taskReportTask.getProjectReportDirectory().convention(project.getLayout().dir(project.provider(() -> DeprecationLogger.whileDisabled(() -> convention.getProjectReportDir()))));
            taskReportTask.setDescription("Generates a report about your tasks.");
            taskReportTask.conventionMapping("outputFile", () -> taskReportTask.getProjectReportDirectory().file("tasks.txt").get().getAsFile());

            assembleTask.setDescription("Assembles the outputs of this project.");
            assembleTask.setGroup(BUILD_GROUP);
        });
    }

    private void addCheck(Project project) {
        project.getTasks().register(CHECK_TASK_NAME, checkTask -> {
            checkTask.setDescription("Runs all checks.");
            checkTask.setGroup(VERIFICATION_GROUP);
        });

        String description

        String getDescription() { description }

        ProgressLogger setDescription(String description) {
            this.description = description
            this
        }

        ProgressLogger start(String description, String status) {
            setDescription(description)
            started()
            this
        }

            this.messages = messages
        }

        String getDescription() { description }

        ProgressLogger setDescription(String description) {
            this.description = description
            this
        }

        ProgressLogger start(String description, String status) {
            setDescription(description)
            started()
            this
        }

     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Internal
    @Override
    public String getDescription() {
        return target == null ? null : target.getDescription();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void setDescription(String description) {
        if (target != null) {
            target.setDescription(description);
        }
    }

                deploymentDescriptor.setDisplayName(project.getName());
            }
            if (deploymentDescriptor.getDescription() == null) {
                deploymentDescriptor.setDescription(project.getDescription());
            }
        }

    }

    @Test
    public void delegatesDescriptionToTarget() {
        antTarget.setDescription("description");

        task.setTarget(antTarget);
        assertThat(task.getDescription(), equalTo("description"));

        antTarget.setDescription("new description");
        assertThat(task.getDescription(), equalTo("new description"));
    }

    public class TestTask extends org.apache.tools.ant.Task {

        TaskProvider<RenderMarkdown> releaseNotesMarkdown = tasks.register("releaseNotesMarkdown", RenderMarkdown.class, task -> {
            task.setGroup("release notes");
            task.setDescription("Generate release notes HTML page from Markdown.");

            task.getInputEncoding().convention(Charset.defaultCharset().name());
            task.getOutputEncoding().convention(Charset.defaultCharset().name());

        this.setAlias(p.getAlias());
        this.setName(p.getName());
        this.setRequired(p.isRequired());
        this.setEditable(p.isEditable());
        this.setDescription(p.getDescription());
        this.setExpression(p.getExpression());
        this.setDeprecated(p.getDeprecated());
        this.setDefaultValue(p.getDefaultValue());
        this.setType(p.getType());

 * A security-role element in a deployment descriptor like application.xml.
 */
public interface EarSecurityRole {

    /**
     * A description of the security role. Optional.
     */
    String getDescription();

    void setDescription(String description);

    /**
     * The name of the security role. Required.
     */
    String getRoleName();

    void setRoleName(String roleName);