gradle-master/subprojects/core-api/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/artifacts/ResolvedDependency.java
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package org.gradle.api.artifacts;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Information about a resolved dependency.
 */
public interface ResolvedDependency {
    /**
     * Returns the name of the resolved dependency.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the module group of the resolved dependency.
     */
    String getModuleGroup();

    /**
     * Returns the module name of the resolved dependency.
     */
    String getModuleName();

    /**
     * Returns the module version of the resolved dependency.
     */
    String getModuleVersion();

    /**
     * Returns the configuration under which this instance was resolved.
     */
    String getConfiguration();

    /**
     * Returns the module which this resolved dependency belongs to.
     *
     * @return The module.
     */
    ResolvedModuleVersion getModule();

    /**
     * Returns the transitive ResolvedDependency instances of this resolved dependency. Returns never null.
     */
    Set<ResolvedDependency> getChildren();

    /**
     * Returns the ResolvedDependency instances that have this instance as a transitive dependency. Returns never null.
     */
    Set<ResolvedDependency> getParents();

    /**
     * Returns the module artifacts belonging to this ResolvedDependency. A module artifact is an artifact that belongs
     * to a ResolvedDependency independent of a particular parent. Returns never null. 
     */
    Set<ResolvedArtifact> getModuleArtifacts();

    /**
     * Returns the module artifacts belonging to this ResolvedDependency and recursively to its children. Returns never null.
     *
     * @see #getModuleArtifacts()
     */
    Set<ResolvedArtifact> getAllModuleArtifacts();

    /**
     * Returns the artifacts belonging to this ResolvedDependency which it only has for a particular parent. Returns never null.
     *
     * @param parent A parent of the ResolvedDependency. Must not be null.
     * @throws org.gradle.api.InvalidUserDataException If the parent is unknown or null
     */
    Set<ResolvedArtifact> getParentArtifacts(ResolvedDependency parent);

    /**
     * Returns the parent artifacts of this dependency. Never returns null.
     *
     * @param parent A parent of the ResolvedDependency. Must not be null.
     * @throws org.gradle.api.InvalidUserDataException If the parent is unknown or null
     */
    Set<ResolvedArtifact> getArtifacts(ResolvedDependency parent);

    /**
     * Returns the parent artifacts of this dependency and its children. Never returns null.
     *
     * @param parent A parent of the ResolvedDependency. Must not be null.
     * @throws org.gradle.api.InvalidUserDataException If the parent is unknown or null
     */
    Set<ResolvedArtifact> getAllArtifacts(ResolvedDependency parent);
}
