Using `ObjectFactory` to create these objects ensures that they are properly managed by Gradle, especially in terms of configuration avoidance and lazy evaluation.
This means that the values of these objects are only calculated when needed, which can improve build performance.

    include '*'
    archiveName 'Reports.zip'
    destinationDir(file('/dir'))
}
----

TIP: `register()`, which enables <<task_configuration_avoidance.adoc#task_configuration_avoidance,task configuration avoidance>>, is preferred over `create()`.

You can locate a task to configure it using the `TaskCollection.named(java.lang.String)` method:

[source]
----
tasks.named<Test>("test") {
    useJUnitPlatform()
}

	// collisionCount is the count of hash collisions for the StatefulSet. The StatefulSet controller
	// uses this field as a collision avoidance mechanism when it needs to create the name for the
	// newest ControllerRevision.
	// +optional
	CollisionCount *int32 `json:"collisionCount,omitempty" protobuf:"varint,9,opt,name=collisionCount"`

	"collisionCount":         "Count of hash collisions for the DaemonSet. The DaemonSet controller uses this field as a collision avoidance mechanism when it needs to create the name for the newest ControllerRevision.",
	"conditions":             "Represents the latest available observations of a DaemonSet's current state.",
}

to solve this problem see <<common_caching_problems.adoc#volatile_outputs,non-repeatable task outputs>> or use <<build_cache_concepts.adoc#normalization,input normalization>>.

NOTE: The compile classpath is not affected since compile avoidance ignores non-class files on the classpath....

  // (ready for at least spec.minReadySeconds)
  // +optional
  optional int32 numberUnavailable = 8;

  // Count of hash collisions for the DaemonSet. The DaemonSet controller
  // uses this field as a collision avoidance mechanism when it needs to
  // create the name for the newest ControllerRevision.
  // +optional
  optional int32 collisionCount = 9;

  // Represents the latest available observations of a DaemonSet's current state.

	PassthroughFilterChain = "PassthroughFilterChain"

	// Inbound pass through cluster need to the bind the loopback ip address for the security and loop avoidance.
	InboundPassthroughCluster = "InboundPassthroughCluster"

	// IstioMetadataKey is the key under which metadata is added to a route or cluster
	// regarding the virtual service or destination rule used for each

However, the bytecode should still result in the same runtime behavior.

NOTE: <<java_plugin.adoc#sec:java_compile_avoidance,Java compile avoidance>> will treat this bytecode the same since it extracts the ABI.

Treating the minor number as an input can decrease the likelihood of a cache hit for developer builds.

```
someTask {
    inputFile.from(jar)
}
```

In some cases, for producer tasks which don't use the <<lazy_configuration#lazy_configuration,configuration avoidance APIs>>, you can instead declare an _explicit dependency_ on the task:

```
someTask {
    dependsOn(producer)
    inputFile.from(producer.someFile)
}
```

Since Gradle 3.0, Gradle has invested heavily in making Gradle builds much faster, with features such as link:https://blog.gradle.org/introducing-gradle-build-cache[build caching], link:https://blog.gradle.org/incremental-compiler-avoidance[compile avoidance], and an improved incremental Java compiler.
Gradle is now 2-10x faster than Maven for the vast majority of projects, even without using a build cache.