# Buildable

API Documentation: | `Buildable`

Known Subtypes: |
`TextResource`
`IvyArtifact`
`MavenArtifact`

A `Buildable` represents an artifact or set of artifacts which are built by one or more `Task` instances.

### Properties

Property | Description
`buildDependencies` | Returns a dependency which contains the tasks which build this artifact. All `Buildable` implementations must ensure that the returned dependency object is live, so that it tracks changes to the dependencies of this buildable.

### Methods

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### Script blocks

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### Property details

#### `TaskDependency` `buildDependencies` (read-only)

Returns a dependency which contains the tasks which build this artifact. All `Buildable` implementations must ensure that the returned dependency object is live, so that it tracks changes to the dependencies of this buildable.