# ADR-0009 - Use American English

## Status

- ACCEPTED on 2025-11-24

## Context

Gradle is an international open-source project with contributors from around the world. English is the primary language for code, comments, documentation, and communication, but there are variations in English spelling and terminology, specifically American English vs. British English.

Inconsistency in spelling conventions can lead to several issues:

import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.maven.api.xml.XmlNode;
import org.apache.maven.project.ExtensionDescriptor;
import org.apache.maven.project.ExtensionDescriptorBuilder;
import org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm;

/**

.DS_Store
# Common VCS dirs
.git/
.gitignore
.bzr/
.bzrignore
.hg/
.hgignore
.svn/
# Common backup files
*.swp
*.bak
*.tmp
*~
# Various IDEs
.project
.idea/
*.tmproj
# OWNERS file for Kubernetes

org.apache.maven.project.EmptyLifecycleBindingsInjector...

"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
-->
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

# Ссылки { #links }

## Ссылки в стиле Markdown { #markdown-style-links }

Это [Markdown-ссылка](https://example.com) на внешний сайт.

Это ссылка с атрибутами: [**FastAPI** генераторы проектов](project-generation.md){.internal-link target=_blank}

Это ссылка на основной сайт FastAPI: [FastAPI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com) — инструмент должен добавить код языка в URL.

     * the returned model and must not rely on the input model being updated.
     *
     * @param model The model to interpolate, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param projectDir The project directory, may be {@code null} if the model does not belong to a local project but
     *            to some artifact's metadata.
     * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.

     */
    enum RealmType {
        /**
         * The class realm for the public API of the Maven core.
         */
        Core,

        /**
         * A class realm for a project to aggregates its build extensions.
         */
        Project,

        /**
         * A class realm for a build extension.
         */
        Extension,

        /**
         * A class realm for a plugin.
         */

                    }
                    resourceexists {
                        file(file: portsFile.toString())
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        if (ant.project.getProperty(failedProp) || failureMarker.exists()) {
            fail("Failed to start ${name}")
        }

        // the process is started (has a pid) and is bound to a network interface

import vcsroots.useAbsoluteVcs

// Gradle_Master_Promotion_SanityCheck
object SanityCheck : BuildType({
    id("Promotion_SanityCheck")
    name = "SanityCheck"
    description = "Sanity check for promotion project"

    vcs.useAbsoluteVcs(VersionedSettingsBranch.fromDslContext().gradlePromoteVcsRootId())

    steps {
        gradleWrapper {
            tasks = "tasks"
            gradleParams = ""
        }
    }