ComponentMetadataHandler

Allows to modify the metadata of depended-on software components.

Example:

dependencies {
    components {
        //triggered during dependency resolution, for each component:
        eachComponent { ComponentMetadataDetails details ->
            if (details.id.group == "org.foo") {
                def version = details.id.version
                // assuming status is last part of version string
                details.status = version.substring(version.lastIndexOf("-") + 1)
                details.statusScheme = ["bronze", "silver", "gold", "platinum"]
            }
        }

        //Configuring component module metadata for the entire "google-collections" module,
        // declaring that legacy library was replaced with "guava".
        //This way, Gradle's conflict resolution can use this information and use "guava"
        // in case both libraries appear in the same dependency tree.
        module("com.google.collections:google-collections").replacedBy("com.google.guava:guava")
    }
}