* </ul>
 *
 */
@CacheableTask
abstract class UserGuideTransformTask extends DefaultTask {

    @PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.NONE)
    @InputFile
    abstract RegularFileProperty getSourceFile();

    @PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.NONE)
    @InputFile
    abstract RegularFileProperty getLinksFile();

    @OutputFile
    abstract RegularFileProperty getDestFile();

    @Input

import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty;
import org.gradle.api.provider.SetProperty;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFile;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitive;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;

import java.io.FileWriter;

 */
public abstract class PersistableConfigurationObjectGenerator<T extends PersistableConfigurationObject> implements Generator<T>, Factory<T> {
    @Override
    public T read(File inputFile) {
        T obj = create();
        obj.load(inputFile);
        return obj;
    }

    @Override
    public T defaultInstance() {
        T obj = create();
        obj.loadDefaults();
        return obj;
    }

                def outputFile = file('build/output.txt')
                def inputFile = file('input.txt')
                inputs.file inputFile
                inputs.file 'unrelated-input.txt'
                outputs.file outputFile
                outputs.cacheIf { true }
                doLast {
                    if (!outputFile.exists() || outputFile.text != inputFile.text) {
                        outputFile.parentFile.mkdirs()

import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty;
import org.gradle.api.provider.Property;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFile;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitive;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;

import java.io.File;

     *
     * @since 4.3
     */
    // TODO - allow @InputFile and @SkipWhenEmpty to be attached to getExecutableFile()
    @SkipWhenEmpty
    @Nullable
    @Optional
    @PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.NAME_ONLY)
    @InputFile
    protected File getInputFileIfExists() {
        RegularFileProperty sourceFile = getExecutableFile();

    }

    @Override
    public void transformAction(Action<? super XmlProvider> action) {
        delegate.transformAction(action);
    }

    @Override
    public void load(File inputFile) {
        delegate.load(inputFile);
    }

    @Override
    public void loadDefaults() {
        delegate.loadDefaults();
    }

    @Override
    public void store(File outputFile) {

        buildFile << """
            task myTask {
                def inputFile = file("input.txt")
                def outputFile = file("output.txt")
                inputs.file(inputFile)
                outputs.file(outputFile)
                doLast {
                    outputFile.text = inputFile.text
                }
            }
        """
        file("input.txt").text = "input"

            error(missingNormalizationStrategyConfig { type('MyTask').property('inputFile').annotatedWith('InputFile') }, 'validation_problems', 'missing_normalization_annotation'),
            error(missingNormalizationStrategyConfig { type('MyTask').property('inputFiles').annotatedWith('InputFiles') }, 'validation_problems', 'missing_normalization_annotation'),
        ])

        and:

import org.gradle.test.fixtures.file.TestFile
import org.gradle.util.internal.TextUtil

class FilesInTransformIntegrationTest extends AbstractProcessIntegrationTest {
    def setup() {
        inputFile.text = "INPUT FILE CONTENT"
    }

    def "reading a file in transform action with #task does not create a build input"() {
        given:
        getTransformFixture().tap {