Task
はクラスのコンパイルやjavadocの生成など、ビルドに対する単一のアトミックな断片を表します。A Task
represents a single atomic piece of work for a build, such as compiling classes or generating
javadoc.
Each task belongs to a Project. You can use the various methods on TaskContainer to create and lookup task instances. For example, TaskContainer.create creates an empty task with the given name. You can also use the
task
keyword in your build file:
task myTask task myTask { configure closure } task myType << { task action } task myTask(type: SomeType) task myTask(type: SomeType) { configure closure }
Each task has a name, which can be used to refer to the task within its owning project, and a fully qualified path, which is unique across all tasks in all projects. The path is the concatenation of the owning project's path and the task's name. Path elements are separated using the {
A Task
is made up of a sequence of Action objects. When the task is executed, each of the
actions is executed in turn, by calling Action.execute. You can add actions to a task by calling doFirst(Action) or doLast(Action).
Groovy closures can also be used to provide a task action. When the action is executed, the closure is called with
the task as parameter. You can add action closures to a task by calling doFirst(groovy.lang.Closure) or
doLast(groovy.lang.Closure) or using the left-shift <<
operator.
There are 2 special exceptions which a task action can throw to abort execution and continue without failing the build. A task action can abort execution of the action and continue to the next action of the task by throwing a StopActionException. A task action can abort execution of the task and continue to the next task by throwing a StopExecutionException. Using these exceptions allows you to have precondition actions which skip execution of the task, or part of the task, if not true.
A task may have dependencies on other tasks or might be scheduled to always run after another task. Gradle ensures that all task dependencies and ordering rules are honored when executing tasks, so that the task is executed after all of its dependencies and any "must run after" tasks have been executed.
Dependencies to a task are controlled using dependsOn(Object...) or setDependsOn(Iterable), and mustRunAfter(Object...), setMustRunAfter(Iterable), shouldRunAfter(Object...) and setShouldRunAfter(Iterable) are used to specify ordering between tasks. You can use objects of any of the following types to specify dependencies and ordering:
String
, CharSequence
or groovy.lang.GString
task path or name. A relative path is interpreted relative to the task's Project. This
allows you to refer to tasks in other projects.Task
as parameter. It may return any of the types listed here. Its
return value is recursively converted to tasks. A null
return value is treated as an empty collection.Iterable
, Collection
, Map
or array. May contain any of the types listed here. The elements of the
iterable/collection/map/array are recursively converted to tasks.Callable
. The call()
method may return any of the types listed here. Its return value is
recursively converted to tasks. A null
return value is treated as an empty collection.Object
. The object's toString()
method is interpreted as a task path or name. The support for custom Objects
has been deprecated and will be removed in the next version of Gradle.A Task
has 4 'scopes' for properties. You can access these properties by name from the build file or by
calling the property(String) method. You can change the value of these properties by calling the setProperty(String, Object) method.
Task
object itself. This includes any property getters and setters declared by the Task
implementation class. The properties of this scope are readable or writable based on the presence of the
corresponding getter and setter methods.A Plugin may add methods to a Task
using its Convention object.
Modifiers | Name | Description |
---|---|---|
static class |
Task.Namer |
A Namer namer for tasks that returns getName(). |
Modifiers | Name | Description |
---|---|---|
static String |
TASK_ACTION |
|
static String |
TASK_DEPENDS_ON |
|
static String |
TASK_DESCRIPTION |
|
static String |
TASK_GROUP |
|
static String |
TASK_NAME |
|
static String |
TASK_OVERWRITE |
|
static String |
TASK_TYPE |
Type | Name and description |
---|---|
Task |
configure(Closure configureClosure) |
Task |
deleteAllActions() |
Task |
dependsOn(Object... paths) |
boolean |
dependsOnTaskDidWork() |
Task |
doFirst(Action<? super Task> action) |
Task |
doFirst(Closure action) |
Task |
doLast(Action<? super Task> action) |
Task |
doLast(Closure action) |
Task |
finalizedBy(Object... paths) |
List<Action<? super Task>> |
getActions() |
AntBuilder |
getAnt() |
Convention |
getConvention() |
Set<Object> |
getDependsOn() |
String |
getDescription() Returns the description of this task. |
boolean |
getDidWork() |
boolean |
getEnabled() |
TaskDependency |
getFinalizedBy() |
String |
getGroup() Returns the task group which this task belongs to. |
TaskInputs |
getInputs() |
Logger |
getLogger() |
LoggingManager |
getLogging() Returns the LoggingManager which can be used to control the logging level and standard output/error capture for this task. |
TaskDependency |
getMustRunAfter() |
String |
getName() |
TaskOutputs |
getOutputs() |
String |
getPath() |
Project |
getProject() |
TaskDependency |
getShouldRunAfter() |
TaskState |
getState() Returns the execution state of this task. |
TaskDependency |
