org.gradle.tooling.model

## Interface Task

- All Superinterfaces:
    Launchable
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    GradleTask

      public interface Task
      extends Launchable

  Represents a task which is executable by Gradle.

  Note: `Task` extends `Launchable` since 1.12.

  Since:
    1.0-milestone-3

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `String` | `getDescription()` Returns the description of this task, or `null` if it has no description.
    `String` | `getGroup()` Returns the group a task belongs to.
    `String` | `getName()` Returns the name of this task.
    `String` | `getPath()` Returns the path of this task.
    `Element` | `getProject()` Deprecated. Do not use this method. It is assumed that the caller already has a reference to owning project.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.tooling.model.Launchable

      `getDisplayName, getProjectIdentifier, isPublic`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getPath

          String getPath()

      Returns the path of this task. This is a fully qualified unique name for this task.
      Returns:
        The path of this task.
      Since:
        1.0-milestone-3

    - #### getName

          String getName()

      Returns the name of this task. Note that the name is not necessarily a unique identifier for the task.
      Returns:
        The name of this task.
      Since:
        1.0-milestone-3

    - #### getDescription

          @Nullable
          String getDescription()

      Returns the description of this task, or `null` if it has no description.
      Specified by:
        `getDescription` in interface `Launchable`
      Returns:
        The description of this task, or `null` if it has no description.
      Since:
        1.0-milestone-3

    - #### getProject

          @Deprecated
          Element getProject()

      Deprecated. Do not use this method. It is assumed that the caller already has a reference to owning project.
      Returns the element which this task belongs to.
      Returns:
        The element which this task belongs to.
      Throws:
        `UnsupportedMethodException` - From 1.12 for implementations that do not also implement `GradleTask`.
      Since:
        1.0-milestone-3

    - #### getGroup

          @Incubating
          @Nullable
          String getGroup()

      Returns the group a task belongs to.
      Returns:
        the group a task belongs to.
      Since:
        2.5