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

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

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.events.ExtendedEventHandler;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.Path;

/**
 * An action which must know when it is skipped due to an action cache hit.
 *
 * Use should be rare, as the action graph is a functional model.
 */
public interface NotifyOnActionCacheHit extends Action {
  /** A custom interface similar to {@link ActionExecutionContext}, but specific to cache hits. */
  interface ActionCachedContext {
    /**
     * An event listener to report messages to. Errors that signal an action failure should use
     * ActionExecutionException.
     */
    ExtendedEventHandler getEventHandler();

    /**
     * Returns the execution root. This is the directory underneath which Blaze builds its entire
     * output working tree, including the source symlink forest. All build actions are executed
     * relative to this directory.
     */
    Path getExecRoot();

    /**
     * Looks up and returns an action context implementation of the given interface type.
     */
    <T extends ActionContext> T getContext(Class<? extends T> type);
  }

  /**
   * Called when action has "cache hit", and therefore need not be executed. Returns false if there
   * was a failure to record the action cache hit, and so the action must be executed.
   *
   * @param context the action context for a cache hit
   */
  boolean actionCacheHit(ActionCachedContext context);
}