It provides methods for creating instances of different types, such as properties (`Property<T>`), collections (`ListProperty<T>`, `SetProperty<T>`, `MapProperty<K, V>`), file-related objects (`RegularFileProperty`, `DirectoryProperty`, `ConfigurableFileCollection`, `ConfigurableFileTree`), and more.

You can obtain an instance of `ObjectFactory` using the `project.objects` property.

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WARNING: The examples above use tasks with `RegularFileProperty` and `DirectoryProperty` properties which allow lazy configuration.

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 * <li>A {@link TaskDependency} object.</li>
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 * <li>A {@link org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskReference} object.</li>
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 * <li>A {@link Buildable} object.</li>
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 * <li>A {@link org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty} or {@link org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty}.</li>
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 * <li>A {@link Provider} object. May contain any of the types listed here.</li>
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