ComponentSelection (Gradle API 8.11)

```
public interface ComponentSelection
```
Represents a tuple of the component selector of a module and a candidate version to be evaluated in a component selection rule.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ModuleComponentIdentifier`	`getCandidate()`	Gets the candidate version of the module.
`<T> T`	`getDescriptor(java.lang.Class<T> descriptorClass)`	Used to access a specific descriptor format.
`ComponentMetadata`	`getMetadata()`	Gets the metadata of the component.
`void`	`reject(java.lang.String reason)`	Rejects the candidate for the resolution.

- Method Detail
  - getCandidate
```
ModuleComponentIdentifier getCandidate()
```
    Gets the candidate version of the module.
    
    Returns:
    
    the candidate version of the module
  - getMetadata
```
@Nullable
ComponentMetadata getMetadata()
```
    Gets the metadata of the component.
    The metadata may not be available, in which case null is returned. Unavailable metadata may be caused by a module published without associated metadata.
    
    Returns:
    
    the ComponentMetadata or null if not available
    
    Since:
    
    5.0
  - getDescriptor
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@Nullable
<T> T getDescriptor(java.lang.Class<T> descriptorClass)
```
    Used to access a specific descriptor format.
    For an Ivy module, an ivy module descriptor can be requested and returned.
    If the descriptor type requested does not exist for the module under selection, null is returned.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - the descriptor type
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptorClass - the descriptor class
    
    Returns:
    
    a descriptor fo the requested type, or null if there was none of the requested type.
    
    Since:
    
    5.0
    
    See Also:
    
    IvyModuleDescriptor
  - reject
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void reject(java.lang.String reason)
```
    Rejects the candidate for the resolution.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reason - The reason the candidate was rejected.