# 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;

/**

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 = ""
        }
    }

                    }
                    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

        <artifactId>japicmp-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <oldVersion>
            <dependency>
              <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
              <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
              <version>${maven.baseline}</version>
            </dependency>
          </oldVersion>
          <parameter>
            <excludes>

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

        implementation(projects.loggingInterceptor)
        implementation(projects.mockwebserver)
        implementation(projects.mockwebserver3)
        implementation(projects.mockwebserver3Junit4)
        implementation(projects.mockwebserver3Junit5)
        implementation(projects.okhttpBrotli)
        implementation(projects.okhttpCoroutines)
        implementation(projects.okhttpDnsoverhttps)

    # o isAvailableDatabaseNativeJDBC: (NotRequired - Default false)
    #   [true]
    #     Use classes of database native JDBC on generated classes to get best performances of DB access.
    #     Your project needs to refer to database native JDBC.
    #
    #; isAvailableDatabaseNativeJDBC = false
    # - - - - - - - - - -/

    # /- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.BuildSteps
import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.DslContext
import jetbrains.buildServer.configs.kotlin.buildSteps.GradleBuildStep

fun DslContext.initForTest() {
    // Set the project id here, so we can use methods on the DslContext
    parentProjectId = AbsoluteId("Gradle")
    projectId = AbsoluteId("Gradle_Master")
    settingsRootId = AbsoluteId("GradleMaster")
    settingsRoot.name = "GradleMaster"

"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
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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>