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diff --git a/docs/pages/4 - Tasks.md b/docs/pages/4 - Tasks.md index d87b324b..6c7737e0 100644 --- a/docs/pages/4 - Tasks.md +++ b/docs/pages/4 - Tasks.md @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ arbitrary result from its inputs. ## Different Kinds of Tasks -There are four primary kinds of *Tasks* that you should care about: +There are three primary kinds of *Tasks* that you should care about: - [Targets](#targets), defined using `T {...}` - [Sources](#sources), defined using `T.sources {...}` @@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ automatically JSON-serialized and stored at `out/classFiles/meta.json`. The return-value of targets has to be JSON-serializable via [uPickle](https://github.com/lihaoyi/upickle). +In case you want return your own +case class (e.g. `MyCaseClass`), you can make it JSON-serializable by adding the +following implicit def to its companion object: + +```scala +object MyCaseClass { + implicit def rw: upickle.default.ReadWriter[MyCaseClass] = upickle.default.macroRW +} +``` + If you want to return a file or a set of files as the result of a `Target`, write them to disk within your `T.ctx().dest` available through the [Task Context API](#task-context-api) and return a `PathRef` to the files you |