Use gradleProperty instead of findProperty (#135203) (#135274)

Followup to use more canonical way to find gradle properties in
transport version build code.

build-tools-internal/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/transport/TransportVersionResourcesPlugin.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
 import org.gradle.api.file.Directory;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin;
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Copy;
 import org.gradle.language.base.plugins.LifecycleBasePlugin;
 
@@ -49,9 +50,9 @@ public class TransportVersionResourcesPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                 Directory transportResources = project.getLayout().getProjectDirectory().dir("src/main/resources/" + resourceRoot);
                 spec.getParameters().getTransportResourcesDirectory().set(transportResources);
                 spec.getParameters().getRootDirectory().set(project.getLayout().getSettingsDirectory().getAsFile());
-                Object upstreamRef = project.findProperty("org.elasticsearch.transport.upstreamRef");
-                if (upstreamRef != null) {
-                    spec.getParameters().getUpstreamRefOverride().set(upstreamRef.toString());
+                Provider<String> upstreamRef = project.getProviders().gradleProperty("org.elasticsearch.transport.upstreamRef");
+                if (upstreamRef.isPresent()) {
+                    spec.getParameters().getUpstreamRefOverride().set(upstreamRef.get());
                 }
             });
 
@@ -120,10 +121,7 @@ public class TransportVersionResourcesPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     }
 
     private static String getResourceRoot(Project project) {
-        var resourceRoot = project.findProperty("org.elasticsearch.transport.resourceRoot");
-        if (resourceRoot == null) {
-            resourceRoot = "transport";
-        }
-        return resourceRoot.toString();
+        Provider<String> resourceRootProperty = project.getProviders().gradleProperty("org.elasticsearch.transport.resourceRoot");
+        return resourceRootProperty.isPresent() ? resourceRootProperty.get() : "transport";
     }
 }