How to interpret Gradle DSL

Question

I\'m trying to learn Gradle. My preferred style of learning is to understand at a low level what is going on. To that end, I am trying to interpret what\'s happening in exam

Answer 1

The task foo variation of the task declaration syntax is special in that it's implemented using a Groovy compiler plugin. As far as I know, this is the only case where a compiler plugin is used to support a special syntax.