# Component
# Component
```
public interface Component extends ComponentIdentity
```
Known direct subclasses
[TestComponent](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/TestComponent),[TestFixtures](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/TestFixtures),[Variant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Variant)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| [TestComponent](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/TestComponent) | |
| [TestFixtures](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/TestFixtures) | |
| [Variant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Variant) | Parent interface for all types of variants. |
Known indirect subclasses
[AndroidTest](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidTest),[ApplicationVariant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/ApplicationVariant),[DynamicFeatureVariant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/DynamicFeatureVariant),[LibraryVariant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/LibraryVariant),[TestVariant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/TestVariant),[UnitTest](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/component/UnitTest),[UnitTest](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/UnitTest)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [AndroidTest](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/AndroidTest) | Properties for the android test Variant of a module. |
| [ApplicationVariant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/ApplicationVariant) | Properties for the main Variant of an application. |
| [DynamicFeatureVariant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/DynamicFeatureVariant) | |
| [LibraryVariant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/LibraryVariant) | [Variant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Variant)for Library projects |
| [TestVariant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/TestVariant) | [Variant](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Variant)for test-only modules. |
| [UnitTest](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/component/UnitTest) | **This interface is deprecated.**Use the com.android.build.api.variant package |
| [UnitTest](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/UnitTest) | |
*** ** * ** ***
## Summary
| ### Public methods |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html) | [getAnnotationProcessorConfiguration](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#getAnnotationProcessorConfiguration())`()` Access to the variant's annotation processor[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html); for example, the debugAnnotationProcessor[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html)for the debug variant. |
| `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[Artifacts](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/artifact/Artifacts) | [getArtifacts](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#getArtifacts())`()` Access to the variant's buildable artifacts for build customization. |
| `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[FileCollection](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/FileCollection.html) | `@`[Incubating](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Incubating.html) [getCompileClasspath](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#getCompileClasspath())`()` Access to the variant's compile classpath. |
| `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html) | [getCompileConfiguration](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#getCompileConfiguration())`()` Access to the variant's compile[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html); for example, the debugCompileClasspath[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html)for the debug variant. |
| `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[Instrumentation](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Instrumentation) | [getInstrumentation](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#getInstrumentation())`()` Access to the variant's instrumentation options. |
| `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[JavaCompilation](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/JavaCompilation) | `@`[Incubating](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Incubating.html) [getJavaCompilation](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#getJavaCompilation())`()` Access to the variant's java compilation options. |
| `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[Provider](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/provider/Provider.html)`<@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[String](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html)`>` | [getNamespace](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#getNamespace())`()` The namespace of the generated R and BuildConfig classes. |
| `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html) | [getRuntimeConfiguration](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#getRuntimeConfiguration())`()` Access to the variant's runtime[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html); for example, the debugRuntimeClasspath[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html)for the debug variant. |
| `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[Sources](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Sources) | [getSources](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#getSources())`()` Access to variant's source files. |
| `abstract void` | ~~[setAsmFramesComputationMode](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#setAsmFramesComputationMode(com.android.build.api.instrumentation.FramesComputationMode))~~`(@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[FramesComputationMode](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/instrumentation/FramesComputationMode)` mode)` **This method is deprecated.**Will be removed in v9.0, use the instrumentation block. |
| `abstract void` | ` `~~[transformClassesWith](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#transformClassesWith(java.lang.Class,com.android.build.api.instrumentation.InstrumentationScope,kotlin.Function1))~~`(` ` @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[Class](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Class.html)`<@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[AsmClassVisitorFactory](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/instrumentation/AsmClassVisitorFactory)`<@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` ParamT>> classVisitorFactoryImplClass,` ` @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[InstrumentationScope](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/instrumentation/InstrumentationScope)` scope,` ` @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` Function1<@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` ParamT, `[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html)`> instrumentationParamsConfig` `)` **This method is deprecated.**Will be removed in v9.0, use the instrumentation block. |
| ### Inherited methods |
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| From[com.android.build.api.variant.ComponentIdentity](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/ComponentIdentity) |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `abstract `[String](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html) | [getBuildType](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/ComponentIdentity#getBuildType())`()` Build type name, might be replaced with access to locked DSL object once ready. | | `abstract `[String](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html) | [getFlavorName](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/ComponentIdentity#getFlavorName())`()` The multi-flavor name of the variant. | | `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[String](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html) | [getName](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/ComponentIdentity#getName())`()` Component's name. | | `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[List](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/List.html)`<@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[Pair](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-pair/index.html)`<@`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[String](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html)`, @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[String](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html)`>>` | [getProductFlavors](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/ComponentIdentity#getProductFlavors())`()` List of flavor names, might be replaced with access to locked DSL objects once ready. | |
## Public methods
### getAnnotationProcessorConfiguration
```
abstract @NonNull Configuration getAnnotationProcessorConfiguration()
```
Access to the variant's annotation processor[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html); for example, the debugAnnotationProcessor[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html)for the debug variant.
The returned[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html)should not be resolved until execution time.
### getArtifacts
```
abstract @NonNull Artifacts getArtifacts()
```
Access to the variant's buildable artifacts for build customization.
### getCompileClasspath
```
@Incubating
abstract @NonNull FileCollection getCompileClasspath()
```
Access to the variant's compile classpath.
The returned[FileCollection](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/file/FileCollection.html)should not be resolved until execution time.
### getCompileConfiguration
```
abstract @NonNull Configuration getCompileConfiguration()
```
Access to the variant's compile[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html); for example, the debugCompileClasspath[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html)for the debug variant.
The returned[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html)should not be resolved until execution time.
### getInstrumentation
```
abstract @NonNull Instrumentation getInstrumentation()
```
Access to the variant's instrumentation options.
### getJavaCompilation
```
@Incubating
abstract @NonNull JavaCompilation getJavaCompilation()
```
Access to the variant's java compilation options.
### getNamespace
```
abstract @NonNull Provider<@NonNull String> getNamespace()
```
The namespace of the generated R and BuildConfig classes. Also, the namespace used to resolve any relative class names that are declared in the AndroidManifest.xml.
### getRuntimeConfiguration
```
abstract @NonNull Configuration getRuntimeConfiguration()
```
Access to the variant's runtime[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html); for example, the debugRuntimeClasspath[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html)for the debug variant.
The returned[Configuration](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration.html)should not be resolved until execution time.
### getSources
```
abstract @NonNull Sources getSources()
```
Access to variant's source files.
### setAsmFramesComputationMode
```
abstract void [setAsmFramesComputationMode](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#setAsmFramesComputationMode(com.android.build.api.instrumentation.FramesComputationMode))(@NonNull FramesComputationMode mode)
```
| **This method is deprecated.**
Will be removed in v9.0, use the instrumentation block.
### transformClassesWith
```
abstract void [transformClassesWith](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/variant/Component#transformClassesWith(java.lang.Class,com.android.build.api.instrumentation.InstrumentationScope,kotlin.Function1))(
@NonNull Class<@NonNull AsmClassVisitorFactory<@NonNull ParamT>> classVisitorFactoryImplClass,
@NonNull InstrumentationScope scope,
@NonNull Function1<@NonNull ParamT, Unit> instrumentationParamsConfig
)
```
| **This method is deprecated.**
| Will be removed in v9.0, use the instrumentation block.