import org.gradle.api.specs.Spec;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Classpath;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.IgnoreEmptyDirectories;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFiles;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Internal;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Nested;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitive;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.SkipWhenEmpty;

     * <p>When the value or value content of this provider is not known until execution time then returns a {@link Provider} representing the calculation to perform at execution time.
     * For example, the value content of an @InputFile property of a task is not known when that input file is the output of another a task.

            }

            dependencies {
                noAttributes project(":producer")
            }

            abstract class ResolveTask extends DefaultTask {
                @InputFiles
                abstract ConfigurableFileCollection getMyInputs()

                @TaskAction
                void doTask() {
                    /**

        failure.assertHasCause("The value for task ':show' property 'prop' is final and cannot be changed any further.")

        where:
        annotation    | _
        "@InputFile"  | _
        "@OutputFile" | _
    }

    def "task #annotation directory property is implicitly finalized when task starts execution"() {
        buildFile << """
            class SomeTask extends DefaultTask {

import org.gradle.api.tasks.Classpath
import org.gradle.api.tasks.IgnoreEmptyDirectories
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputDirectory
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFiles
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Internal
import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputDirectory
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitive
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction

                        new File(outputFile, i.toString()).mkdirs()
                    }
                }
            }

            abstract class ConsumerTask extends DefaultTask {
                @InputFiles
                abstract ConfigurableFileCollection getMyInputs()

                @OutputFile
                abstract RegularFileProperty getOutputFile()

                @TaskAction

            }

            tasks.register("checkDeps", CheckDeps) {
                input.from(configurations.runtimeClasspath)
            }

            class CheckDeps extends DefaultTask {
                @InputFiles
                final ConfigurableFileCollection input = project.objects.fileCollection()

                @TaskAction
                void doSomething() {
                    println input.files.name

        }
        javaLibrary()

        given:
        uncheckedModule("org", "foo")
        buildFile << """
            class PrintConfigurations extends DefaultTask {
                @InputFiles
                FileCollection classpath;

                @TaskAction
                void execute() {
                    println "classpath: " + classpath.files
                }
            }

For tasks where this is a concern, you can expose a separate property without the `@IgnoreEmptyDirectories` annotation in order to capture those changes:

```
@InputFiles
@SkipWhenEmpty
@PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.ABSOLUTE)
public FileTree getSourcesWithEmptyDirectories() {
    return super.getSource()
}
```

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