* <p>
 * These extension methods allow an interface to implement a dependencies block in the Groovy DSL by
 * <ul>
 * <li>exposing an instance of {@link DependencyCollector} to add dependencies without explicitly calling {@link DependencyCollector#add(Dependency)}</li>

            import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyCollector;
            import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.Dependencies;
            import org.gradle.declarative.dsl.model.annotations.Restricted;

            @Restricted
            public interface DependenciesExtension extends Dependencies {
                DependencyCollector getSomething();
                DependencyCollector getSomethingElse();
            }
        """

    }

    @Override
    public RegularFileProperty fileProperty() {
        return filePropertyFactory.newFileProperty();
    }

    @Override
    public DependencyCollector dependencyCollector() {
        return newInstance(DefaultDependencyCollector.class);
    }

    @Override
    public <T> NamedDomainObjectContainer<T> domainObjectContainer(Class<T> elementType) {

            @Restricted
            public interface ApplicationDependencies extends Dependencies {
                DependencyCollector getImplementation();
                DependencyCollector getRuntimeOnly();
                DependencyCollector getCompileOnly();
            }
        """

        def javaSourceDir = new File(jvmPluginDir, 'src/main/java/org/gradle/api/experimental/java')
        javaSourceDir.mkdirs()

            import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyCollector;
            import org.gradle.declarative.dsl.model.annotations.Restricted;


            @Restricted
            public interface LibraryDependencies extends Dependencies {

                DependencyCollector getApi();

                DependencyCollector getImplementation();

                DependencyCollector getRuntimeOnly();

        return result;
    }

    private DependencyCollector dependencyCollector;

    public final DependencyCollector getDependencyCollector() {
        checkClosed();
        if (dependencyCollector == null) {
            dependencyCollector = createDependencyCollector();
        }
        return dependencyCollector;
    }

    protected DependencyCollector createDependencyCollector() {

        return result;
    }

    private DependencyCollector dependencyCollector;

    public final DependencyCollector getDependencyCollector() {
        checkClosed();
        if (dependencyCollector == null) {
            dependencyCollector = createDependencyCollector();
        }
        return dependencyCollector;
    }

    protected DependencyCollector createDependencyCollector() {

     */
    RegularFileProperty fileProperty();

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link DependencyCollector} used for declaring dependencies.
     *
     * <strong>Avoid this method if possible and use managed object instantiation instead.</strong>
     *
     * @since 8.6
     */
    @Incubating
    DependencyCollector dependencyCollector();

            abstract class MyDependencies implements Dependencies, ${TestFixturesDependencyModifiers.class.name}, ${PlatformDependencyModifiers.class.name}, ${GradleDependencies.class.name} {
                abstract DependencyCollector getTestingCollector()

                void call(Closure closure) {
                    ${ConfigureUtil.class.name}.configure(closure, this)
                }
            }

[[sec:differences_with_top_level_dependencies]]
=== Differences between the custom `dependencies` and the top-level `dependencies` blocks

Each dependency scope returns a link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyCollector.html[`DependencyCollector`] that provides strongly-typed methods to add and configure dependencies.