Package org.gradle.api

## Interface Buildable

- All Known Subinterfaces:
    `ApplicationBinarySpec`, `AssemblerSourceSet`, `BinarySpec`, `BuildableComponentSpec`, `ConfigurableFileCollection`, `ConfigurableFileTree`, `ConfigurablePublishArtifact`, `Configuration`, `CppSourceSet`, `CSourceSet`, `CUnitTestSuiteBinarySpec`, `DependencySet`, `DependentSourceSet`, `DependentSourceSet`, `FileCollection`, `FileCollectionDependency`, `FileTree`, `GoogleTestTestSuiteBinarySpec`, `HeaderExportingSourceSet`, `IvyArtifact`, `LanguageSourceSet`, `LibraryBinarySpec`, `MavenArtifact`, `NativeBinarySpec`, `NativeExecutableBinarySpec`, `NativeLibraryBinarySpec`, `NativeResourceSet`, `NativeTestSuiteBinarySpec`, `ObjectiveCppSourceSet`, `ObjectiveCSourceSet`, `ProjectDependency`, `PublicationArtifact`, `PublishArtifact`, `PublishArtifactSet`, `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

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `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.