# Annotation Interface OutputDirectories

@Documented @Retention(RUNTIME) @Target({METHOD,FIELD}) public @interface OutputDirectories

Marks a property as specifying one or more output directories for a task.

This annotation should be attached to the getter method in Java or the property in Groovy. Annotations on setters or just the field in Java are ignored.

This will cause the task to be considered out-of-date when the directory paths or task output to those directories have been modified since the task was last run.

When the annotated property is a `Map`, then each output directory will be associated with an identity. For cacheable tasks this is a requirement. The keys of the map must be valid Java identifiers. The values of the map will be evaluated to individual directories as per `Project.file(Object)`.

Otherwise the given directories will be evaluated as per `Project.files(Object...)`, and task output caching will be disabled for the task.