getTaskDependencies() |
File |
getTemporaryDir() |
boolean |
hasProperty(String propertyName) |
Task |
leftShift(Closure action) |
Task |
mustRunAfter(Object... paths) |
void |
onlyIf(Closure onlyIfClosure) |
void |
onlyIf(Spec<? super Task> onlyIfSpec) |
Object |
property(String propertyName) |
void |
setActions(List<Action<? super Task>> actions) |
void |
setDependsOn(Iterable<?> dependsOnTasks) |
void |
setDescription(String description) Sets a description for this task. |
void |
setDidWork(boolean didWork) Sets whether the task actually did any work. |
void |
setEnabled(boolean enabled) |
void |
setFinalizedBy(Iterable<?> finalizedBy) |
void |
setGroup(String group) Sets the task group which this task belongs to. |
void |
setMustRunAfter(Iterable<?> mustRunAfter) |
void |
setOnlyIf(Closure onlyIfClosure) |
void |
setOnlyIf(Spec<? super Task> onlyIfSpec) |
void |
setProperty(String name, Object value) |
void |
setShouldRunAfter(Iterable<?> shouldRunAfter) |
TaskDependency |
shouldRunAfter(Object... paths) |
Methods inherited from class | Name |
---|---|
interface Comparable |
compareTo |
interface ExtensionAware |
getExtensions |
Applies the statements of the closure against this task object. The delegate object for the closure is set to this task.
configureClosure
- The closure to be applied (can be null).
Removes all the actions of this task.
Adds the given dependencies to this task. See here for a description of the types of objects which can be used as task dependencies.
paths
- The dependencies to add to this task. The path can be defined by:
String
, CharSequence
or groovy.lang.GString
task path or name. A relative path is interpreted relative to the task's Project. This
allows you to refer to tasks in other projects.Task
as parameter. It may return any of the types listed here. Its
return value is recursively converted to tasks. A null
return value is treated as an empty collection.Iterable
, Collection
, Map
or array. May contain any of the types listed here. The elements of the
iterable/collection/map/array are recursively converted to tasks.Callable
. The call()
method may return any of the types listed here. Its return value is
recursively converted to tasks. A null
return value is treated as an empty collection.Object
. The object's toString()
method is interpreted as a task path or name. The support for custom Objects
has been deprecated and will be removed in the next version of Gradle.
Checks if any of the tasks that this task depends on didWork.
Adds the given Action to the beginning of this task's action list.
action
- The action to add
Adds the given closure to the beginning of this task's action list. The closure is passed this task as a parameter when executed.
action
- The action closure to execute.
Adds the given Action to the end of this task's action list.
action
- The action to add.
Adds the given closure to the end of this task's action list. The closure is passed this task as a parameter when executed.
action
- The action closure to execute.
Adds the given finalizer tasks for this task.
task taskY { finalizedBy "taskX" }
See here for a description of the types of objects which can be used to specify a finalizer task.
paths
- The tasks that finalize this task.
Returns the sequence of Action objects which will be executed by this task, in the order of execution.
Returns the AntBuilder
for this task. You can use this in your build file to execute ant
tasks.
AntBuilder
Returns the Convention object for this task. A Plugin can use the convention object to contribute properties and methods to this task.
Returns the dependencies of this task.
Returns the description of this task.
Checks if the task actually did any work. Even if a Task executes, it may determine that it has nothing to do. For example, a compilation task may determine that source files have not changed since the last time a the task was run.
Returns if this task is enabled or not.
Returns tasks that finalize this task.
Returns the task group which this task belongs to. The task group is used in reports and user interfaces to group related tasks together when presenting a list of tasks to the user.
Returns the inputs of this task.
Returns the logger for this task. You can use this in your build file to write log messages.
Returns the LoggingManager which can be used to control the logging level and standard output/error capture for this task. By default, System.out is redirected to the Gradle logging system at the QUIET log level, and System.err is redirected at the ERROR log level.
Returns tasks that this task must run after.
Returns the name of this task. The name uniquely identifies the task within its Project.
Returns the outputs of this task.
Returns the path of the task, which is a fully qualified name for the task. The path of a task is the path of
its Project plus the name of the task, separated by :
.
Returns the Project which this task belongs to.
Returns tasks that this task should run after.
Returns the execution state of this task. This provides information about the execution of this task, such as whether it has executed, been skipped, has failed, etc.
Returns a TaskDependency which contains all the tasks that this task depends on.
Returns a directory which this task can use to write temporary files to. Each task instance is provided with a separate temporary directory. There are no guarantees that the contents of this directory will be kept beyond the execution of the task.
