Package org.gradle.plugin.use

Interface PluginDependencySpec

public interface PluginDependencySpec

A mutable specification of a dependency on a plugin.

Can be used to specify the version of the plugin to use.

See PluginDependenciesSpec for more information about declaring plugin dependencies.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PluginDependencySpec	apply(boolean apply)	Specifies whether the plugin should be applied to the current project.
PluginDependencySpec	version(String version)	Specify the version of the plugin to depend on.

Method Detail

version

PluginDependencySpec version(@Nullable
                             String version)

Specify the version of the plugin to depend on.

 plugins {
     id "org.company.myplugin" version "1.0"
 }
 

By default, dependencies have no (i.e. null) version.

Core plugins must not include a version number specification. Community plugins must include a version number specification.

Parameters:

version - the version string (null for no specified version, which is the default)

Returns:

this

apply

PluginDependencySpec apply(boolean apply)

Specifies whether the plugin should be applied to the current project. Otherwise it is only put on the project's classpath.

This is useful when reusing classes from a plugin or to apply a plugin to sub-projects:

 plugins {
     id "org.company.myplugin" version "1.0" apply false
 }

 subprojects {
     if (someCondition) {
         apply plugin: "org.company.myplugin"
     }
 }
 

Parameters:

apply - whether to apply the plugin to the current project or not. Defaults to true

Returns:

this