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package org.gradle.api.artifacts;

import org.gradle.api.Incubating;
import org.gradle.api.artifacts.component.ModuleComponentIdentifier;
import org.gradle.internal.HasInternalProtocol;

/***
 * Represents a tuple of the component selector of a module and a candidate version
 * to be evaluated in a component selection rule.
 */
@HasInternalProtocol
@Incubating
public interface ComponentSelection {
    /**
     * Gets the candidate version of the module.
     *
     * @return the candidate version of the module
     */
    ModuleComponentIdentifier getCandidate();

    /**
     * Rejects the candidate for the resolution.
     *
     * @param reason The reason the candidate was rejected.
     */
    void reject(String reason);
}
