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gradle/org.gradle.api.artifacts/VersionCatalog/findPlugin

findPlugin

abstract fun findPlugin(alias: String): Optional<Provider<PluginDependency>>(source)

Returns the plugin dependency provider for the requested alias.

Note: Alias will be automatically normalized: '-', '_' and '.' will be replaced with '.'

Since

7.2

Parameters

alias

the alias of the plugin