SoftwareComponent

@Incubating interface SoftwareComponent : Named

A software component produced by a Gradle software project.

An implementation of this interface may also implement:

ComponentWithVariants to provide information about the variants that the component provides.

abstract fun getName(): String

The object's name.

Must be constant for the life of the object.

BuildableComponent	`interface BuildableComponent : SoftwareComponent` Represents a component that can be built.
ComponentWithBinaries	`interface ComponentWithBinaries : SoftwareComponent` Represents a component that is composed of one or more binaries.
ComponentWithCoordinates	`interface ComponentWithCoordinates : SoftwareComponent` Represents a component that determines its publication coordinates.
ComponentWithDependencies	`interface ComponentWithDependencies : SoftwareComponent` Represents a component with implementation dependencies.
ComponentWithNativeRuntime	`interface ComponentWithNativeRuntime : SoftwareComponent` Represents a component that produces outputs that run on a native platform.
ComponentWithOutputs	`interface ComponentWithOutputs : SoftwareComponent` Represents a component with output files.
ComponentWithVariants	`interface ComponentWithVariants : SoftwareComponent` Represents a SoftwareComponent that provides one or more mutually exclusive children, or variants.
ProductionComponent	`interface ProductionComponent : SoftwareComponent` Represents a component that is the main product of a project.
PublishableComponent	`interface PublishableComponent : SoftwareComponent, ComponentWithCoordinates` Represents a component that can be published.
TestComponent	`interface TestComponent : SoftwareComponent` Represents a component that can run tests.
TestSuiteComponent	`interface TestSuiteComponent : SoftwareComponent` Represents a component that defines a test suite.