In the following example, the build file defines `OpenSSL` as a dependency of `libUtil` and `libUtil` as a dependency of `LinuxApp` and `WindowsApp`. Test suites are treated similarly. Dependents can be thought of as reverse dependencies.

.Dependent Components Example
image::nativeDependents.png[]

        public final synchronized void stop() {
            try {
                if (instance != null) {
                    CompositeStoppable.stoppable(dependents).add(instance).stop();
                }
            } finally {
                dependents.clear();
                instance = null;
            }
        }
    }

// DeletionPropagation decides if a deletion will propagate to the dependents of
// the object, and how the garbage collector will handle the propagation.
type DeletionPropagation string

const (
	// Orphans the dependents.
	DeletePropagationOrphan DeletionPropagation = "Orphan"
	// Deletes the object from the key-value store, the garbage collector will
	// delete the dependents in the background.

Method <org.gradle.api.reporting.dependents.DependentComponentsReport.getComponents()> does not have raw return type assignable to org.gradle.api.provider.Property in (DependentComponentsReport.java:0)

  // metadata.finalizers and the resource-specific default policy.
  // Acceptable values are: 'Orphan' - orphan the dependents; 'Background' -
  // allow the garbage collector to delete the dependents in the background;
  // 'Foreground' - a cascading policy that deletes all dependents in the
  // foreground.
  // +optional
  optional string propagationPolicy = 4;

  // metadata.finalizers and the resource-specific default policy.
  // Acceptable values are: 'Orphan' - orphan the dependents; 'Background' -
  // allow the garbage collector to delete the dependents in the background;
  // 'Foreground' - a cascading policy that deletes all dependents in the
  // foreground.
  // +optional
  optional string propagationPolicy = 4;

    def "dependency of dependency of finalizer is scheduled when another task depends on the dependency"() {
        given:
        Task dependencyOfDependency = task("dependencyOfDependency", type: Async)
        Task dependency = task("dependency", type: Async, dependsOn: [dependencyOfDependency])
        Task finalizer = task("finalizer", type: Async, dependsOn: [dependency])

        def configuration = conf()
        def dependency = Mock(Dependency)
        def projectDependency = Mock(ProjectDependency.class);

        when:
        configuration.dependencies.add(dependency)
        configuration.dependencies.add(projectDependency)

        then:
        configuration.dependencies as Set == [dependency, projectDependency] as Set

dependency-management-dependency-insight-report-build-scan.png...

dependency-dynamic-versions.png...