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+// Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis;
+
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.AbstractActionOwner;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ActionOwner;
+
+// TODO(bazel-team): move BUILD_INFO_ACTION_OWNER somewhere else and remove this class.
+/**
+ * Helper class for the CompatibleWriteBuildInfoAction, which holds the
+ * methods for generating build information.
+ * Abstracted away to allow non-action code to also generate build info under
+ * --nobuild or --check_up_to_date.
+ */
+public abstract class BuildInfoHelper {
+  /** ActionOwner for BuildInfoActions. */
+  public static final ActionOwner BUILD_INFO_ACTION_OWNER =
+      AbstractActionOwner.SYSTEM_ACTION_OWNER;
+}