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

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.Artifact;

/**
 * An ephemeral check that tells whether an artifact is consumed in a build.
 *
 * <p>"Ephemeral" because it guarantees the best estimated status of an artifact before the
 * execution of its generating action, and its behavior is undefined afterwards.
 */
public interface EphemeralCheckIfOutputConsumed {
  boolean test(Artifact artifact);
}