In particular, when the variants are mutual exclusive — i.e. they are *not* feature variants, but different variants offering alternative choices.
One example *all* pom-based libraries already have are the _runtime_ and _compile_ variants, where Gradle can choose only one depending on the task at hand.

 *
 * <p>These are classes instead of interfaces to prevent external subtyping, but should be thought
 * of as interfaces in every important sense. Each public class such as {@link ImmutableSet} is a
 * <i>type</i> offering meaningful behavioral guarantees. This is substantially different from the
 * case of (say) {@link HashSet}, which is an <i>implementation</i>, with semantics that were
 * largely defined by its supertype.
 *

 *
 * <p>These are classes instead of interfaces to prevent external subtyping, but should be thought
 * of as interfaces in every important sense. Each public class such as {@link ImmutableSet} is a
 * <i>type</i> offering meaningful behavioral guarantees. This is substantially different from the
 * case of (say) {@link HashSet}, which is an <i>implementation</i>, with semantics that were
 * largely defined by its supertype.
 *

      and apparatus claims, in any patent Licensable by such Contributor that
      would be infringed, but for the grant of the License, by the making,
      using, selling, offering for sale, having made, import, or transfer of
      either its Contributions or its Contributor Version.

1.12. “Secondary License”

      means either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser

      process, and apparatus claims, in any patent Licensable by such
      Contributor that would be infringed, but for the grant of the License,
      by the making, using, selling, offering for sale, having made, import,
      or transfer of either its Contributions or its Contributor Version.

1.12. "Secondary License"

      means either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser

		return nil
	}

	// Never resume a session for a different TLS version.
	if c.vers != sessionState.version {
		return nil
	}

	cipherSuiteOk := false
	// Check that the client is still offering the ciphersuite in the session.
	for _, id := range hs.clientHello.cipherSuites {
		if id == sessionState.cipherSuite {
			cipherSuiteOk = true
			break
		}
	}
	if !cipherSuiteOk {
		return nil
	}

which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the
executable.

If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access
to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy
the source code from the same place counts as distribution of the source
code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source
along with the object code.

[NOTE]
====
As indicated above, this plugin adds basic building blocks for working with JVM projects.
Its feature set has been superseded by other plugins, offering more features based on your project type.
Instead of applying it directly to your project, you should look into the `java-library` or `application` plugins or one of the supported alternative JVM language.
====