api / org.gradle.api.artifacts / ComponentMetadataContext / getDescriptor

getDescriptor

abstract fun <T : Any> getDescriptor(descriptorClass: Class<T>): T

Used to access a specific descriptor format. For Ivy descriptor, an org.gradle.api.artifacts.ivy.IvyModuleDescriptor is returned.

Parameters

descriptorClass - the descriptor class

- the descriptor type

Return
a descriptor, or null if there was none of the requested type.

See Also
org.gradle.api.artifacts.ivy.IvyModuleDescriptor