TaskReferenceResolver.java

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package org.gradle.api.internal.tasks;

import org.gradle.api.Task;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskContainer;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskReference;

/**
 * A resolver for task references, required to convert a task reference into a fully-fledged Task instance.
 *
 * It would be great if our task execution engine could natively understand task references.
 * For now we rely on synthetic delegating tasks to do the work.
 */
public interface TaskReferenceResolver {
    /**
     * Attempt to construct a task from the provided reference, returning null if not recognized.
     */
    Task constructTask(TaskReference reference, TaskContainer tasks);
}