Task (Gradle API 8.8)

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All Superinterfaces:

Launchable, ProjectModel

All Known Subinterfaces:

GradleTask
```
public interface Task
extends Launchable
```
Represents a task which is executable by Gradle.
Note: Task extends Launchable since 1.12.

Since:

1.0-milestone-3

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getBuildTreePath()`	Returns the path of this task within the build tree.
`java.lang.String`	`getDescription()`	Returns the description of this task, or `null` if it has no description.
`java.lang.String`	`getGroup()`	Returns the group a task belongs to.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Returns the name of this task.
`java.lang.String`	`getPath()`	Returns the path of this task.

Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.tooling.model.Launchable
getDisplayName, getProjectIdentifier, isPublic

- Method Detail
  - getPath
```
java.lang.String getPath()
```
    Returns the path of this task. This is a fully qualified unique name for this task.
    
    Returns:
    
    The path of this task.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0-milestone-3
  - getBuildTreePath
```
@Incubating
java.lang.String getBuildTreePath()
```
    Returns the path of this task within the build tree. This is a unique name for this task within the composite build.
    
    Returns:
    
    The path of this task in the composite build.
    
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedMethodException - When the target Gradle version does not support this method.
    
    Since:
    
    8.2
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns the name of this task. Note that the name is not necessarily a unique identifier for the task.
    
    Returns:
    
    The name of this task.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0-milestone-3
  - getDescription
```
@Nullable
java.lang.String getDescription()
```
    Returns the description of this task, or null if it has no description.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getDescription in interface Launchable
    
    Returns:
    
    The description of this task, or null if it has no description.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0-milestone-3
  - getGroup
```
@Nullable
java.lang.String getGroup()
```
    Returns the group a task belongs to.
    
    Returns:
    
    the group a task belongs to.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5