## 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.

        // if multiple test tasks run in parallel. We also pass it to the Gradle build as a maximum (maxParallelForks)
        // for each test task, such that we are independent of whatever default value is defined in the build itself.
        "-Dorg.gradle.workers.max=$maxParallelForks",
        "-PmaxParallelForks=$maxParallelForks",
        pluginPortalUrlOverride,

# ADR-0004 - Introduce a UI architecture module to the core platform

## Date

2024-02-07

## Context

The Gradle core platform provides many services to the Gradle platforms and builds logic. One such group of services allows logic to interact with the build user, to provide diagnostics, progress information, prompt for questions, and so on. Currently, these services are part of the core platform runtime architecture module.

### Platforms

The platforms and their architecture modules are:

#### Core automation platform

This is a general-purpose automation platform which takes care of the efficient definition and execution of work, such as tasks.
This platform is agnostic to what exactly the purpose of the work is.
It might be creating an application, setting up development environments, orchestrating deployments, running simulations, etc.

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## Platforms

### Core automation platform

This is a general-purpose automation platform which takes care of the efficient definition and execution of work, such as tasks.
This platform is agnostic to what exactly the purpose of the work is.
It might be creating an application, setting up development environments, orchestrating deployments, running simulations, etc.

Java serialization tends to produce larger serialized objects because it includes class metadata and other overhead.

- **Flexibility and Control:**
Java serialization offers limited control over the serialization process, such as excluding certain fields, customizing naming conventions, and handling complex data structures more gracefully.

- **Security:**
Java serialization poses security risks, especially related to deserialization vulnerabilities.

- Tooling API client. This a library that is embedded into applications, such as IDEs or CI agents, that allows them to act as a Gradle client.
- Worker processes. Long-running daemon processes that the Gradle daemon starts to run specific kinds of work, such as compilation or test execution.

The diagram below shows the relationships between the different processes:

```mermaid
    graph LR