src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/actions/ActionInputDepOwners.java

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

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Association between {@link ActionInput}s and the {@link Artifact}s, directly or indirectly
 * depended on by an action, that are responsible for that action's inclusion of those inputs.
 *
 * <p>The association is not necessarily comprehensive. Inputs may have other owners not specified
 * here, or the owners specified here may not be direct dependencies of the action.
 */
public interface ActionInputDepOwners {

  /**
   * Returns the collection of {@link Artifact}s associated with {@code input}. The collection is
   * empty if no such association exists.
   */
  Collection<Artifact> getDepOwners(ActionInput input);
}