src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/ExtraLinkTimeLibrary.java

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

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleContext;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.collect.nestedset.NestedSet;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.LinkerInputs.LibraryToLink;

/**
 * An extra library to include in a link. The actual library is built at link time.
 *
 * <p>This can be used for non-C++ inputs to a C++ link. A class that implements this interface will
 * support transitively gathering all inputs from link dependencies, and then combine them all
 * together into a set of C++ libraries.
 *
 * <p>Any implementations must be immutable (and therefore thread-safe), because this is passed
 * between rules and accessed in a multi-threaded context.
 */
public interface ExtraLinkTimeLibrary {
  /** Build the LibraryToLink inputs to pass to the C++ linker. */
  NestedSet<LibraryToLink> buildLibraries(RuleContext context) throws InterruptedException;

  /**
   * Get a new Builder for this ExtraLinkTimeLibrary class.  This acts
   * like a static method, in that the result does not depend on the
   * current state of the object, and the new Builder starts out
   * empty.
   */
  Builder getBuilder();

  /**
   * The Builder interface builds an ExtraLinkTimeLibrary.
   */
  public interface Builder {
    /**
     * Add the inputs associated with another instance of the same
     * underlying ExtraLinkTimeLibrary type.
     */
    void addTransitive(ExtraLinkTimeLibrary dep);

    /**
     * Build the ExtraLinkTimeLibrary based on the inputs.
     */
    ExtraLinkTimeLibrary build();
  }
}