Package org.apache.maven.api

Interface Dependency

All Superinterfaces:

Artifact

public interface Dependency
extends Artifact

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Scope	getScope()
Type	getType()	The artifact type.
boolean	isOptional()
DependencyCoordinate	toCoordinate()	Creates a DependencyCoordinate based on this Dependency.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.maven.api.Artifact

getArtifactId, getClassifier, getExtension, getGroupId, getVersion, isSnapshot, key

Method Details

getType

@Nonnull
Type getType()

The artifact type.

Returns:

the artifact type, never null

getScope

@Nonnull
Scope getScope()

isOptional

boolean isOptional()

toCoordinate

@Nonnull
DependencyCoordinate toCoordinate()

Creates a DependencyCoordinate based on this Dependency.

Specified by:

toCoordinate in interface Artifact

Returns:

a DependencyCoordinate

See Also:

• Session.createArtifactCoordinate(Artifact)