Unify Tasks doing the same

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Hi,

I have a task like this:

task deploy (dependsOn: war) << {
    if(project.hasProperty('installDir')){
        print 'Deploying war file ' + war.archiveName + ' ... '
        File instDir = new File(installDir + '/server/default/deploy')
        if(instDir.exists() && instDir.isDirectory()){
            int waiting = 30
            print 'waiting ' + waiting + ' seconds ... '
            copy {
                from war.archivePath
                into instDir
            }
            Thread.sleep(waiting * 1000)
            println 'done.'
        } else {
            println 'Skipping as folder ' + instDir.getPath() + ' does not exist.'
        }
    } else {
        throw new TaskInstantiationException('No installDir given for Deployment.\n' +
            '* Specify it with \'-PinstallDir=\'')
        }
    }

I use this one in two places right now with more to come. There is a lot of repetitive code and basically only one thing that changes (the from part).
How can I predefine a kind of template that I could use everywhere only providing the from part?

Thanks,
Sven

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Hi Sven,

Have a look at the chapter about custom task classes in the user guide.

Cheers,
Stefan