src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/SubtreeMaterializer.java

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

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.PathFragment;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A file system that may keep the contents of certain directory trees in memory, backed by remote
 * storage, and that supports materializing them to the local file system on demand.
 */
public interface SubtreeMaterializer {
  /**
   * Materializes the subtree rooted at the given path to the local file system if its contents are
   * currently only available in memory, together with the targets of any symlinks below it.
   *
   * <p>Does nothing if the subtree is already backed by the local file system.
   */
  void ensureSubtreeMaterialized(PathFragment path) throws IOException, InterruptedException;
}