Failure (Gradle API 8.11)

All Known Subinterfaces:

FileComparisonTestAssertionFailure, TestAssertionFailure, TestFailure, TestFrameworkFailure
```
public interface Failure
```
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

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.List<? extends Failure>`	`getCauses()`	Returns the underlying causes for this failure, if any.
`java.lang.String`	`getDescription()`	Returns a long description of the failure.
`java.lang.String`	`getMessage()`	Returns a short message (typically one line) for the failure.

- Method Detail
  - getMessage
```
@Nullable
java.lang.String getMessage()
```
    Returns a short message (typically one line) for the failure.
    
    Returns:
    
    the failure message
  - getDescription
```
@Nullable
java.lang.String getDescription()
```
    Returns a long description of the failure. For example, a stack trace.
    
    Returns:
    
    a long description of the failure
  - getCauses
```
java.util.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.