Shadow Version

5.2.0

Gradle Version

6.0.1

Expected Behavior

The DSL for this plugin is strongly typed and easy to use.

Actual Behavior

The DSL for this plugin is difficult to use, and weakly typed. I spent a few hours before I found someone who had deconstructed it on stack overflow.

Gradle Build Script(s)

In order to use this plugin, this is what we have to do. Obviously it should be easier than this:

val shadowJar: com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar by tasks
shadowJar.apply {
    manifest.attributes.apply {
        put("Main-Class", serverClassName)
    }

    baseName = project.name + "-fat"
}