# Package org.gradle.tooling

package org.gradle.tooling
The main interfaces and classes of the Gradle tooling API.

Related Packages
Package
Description
org.gradle
Classes for embedding Gradle.
org.gradle.tooling.events
The interfaces and classes related to registering for event notifications and listening to dispatched events.
org.gradle.tooling.exceptions
Exceptions thrown when using the tooling API.
org.gradle.tooling.model
The general-purpose tooling model types, provided by the tooling API.
Class
Description
BuildAction<T>
An action that executes against a Gradle build and produces a result of type `T`.
BuildActionExecuter<T>
Used to execute a `BuildAction` in the build process.
BuildActionFailureException
Thrown when a `BuildAction` fails.
BuildCancelledException
Thrown when a `LongRunningOperation` is cancelled before the operation completes.
BuildController
Provides a `BuildAction` various ways to control a Gradle build and access information about the build.
BuildException
Thrown when a Gradle build fails or when a model cannot be built.
BuildLauncher
A `BuildLauncher` allows you to configure and execute a Gradle build.
CancellationToken
Token that propagates notification that an operation should be cancelled.
CancellationTokenSource
A `CancellationTokenSource` allows you to issue cancellation requests to one or more `LongRunningOperation` instances.
ConfigurableLauncher<T extends ConfigurableLauncher>
A `ConfigurableLauncher` allows you to configure a long running operation.
Failure
Represents a failure.
GradleConnectionException
Thrown when there is some problem using a Gradle connection.
GradleConnector
A `GradleConnector` is the main entry point to the Gradle tooling API.
ListenerFailedException
Thrown whenever a listener fails with an exception, which in general implies that the build completed like it should, but that one of the listeners failed with an exception.
LongRunningOperation
Offers ways to communicate both ways with a Gradle operation, be it building a model or running tasks.
ModelBuilder<T>
A `ModelBuilder` allows you to fetch a snapshot of some model for a project or a build.
ProgressEvent
Some information about a piece of work of a long running operation.
ProgressListener
A listener which is notified as some long running operation makes progress.
ProjectConnection
Represents a long-lived connection to a Gradle project.
ResultHandler<T>
A handler for an asynchronous operation which returns an object of type T.
TestExecutionException
Thrown when the `TestLauncher` cannot run tests, or when one or more tests fail.
TestLauncher
A `TestLauncher` allows you to execute tests in a Gradle build.
UnknownModelException
Thrown when the client is trying to acquire a model that is unknown to the Tooling API.
UnsupportedVersionException
Thrown when the target Gradle version does not support a particular feature.