Package org.gradle.api.tasks

## Class Delete

- java.lang.Object
- - org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask
  - - org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
    - - org.gradle.api.internal.ConventionTask
      - - org.gradle.api.tasks.Delete

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    `java.lang.Comparable<Task>`, `DeleteSpec`, `org.gradle.api.internal.DynamicObjectAware`, `org.gradle.api.internal.IConventionAware`, `org.gradle.api.internal.TaskInternal`, `ExtensionAware`, `Task`, `Configurable<Task>`

      @DisableCachingByDefault(because="Deletion cannot be cached")
      public class Delete
      extends org.gradle.api.internal.ConventionTask
      implements DeleteSpec

  Deletes files or directories. Example:

       task makePretty(type: Delete) {
         delete 'uglyFolder', 'uglyFile'
         followSymlinks = true
       }

  Be default symlinks will not be followed when deleting files. To change this behavior call `setFollowSymlinks(boolean)` with true. On systems that do not support symlinks, this will have no effect.

- - ### 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_CONSTRUCTOR_ARGS, TASK_DEPENDS_ON, TASK_DESCRIPTION, TASK_GROUP, TASK_NAME, TASK_OVERWRITE, TASK_TYPE`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor | Description
    --- | ---
    `Delete()` |

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `protected void` | `clean()` |
    `Delete` | `delete​(java.lang.Object... targets)` | Adds some files to be deleted by this task.
    `java.util.Set<java.lang.Object>` | `getDelete()` | Returns the set of files which will be deleted by this task.
    `protected org.gradle.internal.file.Deleter` | `getDeleter()` |
    `FileCollection` | `getTargetFiles()` | Returns the resolved set of files which will be deleted by this task.
    `boolean` | `isFollowSymlinks()` | Returns if symlinks should be followed when doing a delete.
    `void` | `setDelete​(java.lang.Object target)` | Sets the files to be deleted by this task.
    `void` | `setDelete​(java.util.Set<java.lang.Object> targets)` | Sets the files to be deleted by this task.
    `void` | `setFollowSymlinks​(boolean followSymlinks)` | Set if symlinks should be followed.

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

      `conventionMapping, conventionMapping, getConventionMapping`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.gradle.api.DefaultTask

      `compareTo, configure, dependsOn, doFirst, doFirst, doFirst, doLast, doLast, doLast, finalizedBy, getActions, getAnt, getDependsOn, getDescription, getDestroyables, getDidWork, getEnabled, getExtensions, getFinalizedBy, getGroup, getInputs, getLocalState, getLogger, getLogging, getMustRunAfter, getName, getOutputs, getPath, getProject, getShouldRunAfter, getState, getTaskDependencies, getTemporaryDir, getTimeout, hasProperty, mustRunAfter, onlyIf, onlyIf, onlyIf, property, setActions, setDependsOn, setDescription, setDidWork, setEnabled, setFinalizedBy, setGroup, setMustRunAfter, setOnlyIf, setOnlyIf, setOnlyIf, setProperty, setShouldRunAfter, shouldRunAfter, usesService`

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

      `appendParallelSafeAction, doNotTrackState, getAsDynamicObject, getConvention, getIdentityPath, getImpliesSubProjects, getLifecycleDependencies, getOnlyIf, getReasonNotToTrackState, getReasonTaskIsIncompatibleWithConfigurationCache, getRequiredServices, getServices, getSharedResources, getStandardOutputCapture, getTaskActions, getTaskIdentity, getTemporaryDirFactory, hasTaskActions, injectIntoNewInstance, isCompatibleWithConfigurationCache, isEnabled, isHasCustomActions, notCompatibleWithConfigurationCache, prependParallelSafeAction, setImpliesSubProjects`

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

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

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

      `doNotTrackState, getConvention, notCompatibleWithConfigurationCache`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### Delete

          public Delete()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### clean

          protected void clean()
                        throws java.io.IOException

      Throws:
        `java.io.IOException`

    - #### getTargetFiles

          @Destroys
          public FileCollection getTargetFiles()

      Returns the resolved set of files which will be deleted by this task.
      Returns:
        The files. Never returns null.

    - #### getDelete

          @Internal
          public java.util.Set<java.lang.Object> getDelete()

      Returns the set of files which will be deleted by this task.
      Returns:
        The files. Never returns null.

    - #### setDelete

          public void setDelete​(java.util.Set<java.lang.Object> targets)

      Sets the files to be deleted by this task.
      Parameters:
        `targets` - A set of any type of object accepted by `Project.files(Object...)`
      Since:
        4.0

    - #### setDelete

          public void setDelete​(java.lang.Object target)

      Sets the files to be deleted by this task.
      Parameters:
        `target` - Any type of object accepted by `Project.files(Object...)`

    - #### isFollowSymlinks

          @Input
          public boolean isFollowSymlinks()

      Returns if symlinks should be followed when doing a delete.
      Returns:
        true if symlinks will be followed.

    - #### setFollowSymlinks

          public void setFollowSymlinks​(boolean followSymlinks)

      Set if symlinks should be followed. If the platform doesn't support symlinks, then this will have no effect.
      Specified by:
        `setFollowSymlinks` in interface `DeleteSpec`
      Parameters:
        `followSymlinks` - if symlinks should be followed.

    - #### delete

          public Delete delete​(java.lang.Object... targets)

      Adds some files to be deleted by this task. The given targets are evaluated as per `Project.files(Object...)`.
      Specified by:
        `delete` in interface `DeleteSpec`
      Parameters:
        `targets` - Any type of object accepted by `Project.files(Object...)`

    - #### getDeleter

          @Inject
          protected org.gradle.internal.file.Deleter getDeleter()