Package org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl

Interface DependencyFactory

@NonExtensible
public interface DependencyFactory

Factory class for creating Dependency instances, with strong typing.

An instance of the factory can be injected into a task, plugin or other object by annotating a public constructor or property getter method with javax.inject.Inject. It is also available via Project.getDependencyFactory().

Note: This interface is not intended for implementation by build script or plugin authors.

Since:

7.6

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ExternalModuleDependency	create(@Nullable String group, String name, @Nullable String version)	Create an ExternalModuleDependency from a series of strings.
ExternalModuleDependency	create(@Nullable String group, String name, @Nullable String version, @Nullable String classifier, @Nullable String extension)	Create an ExternalModuleDependency from a series of strings.
ExternalModuleDependency	create(CharSequence dependencyNotation)	Create an ExternalModuleDependency from the "group:name:version:classifier@extension" notation.
FileCollectionDependency	create(FileCollection fileCollection)	Create a FileCollectionDependency from a FileCollection.
ProjectDependency	create(Project project)	Create a ProjectDependency from a Project.
Dependency	gradleApi()	Creates a dependency on the API of the current version of Gradle.
Dependency	gradleTestKit()	Creates a dependency on the Gradle test-kit API.
Dependency	localGroovy()	Creates a dependency on the version of Groovy that is distributed with the current version of Gradle.

Method Details

create

ExternalModuleDependency create(CharSequence dependencyNotation)

Create an ExternalModuleDependency from the "group:name:version:classifier@extension" notation.

Classifier and extension may each separately be omitted. Version may be omitted if there is no classifier.

Parameters:

dependencyNotation - the dependency notation

Returns:

the new dependency

create

ExternalModuleDependency create(@Nullable String group,
 String name,
 @Nullable String version)

Create an ExternalModuleDependency from a series of strings.

Parameters:

group - the group (optional)

name - the name

version - the version (optional)

Returns:

the new dependency

create

ExternalModuleDependency create(@Nullable String group,
 String name,
 @Nullable String version,
 @Nullable String classifier,
 @Nullable String extension)

Create an ExternalModuleDependency from a series of strings.

Parameters:

group - the group (optional)

name - the name

version - the version (optional)

classifier - the classifier (optional)

extension - the extension (optional)

Returns:

the new dependency

create

FileCollectionDependency create(FileCollection fileCollection)

Create a FileCollectionDependency from a FileCollection.

Parameters:

fileCollection - the file collection

Returns:

the new dependency

create

ProjectDependency create(Project project)

Create a ProjectDependency from a Project.

Parameters:

project - the project

Returns:

the new dependency

gradleApi

Dependency gradleApi()

Creates a dependency on the API of the current version of Gradle.

Returns:

The dependency.

Since:

7.6

gradleTestKit

Dependency gradleTestKit()

Creates a dependency on the Gradle test-kit API.

Returns:

The dependency.

Since:

7.6

localGroovy

Dependency localGroovy()

Creates a dependency on the version of Groovy that is distributed with the current version of Gradle.

Returns:

The dependency.

Since:

7.6