Determines if this task has the given property. See here for details of the properties which are available for a task.
propertyName
- The name of the property to locate.
Adds the given closure to the end of this task's action list. The closure is passed this task as a parameter when executed. You can call this method from your build script using the << left shift operator.
action
- The action closure to execute.
Specifies that this task must run after all of the supplied tasks.
task taskY { mustRunAfter "taskX" }
For each supplied task, this action adds a task 'ordering', and does not specify a 'dependency' between the tasks. As such, it is still possible to execute 'taskY' without first executing the 'taskX' in the example.
See here for a description of the types of objects which can be used to specify an ordering relationship.
paths
- The tasks this task must run after.
Execute the task only if the given closure returns true. The closure will be evaluated at task execution time, not during configuration. The closure will be passed a single parameter, this task. If the closure returns false, the task will be skipped.
You may add multiple such predicates. The task is skipped if any of the predicates return false.
Typical usage:myTask.onlyIf{ dependsOnTaskDidWork() }
onlyIfClosure
- code to execute to determine if task should be run
Execute the task only if the given spec is satisfied. The spec will be evaluated at task execution time, not during configuration. If the Spec is not satisfied, the task will be skipped.
You may add multiple such predicates. The task is skipped if any of the predicates return false.
Typical usage (from Java):
myTask.onlyIf(new Spec<Task>() { boolean isSatisfiedBy(Task task) { return task.dependsOnTaskDidWork(); } });
onlyIfSpec
- specifies if a task should be run
Returns the value of the given property of this task. This method locates a property as follows:
propertyName
- The name of the property.
Sets the sequence of Action objects which will be executed by this task.
actions
- The actions.
Sets the dependencies of this task. See here for a description of the types of objects which can be used as task dependencies.
dependsOnTasks
- The set of task paths. Sets a description for this task. This should describe what the task does to the user of the build. The
description will be displayed when gradle tasks
is called.
description
- The description of the task. Might be null.Sets whether the task actually did any work. Most built-in tasks will set this automatically, but it may be useful to manually indicate this for custom user tasks.
This is useful when combined with onlyIf { dependsOnTaskDidWork() }.
didWork
- indicates if the task did any work
Set the enabled state of a task. If a task is disabled none of the its actions are executed. Note that disabling a task does not prevent the execution of the tasks which this task depends on.
enabled
- The enabled state of this task (true or false)
Specifies the set of finalizer tasks for this task.
task taskY { finalizedBy = ["taskX1", "taskX2"] }
See here for a description of the types of objects which can be used to specify a finalizer task.
finalizedBy
- The tasks that finalize this task.Sets the task group which this task belongs to. The task group is used in reports and user interfaces to group related tasks together when presenting a list of tasks to the user.
group
- The task group for this task. Can be null.
Specifies the set of tasks that this task must run after.
task taskY { mustRunAfter = ["taskX1", "taskX2"] }
For each supplied task, this action adds a task 'ordering', and does not specify a 'dependency' between the tasks. As such, it is still possible to execute 'taskY' without first executing the 'taskX' in the example.
See here for a description of the types of objects which can be used to specify an ordering relationship.
mustRunAfter
- The set of task paths this task must run after.
Execute the task only if the given closure returns true. The closure will be evaluated at task execution time, not during configuration. The closure will be passed a single parameter, this task. If the closure returns false, the task will be skipped.
The given predicate replaces all such predicates for this task.
onlyIfClosure
- code to execute to determine if task should be run
Execute the task only if the given spec is satisfied. The spec will be evaluated at task execution time, not during configuration. If the Spec is not satisfied, the task will be skipped.
The given predicate replaces all such predicates for this task.
onlyIfSpec
- specifies if a task should be run
Sets a property of this task. This method searches for a property with the given name in the following locations, and sets the property on the first location where it finds the property.
enabled
project property.name
- The name of the propertyvalue
- The value of the property
Specifies the set of tasks that this task should run after.
task taskY { shouldRunAfter = ["taskX1", "taskX2"] }
For each supplied task, this action adds a task 'ordering', and does not specify a 'dependency' between the tasks. As such, it is still possible to execute 'taskY' without first executing the 'taskX' in the example.
See here for a description of the types of objects which can be used to specify an ordering relationship.
shouldRunAfter
- The set of task paths this task should run after.
Specifies that this task should run after all of the supplied tasks.
task taskY { shouldRunAfter "taskX" }
For each supplied task, this action adds a task 'ordering', and does not specify a 'dependency' between the tasks. As such, it is still possible to execute 'taskY' without first executing the 'taskX' in the example.
See here for a description of the types of objects which can be used to specify an ordering relationship.
paths
- The tasks this task should run after.