[GRADLE-3043] Tasks with public fields can't be annotated with @InputFile/@OutputFile/... Created: 12/Mar/14  Updated: 24/Jan/17  Resolved: 24/Jan/17

Status: Resolved
Project: Gradle
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Gradle Forums Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 1


 Description   

Assigning input/output file annotations to public fields will not make the fields be inputs/outputs, when there are no getters defined, as below.

class MyTask extends DefaultTask {

@OutputFile
public File outputFile

@InputFiles
public FileCollection inputFiles

@TaskAction
def doSomething() {
// ...
}
}

It would be very helpful if Gradle at least could fail the build when/if this is detected.

Removing the "public" keyword from the field declaration will make everything work as expected.

 Comments   
Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 15/Nov/16 ]

As announced on the Gradle blog we are planning to completely migrate issues from JIRA to GitHub.

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We look forward to collaborating with you more closely on GitHub. Thank you for your contribution to Gradle!

Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 24/Jan/17 ]

IMHO public fields are a Java anti-pattern and shouldn't be used. We are not going to implement a fix for the issue.

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