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package org.gradle.api.tasks;

/**
 * Enumeration of different path handling strategies for task properties.
 *
 * @see PathSensitive
 *
 * @since 3.1
 */
public enum PathSensitivity {
    /**
     * Consider the full path of files and directories.
     *
     * <p><b>This will prevent the task's outputs from being shared across different workspaces via the build cache.</b></p>
     */
    ABSOLUTE,

    /**
     * Use the location of the file related to a hierarchy.
     */
    RELATIVE,

    /**
     * Consider only the name of files and directories.
     */
    NAME_ONLY,

    /**
     * Ignore file paths and directories altogether.
     */
    NONE
}
