ModuleDependency

ARCHIVES_CONFIGURATION

CLASSIFIER

DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION

addArtifact

Adds an artifact to this dependency.

If no artifact is added to a dependency, an implicit default artifact is used. This default artifact has the same name as the module and its type and extension is jar. If at least one artifact is explicitly added, the implicit default artifact won't be used any longer.

artifact

Adds an artifact to this dependency. The given closure is passed a instance, which it can configure.

If no artifact is added to a dependency, an implicit default artifact is used. This default artifact has the same name as the module and its type and extension is jar. If at least one artifact is explicitly added, the implicit default artifact won't be used any longer.

Adds an artifact to this dependency. The given action is passed a instance, which it can configure.

If no artifact is added to a dependency, an implicit default artifact is used. This default artifact has the same name as the module and its type and extension is jar. If at least one artifact is explicitly added, the implicit default artifact won't be used any longer.

attributes

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

copy

{@inheritDoc}

exclude

Adds an exclude rule to exclude transitive dependencies of this dependency.

Excluding a particular transitive dependency does not guarantee that it does not show up in the dependencies of a given configuration. For example, some other dependency, which does not have any exclude rules, might pull in exactly the same transitive dependency. To guarantee that the transitive dependency is excluded from the entire configuration please use per-configuration exclude rules: Configuration#getExcludeRules(). In fact, in majority of cases the actual intention of configuring per-dependency exclusions is really excluding a dependency from the entire configuration (or classpath).

If your intention is to exclude a particular transitive dependency because you don't like the version it pulls in to the configuration then consider using forced versions' feature: ResolutionStrategy#force(Object...).

 apply plugin: 'java' //so that I can declare 'compile' dependencies dependencies { compile('org.hibernate:hibernate:3.1') { //excluding a particular transitive dependency: exclude module: 'cglib' //by artifact name exclude group: 'org.jmock' //by group exclude group: 'org.unwanted', module: 'iAmBuggy' //by both name and group } } 

getArtifacts

Returns the artifacts belonging to this dependency.

getAttributes

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

getExcludeRules

Returns the exclude rules for this dependency.

getTargetConfiguration

Returns the requested target configuration of this dependency. This is the name of the configuration in the target module that should be used when selecting the matching configuration. If null, a default configuration should be used.

isTransitive

Returns whether this dependency should be resolved including or excluding its transitive dependencies.

setTargetConfiguration

Sets the requested target configuration of this dependency. This is the name of the configuration in the target module that should be used when selecting the matching configuration. If null, a default configuration will be used.

setTransitive

Sets whether this dependency should be resolved including or excluding its transitive dependencies. The artifacts belonging to this dependency might themselves have dependencies on other artifacts. The latter are called transitive dependencies.

because

Sets the reason why this dependency should be used.

contentEquals

Returns whether two dependencies have identical values for their properties. A dependency is an entity with a key. Therefore dependencies might be equal and yet have different properties.

getGroup

Returns the group of this dependency. The group is often required to find the artifacts of a dependency in a repository. For example, the group name corresponds to a directory name in a Maven like repository. Might return null.

getName

Returns the name of this dependency. The name is almost always required to find the artifacts of a dependency in a repository. Never returns null.

getReason

Returns a reason why this dependency 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.

getVersion

Returns the version of this dependency. The version is often required to find the artifacts of a dependency in a repository. For example the version name corresponds to a directory name in a Maven like repository. Might return null.

exclude

Adds an exclude rule to exclude transitive dependencies of this dependency.

ExternalDependency

An ExternalDependency is a Dependency on a source outside the current project hierarchy.

ProjectDependency

A ProjectDependency is a Dependency on another project in the current project hierarchy.