org.gradle.api (Gradle API 2.0)

Interface Summary
Interface	Description
Action<T>	Performs some action against objects of type T.
Buildable	A `Buildable` represents an artifact or set of artifacts which are built by one or more `Task` instances.
DomainObjectCollection<T>	A `DomainObjectCollection` is a specialised `Collection` that adds the ability to modification notifications and live filtered sub collections.
DomainObjectSet<T>	A `DomainObjectSet` is a specialisation of `DomainObjectCollection` that guarantees `Set` semantics.
ExtensiblePolymorphicDomainObjectContainer<T>	A `PolymorphicDomainObjectContainer` that can be extended at runtime to create elements of new types.
Named	Types can implement this interface and use the embedded `Named.Namer` implementation, to satisfy API that calls for a namer.
NamedDomainObjectCollection<T>	A `NamedDomainObjectCollection` represents a collection of domain objects that have an inherent, constant, name.
NamedDomainObjectContainer<T>	A named domain object container is a specialisation of `NamedDomainObjectSet` that adds the ability to create instances of the element type.
NamedDomainObjectFactory<T>	A factory for named objects of type `T`.
NamedDomainObjectList<T>	A specialisation of `NamedDomainObjectCollection` that also implements `List`.
NamedDomainObjectSet<T>	A specialisation of `NamedDomainObjectCollection` that also implements `Set` and orders objects by their inherent name.
Namer<T>	A namer is capable of providing a name based on some inherent characteristic of an object.
Plugin<T>	A `Plugin` represents an extension to Gradle.
PolymorphicDomainObjectContainer<T>	A `NamedDomainObjectContainer` that allows to create domain objects with different types.
Project	This interface is the main API you use to interact with Gradle from your build file.
ProjectEvaluationListener	An `ProjectEvaluationListener` is notified when a project is evaluated.
ProjectState	`ProjectState` provides information about the execution state of a project.
Rule	A `Rule` represents some action to perform when an unknown domain object is referenced.
Script	This interface is implemented by all Gradle scripts to add in some Gradle-specific methods.
Task	A `Task` represents a single atomic piece of work for a build, such as compiling classes or generating javadoc.
Transformer<OUT,IN>	A `Transformer` transforms objects of type.
XmlProvider	Provides various ways to access the content of an XML document.

Class Summary
Class	Description
AntBuilder	An `AntBuilder` allows you to use Ant from your build script.
DefaultTask	`DefaultTask` is the standard `Task` implementation.
Named.Namer	An implementation of the namer interface for objects implementing the named interface.
Namer.Comparator<T>	A comparator implementation based on the names returned by the given namer.
Task.Namer	A `Namer` namer for tasks that returns `Task.getName()`.

Enum Summary
Enum Description

JavaVersion
An enumeration of Java versions.

PathValidation
An enumeration for describing validation policies for file paths.

Enum Summary
Enum	Description
JavaVersion	An enumeration of Java versions.
PathValidation	An enumeration for describing validation policies for file paths.

Exception Summary
Exception	Description
CircularReferenceException	A `CircularReferenceException` is thrown if circular references exists between tasks, the project evaluation order or the project dependsOn order.
GradleException	`GradleException` is the base class of all exceptions thrown by Gradle.
GradleScriptException	A `GradleScriptException` is thrown when an exception occurs in the compilation or execution of a script.
IllegalDependencyNotation	This exceptions is thrown, if a dependency is declared with a illegal notation.
InvalidActionClosureException	Thrown when a `Closure` is given as an `Action` implementation, but has the wrong signature.
InvalidUserCodeException	A `InvalidUserCodeException` is thrown when user-provided code cannot be executed.
InvalidUserDataException	A `InvalidUserDataException` is thrown, if a user is providing illegal data for the build.
ProjectConfigurationException	Indicates a problem that occurs during project configuration (evaluation) phase.
UncheckedIOException	`UncheckedIOException` is used to wrap an `IOException` into an unchecked exception.
UnknownDomainObjectException	A `UnknownDomainObjectException` is the super class of all exceptions thrown when a given domain object cannot be located.
UnknownProjectException	An `UnknownProjectException` is thrown when a project referenced by path cannot be found.
UnknownTaskException	An `UnknownTaskException` is thrown when a task referenced by path cannot be found.

Annotation Types Summary
Annotation Type	Description
Incubating	Indicates that a feature is incubating.
NonExtensible	Indicates that the type, when DSL enhanced, does not support extensibility.
Nullable	Indicates that the value of an element can be null.

Package org.gradle.api Description

Start Here: Gradle's Project API, which is available from your build files. The API used from your build files is made up of 2 main interfaces: