- the <<declaring_dependencies.adoc#sec:resolvable-consumable-configs,outgoing configuration>> that is used as a variant source
- a customization action which allows you to _filter_ which variants are going to be published

To utilise these methods, you must make sure that the `SoftwareComponent` you work with is itself an `AdhocComponentWithVariants`, which is the case for the components created by the Java plugins (Java, Java Library, Java Platform).

    builds, dependency management, documentation creation, site
    publication, and distribution publication are all controlled from
    the declarative file. Maven can be extended by plugins to utilise a
    number of other development tools for reporting or the build
    process.</description>
  <url>https://maven.apache.org/ref/${project.version}/</url>
  <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>

  <contributors>

comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model: builds, dependency management, documentation creation, site publication, and distribution publication are all controlled from the declarative file. Maven can be extended by plugins to utilise a number of other development tools for reporting or the build process. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG https://maven.apache.org/mailing-lists.html https://maven.apache.org/download.html Java http://projects.apache.org/category/build-management...

A dedicated API `setStatus(value)` is available for this.
To modify another attribute for all variants of a component `withAllVariants { attributes {} }` should be utilised instead.

A module's status is taken into consideration when a <<single_versions.adoc#single-version-declarations,_latest_ version selector>> is resolved.

          <type>String</type>
        </field>
      </fields>
    </class>
    <class>
      <name>Extension</name>
      <version>4.0.0+</version>
      <description>Describes a build extension to utilise.</description>
      <fields>
        <field>
          <name>groupId</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>The group ID of the extension's artifact.</description>