DependencySubstitution

getRequested

The requested dependency, before it is resolved. The requested dependency does not change even if there are multiple dependency substitution rules that manipulate the dependency metadata.

useTarget

This method can be used to replace a dependency before it is resolved, e.g. change group, name or version (or all three of them), or replace it with a project dependency. Accepted notations are:

• Strings encoding group:module:version, like 'org.gradle:gradle-core:2.4'
• Maps like [group: 'org.gradle', name: 'gradle-core', version: '2.4']
• Project instances like project(":api")
• Any instance of ModuleComponentSelector or ProjectComponentSelector

This method can be used to replace a dependency before it is resolved, e.g. change group, name or version (or all three of them), or replace it with a project dependency and provides a human readable reason for diagnostics. Accepted notations are:

• Strings encoding group:module:version, like 'org.gradle:gradle-core:2.4'
• Maps like [group: 'org.gradle', name: 'gradle-core', version: '2.4']
• Project instances like project(":api")
• Any instance of ModuleComponentSelector or ProjectComponentSelector