Gradle File Resolution

External

• https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/working_with_files.html

Internal

• Gradle Concepts
• Gradle Project
• Gradle Files Layout

TODO

TODO: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/working_with_files.html

Overview

The Project API exposes methods for file resolution inside a project:

• Project.file(path)
• Project.files(paths...)
• Project.fileTree(baseDir)

Project.file(Object path) and Project.files(Object... paths)

Many methods that accept files as arguments mention that the inputs will be "evaluated as per:

Project.files(Object... paths)

TODO: https://docs.gradle.org/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.Project.html#org.gradle.api.Project:files(java.lang.Object[])

CoypSpec

https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/CopySpec.html

org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection

https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/FileCollection.html

File Tree

@OutputFiles

Organizatorium

output = new File(buildDir, "test.txt")