Interface ProviderFactory

@Incubating public interface ProviderFactory
A factory for creating instances of Provider.

An instance of the factory can be injected into a task, plugin or other object by annotating a public constructor or property getter method with javax.inject.Inject. It is also available via Project.getProviders().

Since:
4.0

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    <T> Provider<T>
    provider(Callable<? extends T> value)
    Creates a Provider whose value is calculated using the given Callable.

  • Method Details

    • provider

      <T> Provider<T> provider(Callable<? extends T> value)
      Creates a Provider whose value is calculated using the given Callable.

      The provider is live and will call the Callable each time its value is queried. The Callable may return null, in which case the provider is considered to have no value.

      Parameters:
      value - The java.util.concurrent.Callable use to calculate the value.
      Returns:
      The provider. Never returns null.