dependsOn

Adds the given dependencies to this task. See here for a description of the types of objects which can be used as task dependencies.

Parameters

paths - The dependencies to add to this task. The path can be defined by:

• A String, CharSequence or groovy.lang.GString task path or name. A relative path is interpreted relative to the task's Project. This allows you to refer to tasks in other projects.
• A Task.
• A closure. The closure may take a Task as parameter. It may return any of the types listed here. Its return value is recursively converted to tasks. A null return value is treated as an empty collection.
• A TaskDependency object.
• A org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskReference object.
• A Buildable object.
• A org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty or org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty.
• A Iterable, Collection, Map or array. May contain any of the types listed here. The elements of the iterable/collection/map/array are recursively converted to tasks.
• A Callable. The call() method may return any of the types listed here. Its return value is recursively converted to tasks. A null return value is treated as an empty collection.
• Anything else is treated as a failure.

Return
the task object this method is applied to