* @description Returns the specified value if non-null, otherwise an empty array.
 * @param {Object} input - The object to investigate
 * @returns Object - The specified value if non-null, otherwise an empty array
 * @example {{ readField('jvm', 'files') | nullToEmpty }}
 */
function nullToEmpty(input) {
    let output;
    if (input) {
        output = input;
    } else {
        output = [];
    }
    console.log("nullToEmpty: " + output);

    }

    @get:Input
    abstract val version: Property<String>

    @get:Input
    abstract val baseVersion: Property<String>

    @get:Input
    @get:Optional
    abstract val commitId: Property<String>

    @get:Input
    abstract val snapshot: Property<Boolean>

    @get:Input
    abstract val promotionBuild: Property<Boolean>

    @get:Input
    @get:Optional

import org.gradle.api.file.FileSystemOperations;
import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty;
import org.gradle.api.provider.MapProperty;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFile;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFiles;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitive;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;

import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty
import org.gradle.api.provider.ListProperty
import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask
import org.gradle.api.tasks.CompileClasspath
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
import org.gradle.internal.ErroringAction
import org.gradle.internal.IoActions
import org.gradle.internal.util.Trie

            releasedVersionsFile()
        )
    }

    return versionNumber
}

/**
 * Returns the trimmed contents of the file at the given [path] after
 * marking the file as a build logic input.
 */
fun Project.trimmedContentsOfFile(path: String): String =
    providers.fileContents(repoRoot().file(path)).asText.get().trim()

// TODO Simplify the buildTimestamp() calculation if possible

import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
import org.gradle.api.NonNullApi;
import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty;
import org.gradle.api.provider.SetProperty;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFile;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitive;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;

import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitive
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity
import org.gradle.work.DisableCachingByDefault

@CompileStatic
@DisableCachingByDefault(because = "Only filters the input artifact")
abstract class FindGradleClasspath implements TransformAction<TransformParameters.None> {

    @PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.NAME_ONLY)
    @InputArtifact
    abstract Provider<FileSystemLocation> getArtifact()

        "<p><a name='ref'/>text"          | "<p><a name='ref'></a>text</p>"
        "<ul><a name='ref'/></ul>"        | "<ul><a name='ref'></a></ul>"
    }

    def "adds implicit end of element at end of input"() {
        expect:
        parse(source) == transformed

        where:
        source         | transformed
        "<p>text"      | "<p>text</p>"
        "<ul><li>text" | "<ul><li>text</li></ul>"
    }

    public boolean lookingAt(Pattern pattern) {
        Matcher m = pattern.matcher(input);
        m.region(pos, input.length());
        return m.lookingAt();
    }

    public String region() {
        return input.substring(markPos, pos);
    }

    /**
     * Moves the position to the next instance of the given character, or the end of the input if not found.
     */
    public void find(char c) {
        int cpos = pos;

    @PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.NAME_ONLY)
    FileTree getSource() {
        return super.getSource();
    }

    @TaskAction
    def extract() {
        Date start = new Date()

        //parsing all input files into metadata
        //and placing them in the repository object