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exclude

abstract fun exclude(vararg excludes: String): PatternFilterable

Adds an ANT style exclude pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

Parameters

excludes - a vararg list of exclude patterns

Return
this

See Also
PatternFilterable

abstract fun exclude(excludes: MutableIterable<String>): PatternFilterable

Adds an ANT style exclude pattern. This method may be called multiple times to append new patterns and multiple patterns may be specified in a single call. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

Parameters

excludes - a Iterable providing new exclude patterns

Return
this

See Also
PatternFilterable

abstract fun exclude(excludeSpec: Spec<FileTreeElement>): PatternFilterable

Adds an exclude spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs. If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

Parameters

excludeSpec - the spec to add

Return
this

See Also
PatternFilterable

abstract fun exclude(excludeSpec: Closure<Any>): PatternFilterable

Adds an exclude spec. This method may be called multiple times to append new specs.The given closure is passed a org.gradle.api.file.FileTreeElement as its parameter. The closure should return true or false. Example:

 copySpec { from 'source' into 'destination' //an example of excluding files from certain configuration: exclude { it.file in configurations.someConf.files } } 
If excludes are not provided, then no files will be excluded. If excludes are provided, then files must not match any exclude pattern to be processed.

Parameters

excludeSpec - the spec to add

Return
this

See Also
FileTreeElement