How to configure plugin using the init script init.gradle.kts?

[brunobastosg]

Hi,

I'm developing a GitLab CI/CD component for my company to trigger Dependency Track analysis and upload. The idea is to use an init.gradle.kts strategy so that users don't need to change their projects—just include the component in CI and it works out of the box.

I was able to run the example from the README successfully. However, I'm struggling to configure the plugin using this approach. My Gradle knowledge is limited, and after searching and trying several alternatives, I couldn't get it to work. For example, I tried:

import org.cyclonedx.gradle.CyclonedxPlugin

initscript {
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("org.cyclonedx.bom:org.cyclonedx.bom.gradle.plugin:3.1.0")
    }
}

allprojects {
    apply<CyclonedxPlugin>()
    extensions.configure<org.cyclonedx.gradle.CyclonedxExtension>("cyclonedxBom") {
        includeConfigs = listOf("runtimeClasspath")
    }
}

What I actually need is to configure the cyclonedxBom or cyclonedxDirectBom tasks, so I can set properties like includeConfigs, projectType, schemaVersion, etc. How can I achieve this using only init.gradle.kts, without requiring changes to the project's build files? Any guidance or examples would be greatly appreciated!

[brunobastosg]

Got it working! Here it is:

import org.cyclonedx.gradle.CyclonedxPlugin
import org.cyclonedx.model.Component

initscript {
    repositories {
        gradlePluginPortal()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("org.cyclonedx.bom:org.cyclonedx.bom.gradle.plugin:3.1.0")
    }
}

allprojects {
    apply<CyclonedxPlugin>()

    afterEvaluate {
        tasks.named("cyclonedxDirectBom") {
            setProperty("includeConfigs", listOf("runtimeClasspath", "compileClasspath"))
            setProperty("skipConfigs", listOf("testRuntimeClasspath", "testCompileClasspath"))
            setProperty("projectType", Component.Type.LIBRARY)
            setProperty("schemaVersion", org.cyclonedx.Version.VERSION_16)
        }
    }
}

rootProject {
    afterEvaluate {
        tasks.named("cyclonedxBom") {
            setProperty("projectType", Component.Type.LIBRARY)
            setProperty("schemaVersion", org.cyclonedx.Version.VERSION_16)
        }
    }
}