The build tree state is managed by the `BuildTreeState` class.
An instance is created at the start of a build execution and discarded at the end of the execution.

### Build state

The "build state" holds the state for a build within the build definition for a single build execution, and is contained by the build tree state.

The build state is managed by the `BuildState` class.

* Be careful when using features introduced in Java 1.7 or later. Some parts of Gradle still need to run on Java 6.
* Normalize file paths in tests. The `org.gradle.util.internal.TextUtil` class has some useful functions for this purpose.

You can consult the [Architecture documentation](architecture) to learn about some of the architecture of Gradle.

### Contributing to documentation