gradle-master/subprojects/dependency-management/src/main/java/org/gradle/internal/component/model/VariantArtifactGraphResolveMetadata.java
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package org.gradle.internal.component.model;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Immutable metadata for the artifacts of a variant instance that is used to perform dependency graph resolution.
 * This is a separate from {@link VariantGraphResolveMetadata} because calculating the artifacts for a variant may be expensive, and is
 * used during graph resolution only in very specific cases.
 *
 * <p>Note: only provides a limited view of the artifact metadata, exposing only that required to perform graph resolution.</p>
 */
public interface VariantArtifactGraphResolveMetadata {
    List<? extends ComponentArtifactMetadata> getArtifacts();
}
