Added gradle version check task

src/dorkbox/gradle/GradleCheckTask.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 dorkbox, llc
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package dorkbox.gradle
+
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
+import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion
+import org.json.JSONObject
+import java.net.URL
+
+open class
+GradleCheckTask : DefaultTask() {
+    companion object {
+        val releaseText: String by lazy {
+            URL("https://services.gradle.org/versions/current").readText()
+        }
+
+        val foundGradleVersion: String? by lazy {
+            JSONObject(releaseText)["version"] as String?
+        }
+    }
+
+    @TaskAction
+    fun run() {
+        if (foundGradleVersion.isNullOrEmpty()) {
+            println("\tUnable to detect New Gradle Version. Output json: $releaseText")
+        }
+        else {
+            val current = GradleVersion.current().version
+
+            println("\tDetected new Gradle Version: '$foundGradleVersion', Current version: '$current'")
+        }
+    }
+}

src/dorkbox/gradle/GradleUtils.kt

@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ class GradleUtils : Plugin<Project> {
             description = "Automatically update Gradle to the latest version"
         }
 
+        project.tasks.create("checkGradleVersion", GradleCheckTask::class.java).apply {
+            group = "gradle"
+            outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
+            outputs.cacheIf { false }
+            description = "Gets both the latest and currently installed Gradle versions"
+        }
+
         project.tasks.create("updateDependencies", GetVersionInfoTask::class.java).apply {
             group = "gradle"
             outputs.upToDateWhen { false }