Gradle task dependencies on dynamically created tasks - groovy

Question

I have a multiproject build where I need to publish some dependencies to a custom local Maven repository on disk and then add this folder to a distribution zip.
I define publishing tasks for each subproject using the maven-publish plugin.
subprojects {
apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
configurations {
offlineDependencies
}
publishing {
publications {
configurations.each { config ->
if (config.name == "offlineDependencies") {
def files = config.files
config.dependencies.each { dep ->
files.each { file ->
if (file.name == "${dep.name}-${dep.version}.jar") {
"${dep.name}"(MavenPublication) {
artifact (file) {
groupId = "${dep.group}"
artifactId = "${dep.name}"
version = "${dep.version}"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
repositories {
maven {
name 'dependencies'
url '../build/repository'
}
}
}
}
Using the distribution plugin I create a zip file
distributions {
release {
baseName 'release'
contents {
from('src/main/resources/')
into("repository"){
from("$buildDir/repository")
}
}
}
}
How can I make sure that all the dynamically created publish tasks are run before creating the zip file?
I tried making a new task for all subprojects that depends on the dynamically created tasks, but it seems they're not created yet at that time.
subprojects {
task offlineDep << {
println 'Creating offline dependencies'
}
offlineDep.dependsOn {
tasks.findAll { task -> task.name.endsWith('PublicationToDependenciesRepository') }
}
}

Answer 1

I found a solution to this problem. By collecting the names of the artifacts and generating the tasknames I know will be created later and adding them as dependencies.
subprojects {
apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
def offlineDependencyNames = []
publishing {
publications {
configurations.each { config ->
if (config.name == "offlineDependencies") {
def files = config.files
config.dependencies.each { dep ->
files.each { file ->
if (file.name == "${dep.name}-${dep.version}.jar") {
offlineDependencyNames << dep.name
"${dep.name}"(MavenPublication) {
artifact (file) {
groupId = "${dep.group}"
artifactId = "${dep.name}"
version = "${dep.version}"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
repositories {
maven {
name 'dependencies'
url "${rootProject.buildDir}/repository"
}
}
}
task publishOfflineDependencies
publishOfflineDependencies.dependsOn {
offlineDependencyNames.collect { name ->
"publish${name[0].toUpperCase()}${name.substring(1)}PublicationToDependenciesRepository"
}
}
}
releaseDistZip.dependsOn {
subprojects.collect {
p -> p.path + ':publishOfflineDependencies'
}
}