src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/repository/LocalRepositoryRule.java

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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.repository;

import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Attribute.attr;
import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Type.STRING;

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleDefinition;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleDefinitionEnvironment;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.RuleClass;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.RuleClass.Builder.RuleClassType;

/**
 * Rule definition for the local_repository rule.
 */
public class LocalRepositoryRule implements RuleDefinition {

  public static final String NAME = "local_repository";

  @Override
  public RuleClass build(RuleClass.Builder builder, RuleDefinitionEnvironment environment) {
    return builder
        /* <!-- #BLAZE_RULE(local_repository).ATTRIBUTE(path) -->
        The path to the local repository's directory.

        <p>This must be a path to the directory containing the repository's
        <i>WORKSPACE</i> file. The path can be either absolute or relative to the main repository's
        <i>WORKSPACE</i> file.</p>
        <!-- #END_BLAZE_RULE.ATTRIBUTE --> */
        .add(attr("path", STRING).mandatory())
        .setWorkspaceOnly()
        .build();
  }

  @Override
  public Metadata getMetadata() {
    return RuleDefinition.Metadata.builder()
        .name(LocalRepositoryRule.NAME)
        .type(RuleClassType.WORKSPACE)
        .ancestors(WorkspaceBaseRule.class)
        .factoryClass(WorkspaceConfiguredTargetFactory.class)
        .build();
  }
}
/*<!-- #FAMILY_SUMMARY -->

<p>
Workspace rules are used to pull in <a href="../external.html">external dependencies</a>, typically
source code located outside the main repository.
</p>

<p><em>Note:</em> besides the native workspace rules, Bazel also embeds various
<a href="../repo/index.html">Starlark workspace rules</a>, in particular those to deal
with git repositories or archives hosted on the web.
</p>

<!-- #END_FAMILY_SUMMARY -->*/

/*<!-- #BLAZE_RULE (NAME = local_repository, TYPE = OTHER, FAMILY = Workspace)[GENERIC_RULE] -->

<p>Allows targets from a local directory to be bound. This means that the current repository can
  use targets defined in this other directory. See the <a href="${link bind_examples}">bind
  section</a> for more details.</p>

<h4 id="local_repository_examples">Examples</h4>

<p>Suppose the current repository is a chat client, rooted at the directory <i>~/chat-app</i>. It
  would like to use an SSL library which is defined in a different repository: <i>~/ssl</i>.  The
  SSL library has a target <code>//src:openssl-lib</code>.</p>

<p>The user can add a dependency on this target by adding the following lines to
  <i>~/chat-app/WORKSPACE</i>:</p>

<pre class="code">
local_repository(
    name = "my-ssl",
    path = "/home/user/ssl",
)
</pre>

<p>Targets would specify <code>@my-ssl//src:openssl-lib</code> as a dependency to depend on this
library.</p>

<!-- #END_BLAZE_RULE -->*/