcetask) {     source.each {         println     } } 

and sadly got 0 files.

then decided give compilejava try:

apply plugin: 'java'  compilejava {     source.each {         println     } } 

and while indeed did list of files compiled it's not need. want class objects of files.

so example if had com.example.someclass, i'd expect class<com.example.someclass> use reflections on classes.

here's non-working example of i'd like:

apply plugin: 'java'  tasks.create(name: 'randomtask', type: somemagicaltype) {     umlbuilder builder = umlbuilder.builder()     classes.each { clazz ->         clazz.methods.each { method ->             builder.addmethod(method)         }     }     builder.build().writetofile(file('out/application.uml')) } 

p.s.: i'm using gradle 2.5 , java 8

i had little play trying classes in project , instantiating them. managed get, it's not pretty raw job of getting class object

task allmethods(dependson: classes) << {     def ncl = new groovyclassloader()     ncl.addclasspath("${sourcesets.main.output.classesdir}")     configurations.compile.each { ncl.addclasspath(it.path) }     def ctree = filetree(dir: sourcesets.main.output.classesdir)     def cfiles = ctree.matching {         include '**/*.class'         exclude '**/*$*.class'     }     cfiles.each { f ->         def c = f.path - (sourcesets.main.output.classesdir.path + "/")         def cname = c.replaceall('/', '\\.') - ".class"         def cz = class.forname(cname, false, ncl)         cz.methods.each { println }     } } 

it creates new class loader, adds default output classes dir, , dependency classes compile configuration, builds list of files classesdir, converts them path string in format 'a.b.yourclass', , loads in , dumps out methods on classes.

you can add own logic attributes methods need, should going.