# SoftwareComponent

interface SoftwareComponent : Named(source)

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.

#### Since

1.4

#### Inheritors

ComponentWithDependencies
ComponentWithBinaries
ProductionComponent
ComponentWithOutputs
ComponentWithNativeRuntime
TestSuiteComponent
TestComponent
BuildableComponent
PublishableComponent
AdhocComponentWithVariants
ComponentWithVariants
ComponentWithCoordinates

## Functions

getName
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abstract fun getName(): String
The object's name.