src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/ConfiguredTarget.java

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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis;

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.config.BuildConfiguration;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.Target;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * A {@link ConfiguredTarget} is conceptually a {@link TransitiveInfoCollection} coupled
 * with the {@link Target} and {@link BuildConfiguration} objects it was created from.
 *
 * <p>This interface is supposed to only be used in {@link BuildView} and above. In particular,
 * rule implementations should not be able to access the {@link ConfiguredTarget} objects
 * associated with their direct dependencies, only the corresponding
 * {@link TransitiveInfoCollection}s. Also, {@link ConfiguredTarget} objects should not be
 * accessible from the action graph.
 */
public interface ConfiguredTarget extends TransitiveInfoCollection {
  /**
   * Returns the Target with which this {@link ConfiguredTarget} is associated.
   */
  Target getTarget();

  /**
   * <p>Returns the {@link BuildConfiguration} for which this {@link ConfiguredTarget} is
   * defined. Configuration is defined for all configured targets with exception
   * of the {@link InputFileConfiguredTarget} for which it is always
   * <b>null</b>.</p>
   */
  @Override
  @Nullable
  BuildConfiguration getConfiguration();
}