Using gradle to programmatically add resource folder to test compile/runtime classpath - gradle

Question

We have a master build script for 60+ components. The individual components do not have build.gradle files. What I'm trying to do is programmatically (in the master build.gradle) add a resource folder to certain projects. This resource folder contains a file which must be in the classpath when unit tests are ran. I'm trying to add this in the subprojects block like this:
subprojects { proj ->
...
// this is the folder I need in the test task classpath
def resdir = sprintf("%s\\resources", project(':Common').projectDir)
sourceSets {
test {
java {
srcDir 'test'
}
resources {
srcDirs = [resdir]
}
}
}
}
...
if(proj.name == "APROJECT"){
proj.tasks['test'].getClasspath().each {
logger.info "COMPILE CLASSPATH: {}", it
}
}
}
However, if I query the classpath of the test task (see above) I do not see the folder in the classpath. Additionally, of course, the test is failing because the folder is not in the classpath.
If I put the sourceSet update in a build.gradle in the component folder, it works as expected.
Am I doing something wrong? How can I get this folder into the classpath for testing?

Answer 1

I wasn't able to get this to work by dynamically updating the sourceSet, however, I was able to get it to work by adding the necessary resource path to the testCompile dependency. See this for adding a class folder to a dependency.
Update: It's still not an ideal solution since the "solution" only adds the class folder to the compile path, it doesn't treat it as a resource (e.g., copy it to the runtime class folder).
Update #2: It's actually working as expected. It turns out that different tests were referencing slightly different resource paths. Adding all resource paths dynamically as noted above works fine!