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

import org.gradle.api.Action;
import org.gradle.api.Incubating;
import org.gradle.api.Named;
import org.gradle.api.attributes.HasConfigurableAttributes;
import org.gradle.internal.HasInternalProtocol;

import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Represents some variant of an outgoing configuration.
 *
 * @since 3.3
 */
@HasInternalProtocol
public interface ConfigurationVariant extends Named, HasConfigurableAttributes<ConfigurationVariant> {
    /**
     * Returns an optional note describing this variant.
     *
     * @since 7.5
     */
    @Incubating
    Optional<String> getDescription();

    /**
     * Returns the artifacts associated with this variant.
     */
    PublishArtifactSet getArtifacts();

    /**
     * Adds an artifact to this variant.
     *
     * <p>See {@link org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.ArtifactHandler} for details of the supported notations.
     */
    void artifact(Object notation);

    /**
     * Adds an artifact to this variant, configuring it using the given action.
     *
     * <p>See {@link org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.ArtifactHandler} for details of the supported notations.
     */
    void artifact(Object notation, Action<? super ConfigurablePublishArtifact> configureAction);
}
