* Abstract base class for [Task][org.gradle.api.Task]s that verify and manipulate the given accepted API changes file.
 */
@CacheableTask
abstract class AbstractAcceptedApiChangesMaintenanceTask : DefaultTask() {

    /**
     * A directory that contains jsons with accepted API changes.
     * Any json is a directory is considered to contain accepted API changes.
     */
    @get:InputDirectory
    @get:PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.RELATIVE)

                            AcceptedApiChanges.parse(listOf("{acceptedApiChanges:[]}")),
                            rootProject.files("$sourceRoots"),
                            "2.0",
                            file("test-api-changes.json"),
                            rootProject.layout.projectDirectory,
                            newUpgradedPropertiesFile.get().asFile,
                            oldUpgradedPropertiesFile.get().asFile