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*
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*
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package org.gradle.tooling.model;
import org.gradle.api.Incubating;
import org.gradle.api.Nullable;
/**
* Represents a task which is executable by Gradle.
*
* <p>Note: {@code Task} extends {@code Launchable} since 1.12.</p>
*
* @since 1.0-milestone-3
*/
public interface Task extends Launchable {
/**
* Returns the path of this task. This is a fully qualified unique name for this task.
*
* @return The path of this task.
* @since 1.0-milestone-3
*/
String getPath();
/**
* Returns the name of this task. Note that the name is not necessarily a unique identifier for the task.
*
* @return The name of this task.
* @since 1.0-milestone-3
*/
String getName();
/**
* Returns the description of this task, or {@code null} if it has no description.
*
* @return The description of this task, or {@code null} if it has no description.
* @since 1.0-milestone-3
*/
@Nullable
String getDescription();
/**
* Returns the group a task belongs to.
*
* @return the group a task belongs to.
* @since 2.5
*/
@Incubating
@Nullable
String getGroup();
}