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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.rules.cpp;
+
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.TransitiveInfoProvider;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.collect.nestedset.NestedSet;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.concurrent.ThreadSafety.Immutable;
+
+/**
+ * A target that provides native libraries in the transitive closure of its deps that are needed for
+ * executing C++ code.
+ */
+@Immutable
+public final class CcNativeLibraryProvider implements TransitiveInfoProvider {
+
+  private final NestedSet<LinkerInput> transitiveCcNativeLibraries;
+
+  public CcNativeLibraryProvider(NestedSet<LinkerInput> transitiveCcNativeLibraries) {
+    this.transitiveCcNativeLibraries = transitiveCcNativeLibraries;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Collects native libraries in the transitive closure of its deps that are needed for executing
+   * C/C++ code.
+   *
+   * <p>In effect, returns all dynamic library (.so) artifacts provided by the transitive closure.
+   */
+  public NestedSet<LinkerInput> getTransitiveCcNativeLibraries() {
+    return transitiveCcNativeLibraries;
+  }
+}