# SigningExtension

API Documentation: | `SigningExtension`

The global signing configuration for a project.

### Properties

Property | Description
`required` | Whether this task should fail if no signatory or signature type are configured at generation time.
`signatory` | The signatory that will be used for signing when an explicit signatory has not been specified.
`signatureType` | The signature type that will be used for signing files when an explicit signature type has not been specified.

### Methods

Method | Description
`sign(closure)` | Creates a new `SignOperation` using the given closure to configure it before executing it.
`sign(files)` | Digitally signs the files, generating signature files alongside them.
`sign(classifier, files)` | Digitally signs the files, generating signature files alongside them.
`sign(setup)` | Incubating Creates a new `SignOperation` using the given action to configure it before executing it.
`sign(publications)` | Creates signing tasks that sign all publishable artifacts of the given publication collection.
`sign(tasks)` | Creates signing tasks that depend on and sign the "archive" produced by the given tasks.
`sign(configurations)` | Creates signing tasks that sign `Configuration.getAllArtifacts()` of the given configurations.
`sign(publishArtifacts)` | Digitally signs the publish artifacts, generating signature files alongside them.
`sign(publications)` | Creates signing tasks that sign all publishable artifacts of the given publications.

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### Property details

#### `boolean` `required`

Whether this task should fail if no signatory or signature type are configured at generation time.

Defaults to `true`.

#### `Signatory` `signatory` (read-only)

The signatory that will be used for signing when an explicit signatory has not been specified.

Delegates to the signatory provider's default signatory.

#### `SignatureType` `signatureType` (read-only)

The signature type that will be used for signing files when an explicit signature type has not been specified.

Delegates to the signature type provider's default type.

### Method details

#### `SignOperation` `sign`(``Closure`<?>` closure)

Creates a new `SignOperation` using the given closure to configure it before executing it.

The project's default signatory and default signature type from the `SigningExtension` will be used to generate the signature. The returned `SignOperation` gives access to the created signature files.

If there is no configured default signatory available (and one is not explicitly specified in this operation's configuration), the sign operation will fail.

#### `SignOperation` `sign`(``File`...` files)

Digitally signs the files, generating signature files alongside them.

The project's default signatory and default signature type from the `SigningExtension` will be used to generate the signature. The returned `SignOperation` gives access to the created signature files.

If there is no configured default signatory available, the sign operation will fail.

#### `SignOperation` `sign`(`String` classifier, ``File`...` files)

Digitally signs the files, generating signature files alongside them.

The project's default signatory and default signature type from the `SigningExtension` will be used to generate the signature. The returned `SignOperation` gives access to the created signature files.

If there is no configured default signatory available, the sign operation will fail.

#### `SignOperation` `sign`(``Action`<`SignOperation`>` setup)

Note: This method is incubating and may change in a future version of Gradle.

Creates a new `SignOperation` using the given action to configure it before executing it.

The project's default signatory and default signature type from the `SigningExtension` will be used to generate the signature. The returned `SignOperation` gives access to the created signature files.

If there is no configured default signatory available (and one is not explicitly specified in this operation's configuration), the sign operation will fail.

#### ``List`<`Sign`>` `sign`(``DomainObjectCollection`<`Publication`>` publications)

Creates signing tasks that sign all publishable artifacts of the given publication collection.

The created tasks will be named "sign<publication name capitalized>Publication". That is, given a publication with the name "mavenJava" the created task will be named "signMavenJavaPublication". The signature artifacts for the created tasks are added to the publishable artifacts of the given publications.

#### ``List`<`Sign`>` `sign`(``Task`...` tasks)

Creates signing tasks that depend on and sign the "archive" produced by the given tasks.

The created tasks will be named "sign<input task name capitalized>". That is, given a task with the name "jar" the created task will be named "signJar".

If the task is not an `AbstractArchiveTask`, an `InvalidUserDataException` will be thrown.

The signature artifact for the created task is added to the `SigningExtension.getConfiguration()`.

#### ``List`<`Sign`>` `sign`(``Configuration`...` configurations)

Creates signing tasks that sign `Configuration.getAllArtifacts()` of the given configurations.

The created tasks will be named "sign<configuration name capitalized>". That is, given a configuration with the name "archives" the created task will be named "signArchives". The signature artifacts for the created tasks are added to the `SigningExtension.getConfiguration()` for this settings object.

#### `SignOperation` `sign`(``PublishArtifact`...` publishArtifacts)

Digitally signs the publish artifacts, generating signature files alongside them.

The project's default signatory and default signature type from the `SigningExtension` will be used to generate the signature. The returned `SignOperation` gives access to the created signature files.

If there is no configured default signatory available, the sign operation will fail.

#### ``List`<`Sign`>` `sign`(``Publication`...` publications)

Creates signing tasks that sign all publishable artifacts of the given publications.

The created tasks will be named "sign<publication name capitalized>Publication". That is, given a publication with the name "mavenJava" the created task will be named "signMavenJavaPublication". The signature artifacts for the created tasks are added to the publishable artifacts of the given publications.