【构建工具】gradle中api、implementation和compile的区别

Configuration name	Role	Consumable?	Resolvable?	Description
api	Declaring API dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are transitively exported to consumers, for compile.
implementation	Declaring implementation dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are purely internal and not meant to be exposed to consumers.
compileOnly	Declaring compile only dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are only required at compile time, but should not leak into the runtime. This typically includes dependencies which are shaded when found at runtime.
runtimeOnly	Declaring runtime dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are only required at runtime, and not at compile time.
testImplementation	Test dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are used to compile tests.
testCompileOnly	Declaring test compile only dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are only required at test compile time, but should not leak into the runtime. This typically includes dependencies which are shaded when found at runtime.
testRuntimeOnly	Declaring test runtime dependencies	no	no	This is where you should declare dependencies which are only required at test runtime, and not at test compile time.

 

看起来这三个关键字的作用是一样的，那么，他们到底有什么区别呢？
     api和compile关键字作用效果是一样的，使用时可以互相替换。实际上，api关键字是用来替代compile关键字的，因为compile关键字将来会被弃用。在高版本的gradle，使用compile关键字会报错并提示使用api关键字代替 。api或compile关键字引用的包对于其他module来说是可见的，而implementation关键字引用的包对于其他module来说是不可见的。

https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/java_library_plugin.html