gradle
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# ProblemCategory

@Incubating
interface ProblemCategory(source)

A hierarchical representation for a particular problem type.

A category object follows a pattern similar to URNs, it has a namespace, a main category and a subcategory.

The namespace contains information about the origin of the problem: whether it comes from the Gradle core runtime, or from a third-party plugin. For example, `deprecation`, or `compilation` is a main category.

Subcategories can be an arbitrary list of strings, that ideally serve as a unique identifier. To use compilation as an example, `[java, unused-variable]` would be a subcategory, that along with the `[compilation]` main category, denotes a particular compiler warning. The exact definition of subcategories depends on the problem's domain.

## Functions

getCategory
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abstract fun getCategory(): String
The main problem category.
getNamespace
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abstract fun getNamespace(): String
Returns the namespace.
getSubcategories
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abstract fun getSubcategories(): List<String>
The problem's subcategories.