How to initialize FileTree field in Gradle custom task?

Question

I want to create an object which implements interface FileTree in Gradle.

From what I can find from documentation FileTreeAdapter class implements FileTree, but it is internal class. How can I initialize my object filesToDelete? And how can I find which classes implements FileTree interface from the documentation?

public class DeleteDirTask extends DefaultTask {
    @InputFiles @Optional
    FileTree filesToDelete = files("/src/")
    ...
  }

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '14 at 19:43

How can I initialize my object filesToDelete?

Use project.fileTree(). (project.files() is for FileCollections.)

And how can I find which classes implements FileTree interface from the documentation?

The implementation classes are internal, and you shouldn't have to worry about them.

How to initialize FileTree field in Gradle custom task?

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