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package org.gradle.platform.base;

/**
 * Interface for a dependency spec builder. Implementations are required to return
 * immutable dependency specs.
 */
public interface DependencySpecBuilder extends DependencySpec {
    /**
     * Narrows this dependency specification down to a specific project.
     *
     * @param path the project path
     *
     * @return this instance
     */
    DependencySpecBuilder project(String path);

    /**
     * Narrows this dependency specification down to a specific library.
     *
     * @param name the library name
     *
     * @return this instance
     */
    DependencySpecBuilder library(String name);

    /**
     * Builds a concrete immutable {@link DependencySpec} instance.
     *
     * @return an immutable dependency specification
     */
    DependencySpec build();
}
