We have [a series of blog](https://blog.gradle.org/how-gradle-works-1) that explains how Gradle works.
This may help you better understand and contribute to Gradle.

### Debugging Gradle

You can debug Gradle by adding `-Dorg.gradle.debug=true` to the command-line. Gradle will wait for you to attach a debugger at `localhost:5005` by default.

        } catch (final ResultOffsetExceededException e) {
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug(e.getMessage(), e);
            }
            throwValidationErrorApi(messages -> messages.addErrorsResultSizeExceeded(GLOBAL));
        }

        return null;
    }

    // GET /api/admin/storage/download/{id}/

    protected List<Pair<String, Float>> additionalDefaultList = new ArrayList<>();

    @PostConstruct
    public void init() {
        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
            logger.debug("Initialize {}", this.getClass().getSimpleName());
        }
        final FessConfig fessConfig = ComponentUtil.getFessConfig();
        if (responseFields == null) {

    }

    public synchronized void putToInfoMap(final String key, final String value) {
        if (infoMap == null) {
            infoMap = Collections.synchronizedMap(new LinkedHashMap<>());
        }
        logger.debug("infoMap: {}={} => {}", key, value, infoMap);
        infoMap.put(key, value);
    }

    public void updateParams(final String sessionId, final String name, final int dayForCleanup) {

    }

    public void test_getLogLevel() {
        final String logLevel = systemHelper.getLogLevel();
        try {
            systemHelper.setLogLevel("DEBUG");
            assertEquals("DEBUG", systemHelper.getLogLevel());
            systemHelper.setLogLevel("INFO");
            assertEquals("INFO", systemHelper.getLogLevel());
            systemHelper.setLogLevel("WARN");

            logger.debug("While recursing: " + e.getMessage(), e);
            result.addCircularDependencyException(e);
        } catch (OverConstrainedVersionException e) {
            logger.debug("While recursing: " + e.getMessage(), e);
            result.addVersionRangeViolation(e);
        } catch (ArtifactResolutionException e) {
            logger.debug("While recursing: " + e.getMessage(), e);

        try {
            if ( initialToken != null && initialToken.length > 0 ) {
                NegTokenInit tok = new NegTokenInit(initialToken);
                if ( log.isDebugEnabled() ) {
                    log.debug("Have initial token " + tok);
                }
                if ( tok.getMechanisms() != null ) {
                    Set<ASN1ObjectIdentifier> mechs = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(tok.getMechanisms()));

                        logger.info("Excluded URL from failures: {}", urlValue);
                    }
                });
            }

            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("Crawling {}", urlsStr);
            }

            crawler.setBackground(true);
            crawler.setThreadPriority(crawlerPriority);

            crawlerList.add(crawler);

     */
    public Map<String, Lifecycle> getPhaseToLifecycleMap() {
        if (logger.isDebugEnabled() && !lifecyclesPrinted) {
            for (Lifecycle lifecycle : getLifeCycles()) {
                logger.debug("Lifecycle {}", lifecycle);
            }
            lifecyclesPrinted = true;
        }

        // If people are going to make their own lifecycles then we need to tell people how to namespace them correctly

        final String authorities = fessConfig.getFesenHttpSslCertificateAuthorities();
        if (StringUtil.isNotBlank(authorities)) {
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("Loading certificate_authorities: {}", authorities);
            }
            try (final InputStream in = new FileInputStream(authorities)) {