org.gradle.api.artifacts

Interface DependencyConstraint

All Superinterfaces:

ModuleVersionSelector

@Incubating
public interface DependencyConstraint
extends ModuleVersionSelector

Represents a constraints over all, including transitive, dependencies.

Since:

4.5

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	because(String reason) Sets the reason why this dependency constraint should be used.
String	getReason() Returns a reason why this dependency constraint should be used, in particular with regards to its version.
void	version(Action<? super MutableVersionConstraint> configureAction) Configures the version constraint for this dependency constraint.

Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.artifacts.ModuleVersionSelector

getGroup, getName, getVersion, getVersionConstraint, matchesStrictly

Method Detail

version

void version(Action<? super MutableVersionConstraint> configureAction)

Configures the version constraint for this dependency constraint.

Parameters:

configureAction - the configuration action for the module version

getReason

@Nullable
String getReason()

Returns a reason why this dependency constraint 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.

Returns:

a reason to use this dependency constraint

Since:

4.6

because

void because(String reason)

Sets the reason why this dependency constraint should be used.

Since:

4.6