The syntax of create a task in gradle

Question

this official doc describes how to define a task in gradle，E.g:

task helloTask {
   println 'Hello World!'
}

it seems this code actually means a method call, which is Task task(String name, Closure configureClosure).

Since this is a method call, helloTask shoule be parameter name, which is String type. So where is the ‘’ or ""？

ps.

BTW, the parentheses looks different with standard groovy method call.

Groovy provides several syntactic features that can make calls look nicer. The above actually is a call of the mentioned method. — Henry, Jan 20 '19 at 09:44
Possible duplicate of [How to interpret Gradle DSL](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12326264/how-to-interpret-gradle-dsl) — M.Ricciuti, Jan 20 '19 at 18:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '19 at 22:52

I think it should look something like this:

task mytask(group:'mygroup', description:"my own simple task") {

    println 'this will be executed on evaluate, so on _any_ task'

    doLast {
        println 'after all tasks are evaluated this will only executed if mytask is executed'
    }

}

The syntax of create a task in gradle

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