org.gradle.api
Interface Buildable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConfigurableFileCollection, ConfigurableFileTree, Configuration, FileCollection, FileCollectionDependency, FileTree, ProjectDependency, PublishArtifact, SelfResolvingDependency, SourceDirectorySet

public interface Buildable

A Buildable represents an artifact or set of artifacts which are built by one or more Task instances.

Method Summary

TaskDependency

getBuildDependencies() Returns a dependency which contains the tasks which build this artifact.

Method Detail

getBuildDependencies

TaskDependency getBuildDependencies()

Returns a dependency which contains the tasks which build this artifact. All Buildable implementations must ensure that the returned dependency object is live, so that it tracks changes to the dependencies of this buildable.

Returns:

The dependency. Never returns null. Returns an empty dependency when this artifact is not built by any tasks.