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

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * An interface for doing a batch of stat() calls.
 */
public interface BatchStat {

  /**
   *
   * @param includeDigest whether to include a file digest in the return values.
   * @param includeLinks whether to include a symlink stat in the return values.
   * @param paths The input paths to stat(), relative to the exec root.
   * @return an array list of FileStatusWithDigest in the same order as the input. May
   *         contain null values.
   * @throws IOException on unexpected failure.
   * @throws InterruptedException on interrupt.
   */
  public List<FileStatusWithDigest> batchStat(boolean includeDigest,
                                              boolean includeLinks,
                                              Iterable<PathFragment> paths)
      throws IOException, InterruptedException;
}