Failure

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Represents a failure. Failures are similar to exceptions but carry less information (only a message, a description and a cause) so they can be used in a wider scope than just the JVM where the exception failed.
Since:
2.4

Methods Summary

Methods
Type	Name and description
`List<? extends Failure>`	`getCauses()` Returns the underlying causes for this failure, if any.
`String`	`getDescription()` Returns a long description of the failure.
`String`	`getMessage()` Returns a short message (typically one line) for the failure.

- Method Detail
  - public List<? extends Failure> getCauses()
    
    Returns the underlying causes for this failure, if any.
    Returns:
    the causes for this failure. Returns an empty list if this failure has no causes.
  - @Nullable public String getDescription()
    
    Returns a long description of the failure. For example, a stack trace.
    Returns:
    a long description of the failure
  - @Nullable public String getMessage()
    
    Returns a short message (typically one line) for the failure.
    Returns:
    the failure message

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Gradle API 2.14