Package org.gradle.api

# Interface Buildable

All Known Subinterfaces:
  `AntlrSourceDirectorySet`, `ApplicationBinarySpec`, `AssemblerSourceSet`, `BinarySpec`, `BuildableComponentSpec`, `ConfigurableFileCollection`, `ConfigurableFileTree`, `ConfigurablePublishArtifact`, `Configuration`, `ConsumableConfiguration`, `CppSourceSet`, `CSourceSet`, `CUnitTestSuiteBinarySpec`, `DependencyScopeConfiguration`, `DependencySet`, `DependentSourceSet`, `DependentSourceSet`, `FileCollection`, `FileCollectionDependency`, `FileTree`, `GoogleTestTestSuiteBinarySpec`, `GroovySourceDirectorySet`, `HeaderExportingSourceSet`, `IvyArtifact`, `JvmTestSuite`, `LanguageSourceSet`, `LegacyConfiguration`, `LibraryBinarySpec`, `MavenArtifact`, `NativeBinarySpec`, `NativeExecutableBinarySpec`, `NativeLibraryBinarySpec`, `NativeResourceSet`, `NativeTestSuiteBinarySpec`, `ObjectiveCppSourceSet`, `ObjectiveCSourceSet`, `ProjectDependency`, `PublicationArtifact`, `PublishArtifact`, `PublishArtifactSet`, `ResolvableConfiguration`, `ScalaSourceDirectorySet`, `SelfResolvingDependency`, `SharedLibraryBinarySpec`, `SourceDirectorySet`, `SourceSetOutput`, `StaticLibraryBinarySpec`, `TestSuiteBinarySpec`, `TextResource`, `VisualStudioProject`, `VisualStudioSolution`, `WindowsResourceSet`

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractBuildableComponentSpec`, `org.gradle.language.base.internal.AbstractLanguageSourceSet`, `org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.publish.AbstractPublishArtifact`, `BaseBinarySpec`, `BaseLanguageSourceSet`, `Signature`

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

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `TaskDependency`
  `getBuildDependencies()`
  Returns a dependency which contains the tasks which build this artifact.

- ## Method Details

  - ### 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.