Package org.gradle.api.artifacts

Interface DependencyConstraint

All Superinterfaces:

HasAttributes, HasConfigurableAttributes<DependencyConstraint>, ModuleVersionSelector

public interface DependencyConstraint
extends ModuleVersionSelector, HasConfigurableAttributes<DependencyConstraint>

Represents a constraints over all, including transitive, dependencies.

Since:

4.5

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DependencyConstraint	attributes(Action<? super AttributeContainer> configureAction)	Mutates the attributes of this constraint.
void	because(java.lang.String reason)	Sets the reason why this dependency constraint should be used.
AttributeContainer	getAttributes()	Returns the attributes for this constraint.
java.lang.String	getReason()	Returns a reason why this dependency constraint should be used, in particular with regards to its version.
VersionConstraint	getVersionConstraint()	Returns the version constraint to be used during selection.
void	version(Action<? super MutableVersionConstraint> configureAction)	Configures the version constraint for this dependency constraint.

Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.artifacts.ModuleVersionSelector

getGroup, getModule, getName, getVersion, matchesStrictly

Method Detail

version

void version(Action<? super MutableVersionConstraint> configureAction)

Configures the version constraint for this dependency constraint.

Parameters:

configureAction - the configuration action for the module version

getReason

@Nullable
java.lang.String getReason()

Returns a reason why this dependency constraint should be used, in particular with regards to its version. The dependency report will use it to explain why a specific dependency was selected, or why a specific dependency version was used.

Returns:

a reason to use this dependency constraint

Since:

4.6

because

void because(@Nullable
             java.lang.String reason)

Sets the reason why this dependency constraint should be used.

Since:

4.6

getAttributes

AttributeContainer getAttributes()

Returns the attributes for this constraint. Mutation of the attributes of a constraint must be done through the attributes(Action) method.

Specified by:

getAttributes in interface HasAttributes

Returns:

the attributes container for this dependency

Since:

4.8

attributes

DependencyConstraint attributes(Action<? super AttributeContainer> configureAction)

Mutates the attributes of this constraint. Attributes are used during dependency resolution to select the appropriate target variant, in particular when a single component provides different variants.

Specified by:

attributes in interface HasConfigurableAttributes<DependencyConstraint>

Parameters:

configureAction - the attributes mutation action

Since:

4.8

getVersionConstraint

VersionConstraint getVersionConstraint()

Returns the version constraint to be used during selection.

Returns:

the version constraint