/**
     * The root of the user manual documentation.  This is the source of the adoc files.
     */
    public abstract DirectoryProperty getRoot();

    /**
     * Source of snippets that can be inserted into the user manual
     */
    public abstract DirectoryProperty getSnippets();

    /**
     * Working directory for staging directory for intermediate user manual files
     */

            // calling the FilterReader ourselves.  We're just taking one file and turning it into another.

            // The order here is important! tokens are inserted by the transformer
            Map<String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<>();
            // NOTE: These parameter names _must_ match the setter names in ReleaseNotesTransformer