src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/graph/GraphVisitor.java

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

/**
 *  <p> An graph visitor interface; particularly useful for allowing subclasses
 *  to specify how to output a graph.  The order in which node and edge
 *  callbacks are made (DFS, BFS, etc) is defined by the choice of Digraph
 *  visitation method used.  </p>
 */
public interface GraphVisitor<T> {

  /**
   *  Called before visitation commences.
   */
  void beginVisit();

  /**
   *  Called after visitation is complete.
   */
  void endVisit();

  /**
   *  <p> Called for each edge. </p>
   *
   *  TODO(bazel-team): This method is not essential, and in all known cases so
   *  far, the visitEdge code can always be placed within visitNode.  Perhaps
   *  we should remove it, and the begin/end methods, and make this just a
   *  NodeVisitor?  Are there any algorithms for which edge-visitation order is
   *  important?
   */
  void visitEdge(Node<T> lhs, Node<T> rhs);
  /**
   *  Called for each node.
   */
  void visitNode(Node<T> node);
}