DependencyHandler.addProvider example

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Could somebody please give an example of using the addProvider method from DependencyHandler (Gradle API 6.8.3) ?

Thanks!

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dependencies {
    addProvider<String, ExternalModuleDependency>("implementation", provider { "commons-io:commons-io:2.8.0" }) {
    }
}

But I seriously doubt it is meant for direct usage, especially when you can simply do

dependencies {
    implementation(provider { "commons-io:commons-io:2.8.0" })
}

I guess it is more just an implementation detail of the version catalogs feature.