Artifact

public abstract class Artifact<T extends FileSystemLocation> implements Serializable

Known direct subclasses

Artifact.Multiple, Artifact.Single

Artifact.Multiple	Denotes possible multiple FileSystemLocation instances for this artifact type.
Artifact.Single	Denotes a single FileSystemLocation instance of this artifact type at a given time.

Known indirect subclasses

MultipleArtifact.MULTIDEX_KEEP_PROGUARD, MultipleArtifact.NATIVE_DEBUG_METADATA, MultipleArtifact.NATIVE_SYMBOL_TABLES, MultipleArtifact, ScopedArtifact.CLASSES, ScopedArtifact.JAVA_RES, ScopedArtifact, SingleArtifact.AAR, SingleArtifact.APK_FROM_BUNDLE, SingleArtifact.APK, SingleArtifact.ASSETS, SingleArtifact.BUNDLE, SingleArtifact.MERGED_MANIFEST, SingleArtifact.MERGED_NATIVE_LIBS, SingleArtifact.METADATA_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES_REPORT, SingleArtifact.OBFUSCATION_MAPPING_FILE, SingleArtifact.PUBLIC_ANDROID_RESOURCES_LIST, SingleArtifact

MultipleArtifact.MULTIDEX_KEEP_PROGUARD	Text files with additional ProGuard rules to be used to determine which classes are compiled into the main dex file.
MultipleArtifact.NATIVE_DEBUG_METADATA	Directories with native debug metadata
MultipleArtifact.NATIVE_SYMBOL_TABLES	Directories with debug symbol table
MultipleArtifact	Public Artifact for Android Gradle plugin.
ScopedArtifact.CLASSES	.class files, result of sources compilation and/or external dependencies depending on the scope
ScopedArtifact.JAVA_RES
ScopedArtifact	List of ScopedArtifacts.Scope artifacts.
SingleArtifact.AAR	The final AAR file as it would be published.
SingleArtifact.APK_FROM_BUNDLE	Universal APK that contains assets for all screen densities.
SingleArtifact.APK	Directory where APK files will be located.
SingleArtifact.ASSETS	Assets that will be packaged in the resulting APK or Bundle.
SingleArtifact.BUNDLE	The final Bundle ready for consumption at Play Store.
SingleArtifact.MERGED_MANIFEST	Merged manifest file that will be used in the APK, Bundle and InstantApp packages.
SingleArtifact.MERGED_NATIVE_LIBS	The directory containing all the native library (.so) files that will be packaged in the APK, AAR, or Bundle.
SingleArtifact.METADATA_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES_REPORT	The metadata for the library dependencies.
SingleArtifact.OBFUSCATION_MAPPING_FILE
SingleArtifact.PUBLIC_ANDROID_RESOURCES_LIST	A file containing the list of public resources exported by a library project.
SingleArtifact	Public Artifact for Android Gradle plugin.

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Defines a type of artifact handled by the Android Gradle Plugin.

Each instance of Artifact is produced by a org.gradle.api.Task and potentially consumed by any number of tasks.

An artifact can potentially be produced by more than one task (each task acting in an additive behavior), but consumers must be aware when more than one artifact can be present, implementing the Multiple interface will indicate such requirement.

An artifact must be one of the supported ArtifactKind and must be provided when the constructor is called. ArtifactKind also defines the specific FileSystemLocation subclass used.

Summary

Nested types
public interface Artifact.Appendable Denotes an artifact type that can be appended to.
public enum Artifact.Category extends Enum Defines the kind of artifact type. this will be used to determine the output file location for instance.
public interface Artifact.ContainsMany Denotes a single DIRECTORY that may contain zero to many com.android.build.api.variant.BuiltArtifact.
public abstract class Artifact.Multiple<FileTypeT extends FileSystemLocation> extends Artifact Denotes possible multiple FileSystemLocation instances for this artifact type.
public interface Artifact.Replaceable Denotes an artifact type that can be replaced.
public abstract class Artifact.Single<FileTypeT extends FileSystemLocation> extends Artifact Denotes a single FileSystemLocation instance of this artifact type at a given time.
public interface Artifact.Transformable Denotes an artifact type that can transformed.

Public fields
static final @NonNull ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY	DIRECTORY ArtifactKind for Directory
static final @NonNull ArtifactKind.FILE	FILE ArtifactKind for RegularFile

Public constructors
<T extends FileSystemLocation> Artifact(     @NonNull ArtifactKind<@NonNull T> kind,     @NonNull Artifact.Category category )

Public methods
final @NonNull Artifact.Category	getCategory()
@NonNull String	getFileSystemLocationName()
@NonNull String	getFolderName()
final @NonNull ArtifactKind<@NonNull T>	getKind()
final @NonNull String	name() Provide a unique name for the artifact type.

Public fields

DIRECTORY

public static final @NonNull ArtifactKind.DIRECTORY DIRECTORY

ArtifactKind for Directory

FILE

public static final @NonNull ArtifactKind.FILE FILE

ArtifactKind for RegularFile

Public constructors

Artifact

public <T extends FileSystemLocation> Artifact(
    @NonNull ArtifactKind<@NonNull T> kind,
    @NonNull Artifact.Category category
)

Public methods

getCategory

public final @NonNull Artifact.Category getCategory()

getFileSystemLocationName

public @NonNull String getFileSystemLocationName()

Returns
@NonNull String	Depending on T, returns the file name of the folder under the variant-specific folder or an empty string to use defaults.

getFolderName

public @NonNull String getFolderName()

Returns
@NonNull String	The folder name under which the artifact files or folders should be stored.

getKind

public final @NonNull ArtifactKind<@NonNull T> getKind()

name

public final @NonNull String name()

Provide a unique name for the artifact type. For external plugins defining new types, consider adding the plugin name to the artifact's name to avoid collision with other plugins.