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+// Copyright 2017 The Bazel Authors. 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.shell;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Something that can create subprocesses.
+ */
+public interface SubprocessFactory {
+  /**
+   * Create a subprocess according to the specified parameters.
+   *
+   * @throws IOException if the underlying file is not executable or cannot be found
+   */
+  Subprocess create(SubprocessBuilder params) throws IOException;
+}
+\ No newline at end of file