src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/RuleTransitionFactory.java

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

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.config.transitions.PatchTransition;

/**
 * Customizable transition which accepts the rule it will be executing on.
 */
public interface RuleTransitionFactory {
  /**
   * Generates a transition to be used when entering the given rule.
   *
   * <p>This cannot be a {@link
   * com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.config.transitions.SplitTransition} because splits are
   * conceptually a property of the <i>parent<i> rule. In other words, it makes sense for a parent
   * to say "build my deps in configurations A and B". But it doesn't make sense for a dep to say
   * "build myself in configurations A and B" if its parent doesn't know how to intelligently handle
   * the results.
   *
   * <p>If this class determines that no transition should be performed, it should return {@code
   * NoTransition.INSTANCE}.
   */
  // TODO(bazel-team): refactor to only take an AttributeMap since that's how it's used anyway.
  PatchTransition buildTransitionFor(Rule rule);
}