org.gradle.api.component

## Interface SoftwareComponent

- All Superinterfaces:
    Named
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    ComponentWithBinaries, ComponentWithDependencies, ComponentWithExecutable, ComponentWithInstallation, ComponentWithLinkFile, ComponentWithLinkUsage, ComponentWithNativeRuntime, ComponentWithObjectFiles, ComponentWithOutputs, ComponentWithRuntimeFile, ComponentWithRuntimeUsage, ComponentWithSharedLibrary, ComponentWithStaticLibrary, ComponentWithVariants, CppApplication, CppBinary, CppComponent, CppExecutable, CppLibrary, CppSharedLibrary, CppStaticLibrary, CppTestExecutable, CppTestSuite, ProductionComponent, ProductionCppComponent, ProductionSwiftComponent, SwiftApplication, SwiftBinary, SwiftComponent, SwiftExecutable, SwiftLibrary, SwiftSharedLibrary, SwiftStaticLibrary, SwiftXCTestBinary, SwiftXCTestBundle, SwiftXCTestExecutable, SwiftXCTestSuite, TestComponent, TestSuiteComponent

      @Incubating
      public interface SoftwareComponent
      extends Named

  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.

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.gradle.api.Named

      `Named.Namer`

  - ### Method Summary

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.Named

      `getName`