on { displayNameOf(inputFile) } doReturn "displayNameOf(inputFile)"
                },
                ConfigurationCacheFingerprint.InputFile(
                    inputFile,
                    originalFileHash
                )
            ),
            equalTo("file 'displayNameOf(inputFile)' has been replaced by a directory")

| `@link:{javadocPath}/org/gradle/api/tasks/InputFile.html[InputFile]`
| `File`*
| A single input file (not directory)

| `@link:{javadocPath}/org/gradle/api/tasks/InputDirectory.html[InputDirectory]`
| `File`*
| A single input directory (not file)

| `@link:{javadocPath}/org/gradle/api/tasks/InputFiles.html[InputFiles]`
| `Iterable<File>`*
| An iterable of input files and directories

                public File getInputDirectory() {
                    return new File("input");
                }

                @InputFile
                public File getInputFile() {
                    return new File("input.txt");
                }

                @InputFiles
                public Set<File> getInputFiles() {
                    return Collections.emptySet();
                }

                @Input

        private final long offset;
        private final File inputFile;

        private Decoder decoder;
        private CompositeStoppable resources;

        public SimpleBinaryData(File inputFile, long offset) {
            this.inputFile = inputFile;
            this.offset = offset;
        }

        @Override

                    outFile.parentFile.mkdirs()
                    outFile.text = archives.${archiveType}(inputFile.get().asFile).read().text
                }
            }

            tasks.register("myTask", MyTask) {
                inputFile.set(createArchive.flatMap { it.outputFile })
                outputFile.set(layout.buildDirectory.file("unpacked/file.txt"))
            }
        """

        given:
        def markerFile = file("input/marker")
        buildFile << """
            task myTask {
              def inputFile = file("input/marker")
              inputs.files inputFile
              outputs.files "build/marker"
              doLast {
                println "exists: " + inputFile.exists()
              }
            }
        """

        when:
        succeeds("myTask")
        then:

    def projectDir = file("project")
    def inputFile = projectDir.file("input.txt")

    def setup() {
        projectDir.file("build.gradle") << """
            task myTask {
                def inputFile = file("${inputFile.name}")
                def outputFile = file("build/output.txt")
                outputs.file(outputFile)
                inputs.file(inputFile)
                doLast {

        Map<String, ? extends Collection<? extends File>> inputFiles,
        Map<String, ? extends File> outputFiles,
        Map<String, ? extends File> outputDirs,
        Collection<? extends TestFile> create,

        InputFingerprinter inputFingerprinter,
        ExecutionHistoryStore executionHistoryStore
    ) {
        this.inputProperties = inputProperties
        this.inputFiles = inputFiles
        this.outputFiles = outputFiles

        logger.quiet("Wrote '${message}' to ${output}")
    }
}

abstract class Consumer : DefaultTask() {
    @get:InputFile
    abstract val inputFile: RegularFileProperty

    @TaskAction
    fun consume() {
        val input = inputFile.get().asFile
        val message = input.readText()
        logger.quiet("Read '${message}' from ${input}")
    }
}

val producer = tasks.register<Producer>("producer")

package org.myorg;

import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
import org.gradle.api.file.ConfigurableFileCollection;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFiles;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;

// tag::snippet[]
abstract public class DataProcessing extends DefaultTask {

    @InputFiles
    abstract public ConfigurableFileCollection getDataFiles();

    @TaskAction
    public void process() {