org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling

## Class Tar

- java.lang.Object
- - org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask
  - - org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
    - - org.gradle.api.internal.ConventionTask
      - - org.gradle.api.tasks.AbstractCopyTask
        - - org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask
          - - org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Tar

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Comparable<Task>, ContentFilterable, CopyProcessingSpec, CopySourceSpec, CopySpec, org.gradle.api.internal.DynamicObjectAware, org.gradle.api.internal.file.copy.CopySpecSource, org.gradle.api.internal.IConventionAware, org.gradle.api.internal.TaskInternal, ExtensionAware, Task, PatternFilterable, org.gradle.util.Configurable<Task>

      public class Tar
      extends AbstractArchiveTask

  Assembles a TAR archive.

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.gradle.api.Task

      `Task.Namer`

  - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from interface org.gradle.api.Task

      `TASK_ACTION, TASK_DEPENDS_ON, TASK_DESCRIPTION, TASK_GROUP, TASK_NAME, TASK_OVERWRITE, TASK_TYPE`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `Tar()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected org.gradle.api.internal.file.copy.CopyAction` | `createCopyAction()`
    `Compression` | `getCompression()` Returns the compression that is used for this archive.
    `void` | `setCompression(Compression compression)` Configures the compressor based on passed in compression.

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.AbstractArchiveTask

      `getAppendix, getArchiveName, getArchivePath, getBaseName, getClassifier, getDestinationDir, getExtension, getVersion, into, into, into, setAppendix, setArchiveName, setBaseName, setClassifier, setDestinationDir, setExtension, setVersion`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.gradle.api.tasks.AbstractCopyTask

      `copy, createRootSpec, eachFile, eachFile, exclude, exclude, exclude, exclude, expand, filesMatching, filesMatching, filesNotMatching, filesNotMatching, filter, filter, filter, filter, from, from, from, getDirMode, getDuplicatesStrategy, getExcludes, getFileLookup, getFileMode, getFileResolver, getFileSystem, getFilteringCharset, getIncludeEmptyDirs, getIncludes, getInstantiator, getMainSpec, getRootSpec, getSource, include, include, include, include, isCaseSensitive, rename, rename, rename, rename, setCaseSensitive, setDirMode, setDuplicatesStrategy, setExcludes, setFileMode, setFilteringCharset, setIncludeEmptyDirs, setIncludes, with`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.gradle.api.internal.ConventionTask

      `conventionMapping, conventionMapping, getConventionMapping`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask

      `addValidator, appendParallelSafeAction, compareTo, configure, deleteAllActions, dependsOn, dependsOnTaskDidWork, doFirst, doFirst, doLast, doLast, execute, finalizedBy, getActionClassLoaders, getActions, getAnt, getAsDynamicObject, getConvention, getDependsOn, getDescription, getDidWork, getEnabled, getExecuter, getExtensions, getFinalizedBy, getGroup, getImpliesSubProjects, getInputs, getLogger, getLogging, getMustRunAfter, getName, getOnlyIf, getOutputs, getPath, getProject, getServices, getShouldRunAfter, getStandardOutputCapture, getState, getTaskActions, getTaskDependencies, getTemporaryDir, getTemporaryDirFactory, getValidators, hasProperty, injectIntoNewInstance, isEnabled, isHasCustomActions, leftShift, mustRunAfter, onlyIf, onlyIf, prependParallelSafeAction, property, setActions, setDependsOn, setDescription, setDidWork, setEnabled, setExecuter, setFinalizedBy, setGroup, setImpliesSubProjects, setMustRunAfter, setOnlyIf, setOnlyIf, setProperty, setShouldRunAfter, shouldRunAfter, toString`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### Tar

          public Tar()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### createCopyAction

          protected org.gradle.api.internal.file.copy.CopyAction createCopyAction()

      Specified by:
        `createCopyAction` in class `AbstractCopyTask`

    - #### getCompression

          @Input
          public Compression getCompression()

      Returns the compression that is used for this archive.
      Returns:
        The compression. Never returns null.

    - #### setCompression

          public void setCompression(Compression compression)

      Configures the compressor based on passed in compression.
      Parameters:
        `compression` - The compression. Should not be null.