For more information about release and changelogs please see Changelog or refer to the Github Releases page.
rules_kotlin supports the basic paradigm of *_binary
, *_library
, *_test
of other Bazel
language rules. It also supports jvm
, android
, and js
flavors, with the prefix kt_jvm
and kt_js
, and kt_android
typically applied to the rules.
Support for kotlin's -Xfriend-paths via the associates=
attribute in the jvm allow access to
internal
members.
Also, kt_jvm_*
rules support the following standard java_*
rules attributes:
data
resource_jars
runtime_deps
resources
resources_strip_prefix
exports
Android rules also support custom_package for R.java
generation, manifest=
, resource_files
, etc.
Other features:
- Persistent worker support.
- Mixed-Mode compilation (compile Java and Kotlin in one pass).
- Configurable Kotlinc distribution and version
- Configurable Toolchain
- Support for all recent major Kotlin releases.
Javascript is reported to work, but is not as well maintained (at present)
Generated API documentation is available at https://bazelbuild.github.io/rules_kotlin/kotlin.
In the project's WORKSPACE
, declare the external repository and initialize the toolchains, like
this:
load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
rules_kotlin_version = "1.6.0"
rules_kotlin_sha = "a57591404423a52bd6b18ebba7979e8cd2243534736c5c94d35c89718ea38f94"
http_archive(
name = "io_bazel_rules_kotlin",
urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_kotlin/releases/download/v%s/rules_kotlin_release.tgz" % rules_kotlin_version],
sha256 = rules_kotlin_sha,
)
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:repositories.bzl", "kotlin_repositories")
kotlin_repositories() # if you want the default. Otherwise see custom kotlinc distribution below
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:core.bzl", "kt_register_toolchains")
kt_register_toolchains() # to use the default toolchain, otherwise see toolchains below
In your project's BUILD
files, load the Kotlin rules and use them like so:
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:jvm.bzl", "kt_jvm_library")
kt_jvm_library(
name = "package_name",
srcs = glob(["*.kt"]),
deps = [
"//path/to/dependency",
],
)
To enable a custom toolchain (to configure language level, etc.)
do the following. In a <workspace>/BUILD.bazel
file define the following:
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:core.bzl", "define_kt_toolchain")
define_kt_toolchain(
name = "kotlin_toolchain",
api_version = KOTLIN_LANGUAGE_LEVEL, # "1.1", "1.2", "1.3", "1.4", "1.5" "1.6", or "1.7"
jvm_target = JAVA_LANGUAGE_LEVEL, # "1.6", "1.8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "15", "16", or "17"
language_version = KOTLIN_LANGUAGE_LEVEL, # "1.1", "1.2", "1.3", "1.4", "1.5" "1.6", or "1.7"
)
and then in your WORKSPACE
file, instead of kt_register_toolchains()
do
register_toolchains("//:kotlin_toolchain")
To choose a different kotlinc
distribution (1.3 and 1.4 variants supported), do the following
in your WORKSPACE
file (or import from a .bzl
file:
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:repositories.bzl", "kotlin_repositories", "kotlinc_version")
kotlin_repositories(
compiler_release = kotlinc_version(
release = "1.6.21", # just the numeric version
sha256 = "632166fed89f3f430482f5aa07f2e20b923b72ef688c8f5a7df3aa1502c6d8ba"
)
)
(e.g. Maven artifacts)
Third party (external) artifacts can be brought in with systems such as rules_jvm_external
or bazel_maven_repository
or bazel-deps
, but make sure the version you use doesn't naively use java_import
, as this will cause bazel to make an interface-only (ijar
), or ABI jar, and the native ijar
tool does not know about kotlin metadata with respect to inlined functions, and will remove method bodies inappropriately. Recent versions of rules_jvm_external
and bazel_maven_repository
are known to work with Kotlin.
As of 1.5.0, to use the rules directly from the rules_kotlin workspace (i.e. not the release artifact)
require the use of release_archive
repository. This repository will build and configure the current
workspace to use rules_kotlin
in the same manner as the released binary artifact.
