# setShouldRunAfter

abstract fun setShouldRunAfter(shouldRunAfter: Iterable<out Any>)(source)

Specifies the set of tasks that this task should run after.

    task taskY {
        shouldRunAfter = ["taskX1", "taskX2"]
    }

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For each supplied task, this action adds a task 'ordering', and does not specify a 'dependency' between the tasks. As such, it is still possible to execute 'taskY' without first executing the 'taskX' in the example.

See here for a description of the types of objects which can be used to specify an ordering relationship.

#### Parameters

shouldRunAfter

The set of task paths this task should run after.