then:
        convention.libsDirectory.getAsFile().get() == project.file('mybuild/mylibs2')
        extension.libsDirectory.getAsFile().get() == project.file('mybuild/mylibs2')

        when:
        project.buildDir = project.file('mybuild2')

        then:
        convention.libsDirectory.getAsFile().get() == project.file('mybuild2/mylibs2')
        extension.libsDirectory.getAsFile().get() == project.file('mybuild2/mylibs2')

    private final DirectoryProperty distsDirectory;
    private final DirectoryProperty libsDirectory;
    private final Property<String> archivesName;

    public DefaultBasePluginExtension(Project project) {
        this.project = project;
        this.distsDirectory = project.getObjects().directoryProperty();
        this.libsDirectory = project.getObjects().directoryProperty();

        project.pluginManager.apply(EarPlugin)

        and:
        def task = project.tasks[EarPlugin.EAR_TASK_NAME]

        then:
        task instanceof Ear
        task.destinationDirectory.get() == project.libsDirectory.get()

        when:
        task = project.tasks[BasePlugin.ASSEMBLE_TASK_NAME]

        then:
        task dependsOn(EarPlugin.EAR_TASK_NAME)
    }

    def "adds tasks to java project"() {

plugins {
    id 'base'
}

version = 1.0
// tag::base-plugin-config[]
base {
    archivesName = "gradle"
    distsDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir('custom-dist')
    libsDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir('custom-libs')
}
// end::base-plugin-config[]

def myZip = tasks.register('myZip', Zip) {
    from 'somedir'
}

def myOtherZip = tasks.register('myOtherZip', Zip) {
    archiveAppendix = 'wrapper'

                <td>distsDirectory</td>
                <td><literal><replaceable>${project.layout.buildDirectory}</replaceable>/distributions</literal></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>libsDirectory</td>
                <td><literal><replaceable>${project.layout.buildDirectory}</replaceable>/libs</literal></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>archivesName</td>

        task instanceof War
        dependsOn(JvmConstants.CLASSES_TASK_NAME, JvmConstants.COMPILE_JAVA_TASK_NAME).matches(task)
        task.destinationDirectory.get().asFile == project.libsDirectory.get().asFile

        when:
        task = project.tasks[BasePlugin.ASSEMBLE_TASK_NAME]

        then:
        dependsOn(WarPlugin.WAR_TASK_NAME).matches(task)
    }

    def "depends on runtime config"() {

plugins {
    base
}

version = "1.0"

// tag::base-plugin-config[]
base {
    archivesName = "gradle"
    distsDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir("custom-dist")
    libsDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir("custom-libs")
}
// end::base-plugin-config[]

val myZip by tasks.registering(Zip::class) {
    from("somedir")
}

val myOtherZip by tasks.registering(Zip::class) {
    archiveAppendix = "wrapper"

            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>distsDirName</td>
                <td><literal>'distributions'</literal></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>libsDirectory</td>
                <td><literal><replaceable>${project.layout.buildDirectory}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${project.libsDirName}</replaceable></literal></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>

`distsDirectory` — default: `layout.buildDirectory.dir("distributions")`::
Default name of the directory in which distribution archives, i.e. non-JARs, are created.

`libsDirectory` — default: `layout.buildDirectory.dir("libs")`::
Default name of the directory in which library archives, i.e. JARs, are created.

        project.pluginManager.apply(JavaBasePlugin)
        project.version = '1.0'

        then:
        def someWar = project.tasks.create('someWar', War)
        someWar.destinationDirectory.get().asFile == project.libsDirectory.get().asFile
    }