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

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * Metadata about a component that will override the information obtained when resolving, typically specified by a dependency descriptor.
 * Metadata supplied in this way is applied inconsistently, because multiple dependencies can point to the same component with different
 * override metadata, and only one of these overrides will be used during dependency resolution.
 */
public interface ComponentOverrideMetadata {

    /**
     * If the dependency declared an artifact for the component, return it.
     */
    @Nullable
    IvyArtifactName getArtifact();

    /**
     * If the request originated from a ClientModule, return it. Null otherwise.
     */
    @Nullable
    @Deprecated
    org.gradle.api.artifacts.ClientModule getClientModule();

    /**
     * Return true if the dependency declaration defines this component as changing.
     */
    boolean isChanging();

    /**
     * Return a copy of this override metadata with `isChanging()` set to true.
     */
    ComponentOverrideMetadata withChanging();
}
