the list of dependencies showing that this layer depends on the other
layer
meaning thisLayer -- depends on --> otherLayer
use regexes to exclude fully qualified class names from the layer
the list of dependents of each package of this layer
specify a source directory for this layer packages
specify a target directory for this layer packages
true if the dependent class of this dependency has its package in this layer
use regexes to include fully qualified class names in the layer
the package names
specify a prefix for this layer packages
The Layer class represent a list of packages.
If those packages share a common prefix, it will be stored in the
prefix
member