/**
     * Location to stage the intermediate documentation. This is like a working directory.
     */
    public abstract DirectoryProperty getStagingRoot();

    public abstract RegularFileProperty getGeneratedMetaDataFile();

    /**
     * The fully rendered documentation with all of its necessary resources.
     */
    public abstract ConfigurableFileCollection getRenderedDocumentation();

            dslRef.getStagingRoot().convention(extension.getStagingRoot().dir("dsl"));

            dslRef.getGeneratedMetaDataFile().convention(dslMetaData.flatMap(ExtractDslMetaDataTask::getDestinationFile));

            dslRef.getRenderedDocumentation().from(dslRef.getResources());

        TaskProvider<GenerateApiMapping> apiMapping = tasks.register("apiMapping", GenerateApiMapping.class, task -> {
            task.getMetaDataFile().convention(extension.getDslReference().getGeneratedMetaDataFile());
            task.getMappingDestFile().convention(generatedDirectory.map(dir -> dir.file("api-mapping.txt")));
            task.getExcludedPackages().convention(excludedPackages);
        });