}

    @Override
    public VariantDerivationStrategy getVariantDerivationStrategy() {
        return NoOpDerivationStrategy.getInstance();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isExternalVariant() {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isComponentMetadataRuleCachingEnabled() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override

        this.resolveState = resolveState;
        this.variantState = variant;
        this.metadata = variant.getMetadata();
        this.isTransitive = metadata.isTransitive() || metadata.isExternalVariant();
        this.selectedByVariantAwareResolution = selectedByVariantAwareResolution;
        this.moduleExclusions = resolveState.getModuleExclusions();

    }

    @Override
    public ImmutableCapabilities getCapabilities() {
        return capabilities;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isExternalVariant() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * The aggregated dependencies, dependency constraints, and excludes for this
     * configuration and all configurations in its hierarchy.
     */

                    lazyConfigDependencies(),
                    dependencyFilter,
                    capabilities == null ? DefaultConfigurationMetadata.this.getRawCapabilities() : capabilities,
                    isExternalVariant()
            );
        }
    }

                writeVariantFiles(variant.getFiles());
                writeVariantCapabilities(variant.getCapabilities());
                encoder.writeBoolean(variant.isExternalVariant());
            }
        }

        private void writeVariantConstraints(ImmutableList<? extends ComponentVariant.DependencyConstraint> constraints) throws IOException {

        attributeContainerSerializer.write(encoder, configuration.getAttributes());
        writeCapabilities(encoder, configuration.getCapabilities());
        encoder.writeBoolean(configuration.isExternalVariant());
    }

    protected Map<String, List<GradleDependencyMetadata>> readVariantDependencies(Decoder decoder) throws IOException {
        int variantsCount = decoder.readSmallInt();