## Platform architecture

Gradle is arranged into several coarse-grained components called "platforms".
Each platform provides support for some kind of automation, such as building JVM software or building Gradle plugins.
Most platforms typically build on the features of other platforms.

The build state is managed by the `BuildState` class.
An instance is created for each build in the build definition, once per build execution and is discarded at the end of the execution. 

The build state also includes what is currently called the "Gradle state". The Gradle state is being merged into the build state and is mostly empty.

### Project state

import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
import org.gradle.work.DisableCachingByDefault

/**
 * A task used for cleaning up all accepted API changes. The functionality is called whenever the release process initiates "branching".
 */
@DisableCachingByDefault(because = "Not worth caching")
class CleanAcceptedApiChanges extends DefaultTask {

    @PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.ABSOLUTE)

 *
 * <p>
 * Reports simple superclass changes (e.g. the removal of a superclass) as a breaking change, as it affects what methods can be
 * called with the given type, even if the methods and fields inherited don't change.
 * </p>
 */
class BinaryBreakingSuperclassChangeRule extends AbstractSuperClassChangesRule {

         * Please keep this code in sync.
         */
        internal
        fun generateImportPackages(): List<String> {
            /*
             * The class that getResource called upon must be from within a jar that contains the import txt file.
             *
             * Note: Even though 'jump to declaration' in IJ will show this to be the 'DefaultImportsReader' from

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# Gradle platform architecture

Gradle is arranged into coarse-grained components called "architecture modules" and "platforms".
See [ADR4](standards/0004-use-a-platform-architecture.md) for a definition of these terms.

The diagram below shows the current set of architecture modules and platforms:

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        }
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            String message = String.format("Found multiple methods called '%s' in class '%s'. Candidates: %s",
                    method, className, CollectionUtils.join(", ", candidates));
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