In the project's WORKSPACE
, change the setup:
# Use local check-out of repo rules (or a commit-archive from github via http_archive or git_repository)
local_repository(
name = "release_archive",
path = "../path/to/rules_kotlin_clone/src/main/starlark/release_archive",
)
load("@release_archive//:repository.bzl", "archive_repository")
archive_repository(
name = "io_bazel_rules_kotlin",
local_path = "../path/to/rules_kotlin_clone/"
)
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:repositories.bzl", "kotlin_repositories", "versions")
kotlin_repositories()
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:core.bzl", "kt_register_toolchains")
kt_register_toolchains()
To use rules_kotlin from head without cloning the repository, (caveat emptor, of course), change the rules to this:
# Download master or specific revisions
http_archive(
name = "io_bazel_rules_kotlin_master",
strip_prefix = "rules_kotlin-master",
urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_kotlin/archive/refs/heads/master.zip"],
)
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin_master//src/main/starlark/release_archive:repository.bzl", "archive_repository")
archive_repository(
name = "io_bazel_rules_kotlin",
source_repository_name = "io_bazel_rules_kotlin_master",
)
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:repositories.bzl", "kotlin_repositories")
kotlin_repositories()
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:core.bzl", "kt_register_toolchains")
kt_register_toolchains()
To attach debugger and step through native action code when using local checkout of rules_kotlin repo :
- Open
rules_kotlin
project in Android Studio, using existing.bazelproject
file as project view. - In terminal, build the kotlin target you want to debug, using the subcommand option, ex:
bazel build //lib/mylib:main_kt -s
. You can also usebazel aquery
to get this info. - Locate the subcommand for the kotlin action you want to debug, let's say
KotlinCompile
. Note: If you don't see it, target rebuild may have been skipped (in this casetouch
one of the source .kt file to trigger rebuild). - Export
REPOSITORY_NAME
as specified in action env, ex :export REPOSITORY_NAME=io_bazel_rules_kotlin
- Copy and execute command line, ex :
bazel-out/darwin_arm64-opt-exec-2B5CBBC6/bin/external/io_bazel_rules_kotlin/src/main/kotlin/build '--flagfile=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/lib/mylib/main_kt-kt.jar-0.params'
- You might notice missing files warnings in command output, ex :
warning: classpath entry points to a non-existent location: external/com_github_jetbrains_kotlin/lib/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8.jar
. To fix this, edit params file and update the few problematic path to point to valid location, this is due to the fact command is executed outside Bazel runtime and symlinks might be missing. - Same for the output, you might want to edit output paths to specify writable path location, to avoid 'Permission denied' error when rule is creating output(s).
- When you get command to succeed, add
--debug=5005
to command line to have action spwan debugger, ex:bazel-out/darwin_arm64-opt-exec-2B5CBBC6/bin/external/io_bazel_rules_kotlin/src/main/kotlin/build --debug=5005 '--flagfile=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/lib/mylib/main_kt-kt.jar-0.params'
. Note: if command invokesjava
toolchain directly, use-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005
instead. - You should see in output that action is waiting for debugger. Use a default
Remote JVM Debug
configuration in Android Studio, set breakpoint in kotlin action java/kt code, and attach debugger. Breakpoints should be hit.
The kt_kotlinc_options
and kt_javac_options
rules allows passing compiler flags to kotlinc and javac.
Note: Not all compiler flags are supported in all language versions. When this happens, the rules will fail.
For example you can define global compiler flags by doing:
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:core.bzl", "kt_kotlinc_options", "kt_javac_options", "define_kt_toolchain")
kt_kotlinc_options(
name = "kt_kotlinc_options",
warn = "report",
)
kt_javac_options(
name = "kt_javac_options",
warn = "report",
x_ep_disable_all_checks = False,
)
define_kt_toolchain(
name = "kotlin_toolchain",
kotlinc_options = "//:kt_kotlinc_options",
javac_options = "//:kt_javac_options",
)
You can optionally override compiler flags at the target level by providing an alternative set of kt_kotlinc_options
or kt_javac_options
in your target definitions.
Compiler flags that are passed to the rule definitions will be taken over the toolchain definition.
Example:
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:core.bzl", "kt_kotlinc_options", "kt_javac_options", "kt_jvm_library")
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:jvm.bzl","kt_javac_options", "kt_jvm_library")
kt_kotlinc_options(
name = "kt_kotlinc_options_for_package_name",
warn = "error",
x_optin = ["kotlin.Experimental", "kotlin.ExperimentalStdlibApi"],
)
kt_javac_options(
name = "kt_javac_options_for_package_name",
warn = "error",
x_ep_disable_all_checks = True,
)
kt_jvm_library(
name = "package_name",
srcs = glob(["*.kt"]),
kotlinc_options = "//:kt_kotlinc_options_for_package_name",
javac_options = "//:kt_javac_options_for_package_name",
deps = ["//path/to/dependency"],
)
Additionally, you can add options for both tracing and timing of the bazel build using the kt_trace
and kt_timings
flags, for example:
bazel build --define=kt_trace=1
bazel build --define=kt_timings=1
kt_trace=1
will allow you to inspect the full kotlinc commandline invocation, while kt_timings=1
will report the high level time taken for each step.
The kt_compiler_plugin
rule allows running Kotlin compiler plugins, such as no-arg, sam-with-receiver and allopen.
For example, you can add allopen to your project like this:
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:core.bzl", "kt_compiler_plugin")
load("@io_bazel_rules_kotlin//kotlin:jvm.bzl", "kt_jvm_library")
kt_compiler_plugin(
name = "open_for_testing_plugin",
id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.allopen",
options = {
"annotation": "plugin.allopen.OpenForTesting",
},
deps = [
"@com_github_jetbrains_kotlin//:allopen-compiler-plugin",
],
)
kt_jvm_library(
name = "user",
srcs = ["User.kt"], # The User class is annotated with OpenForTesting
plugins = [
":open_for_testing_plugin",
],
deps = [
":open_for_testing", # This contains the annotation (plugin.allopen.OpenForTesting)
],
)
Full examples of using compiler plugins can be found here.
Examples can be found in the examples directory, including usage with Android, Dagger, Node-JS, Kotlin compiler plugins, etc.
These rules were initially forked from pubref/rules_kotlin, and then re-forked from bazelbuild/rules_kotlin. They were merged back into this repository in October, 2019.
This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license, as are all contributions
See the CONTRIBUTING doc for information about how to contribute to this project.