gradle-master/subprojects/core/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/component/SoftwareComponentInternal.java
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package org.gradle.api.internal.component;

import org.gradle.api.component.SoftwareComponent;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * This will be replaced by {@link org.gradle.api.component.ComponentWithVariants} and other public APIs.
 */
public interface SoftwareComponentInternal extends SoftwareComponent {
    /**
     * This should be called {@code getVariants} and return a set of {@link org.gradle.api.component.SoftwareComponentVariant}s,
     * though this is currently used by KMP due to there being a missing public API. However, renaming is
     * difficult since {@link org.gradle.api.component.ComponentWithVariants} already defines a {@code getVariants} method.
     * The existing {@code getVariants} method however is misnamed and should probably be called {@code getChildren}, and its
     * interface called {@code ComponentWithChildren}. The existing {@code ComponentWithVariants} actually defines an API for
     * declaring child components, which contribute their variants as defined by this method, as remote variants in GMM.
     * <p>
     * This method and {@link UsageContext} should both be deprecated in favor of a new public API.
     */
    Set<? extends UsageContext> getUsages();

    default void finalizeValue() {}
}
