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All Superinterfaces:

Named

All Known Subinterfaces:

PlayDistribution
```
@Incubating
public interface Distribution
extends Named
```
A distribution allow to bundle an application or a library including dependencies,sources...

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.gradle.api.Named
  Named.Namer

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`CopySpec`	`contents(Action<? super CopySpec> action)` Configures the contents of the distribution.
`String`	`getBaseName()` The baseName of the distribution, used in naming the distribution archives.
`CopySpec`	`getContents()` The contents of the distribution.
`String`	`getName()` The name of this distribution.
`void`	`setBaseName(String baseName)` The baseName of the distribution.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    The name of this distribution.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getName in interface Named
    
    Returns:
    The name. Never null.
  - getBaseName
```
String getBaseName()
```
    The baseName of the distribution, used in naming the distribution archives.
    If the getName() of this distribution is "main" this defaults to the project's name. Otherwise it is "$project.name-$this.name".
  - setBaseName
```
void setBaseName(String baseName)
```
    The baseName of the distribution.
    Set to change the name of the distribution archives.
  - getContents
```
CopySpec getContents()
```
    The contents of the distribution.
  - contents
```
CopySpec contents(Action<? super CopySpec> action)
```
    Configures the contents of the distribution.
    Can be used to configure the contents of the distribution:
```
 apply plugin: "distribution"
 distributions {
     main {
         contents {
             from "src/readme"
         }
     }
 }
 
```
    The DSL inside the contents\{} block is the same DSL used for Copy tasks.

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