// 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.packages.RuleClass; import com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.RuleClass.Builder.RuleClassType; import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.RuleConfiguredTargetFactory; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.List; /** * This class is a common ancestor for every rule object. * *
Implementors are also required to have the {@link BlazeRule} annotation
* set.
*/
public interface RuleDefinition {
/**
* This method should return a RuleClass object that represents the rule. The usual pattern is
* that various setter methods are called on the builder object passed in as the argument, then
* the object that is built by the builder is returned.
*
* @param builder A {@link com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.RuleClass.Builder} object
* already preloaded with the attributes of the ancestors specified in the {@link
* BlazeRule} annotation.
* @param environment The services Blaze provides to rule definitions.
*
* @return the {@link RuleClass} representing the rule.
*/
RuleClass build(RuleClass.Builder builder, RuleDefinitionEnvironment environment);
/**
* Returns metadata for this rule.
*/
Metadata getMetadata();
/**
* Value class that contains the name, type, ancestors of a rule, as well as a reference to the
* configured target factory.
*/
public abstract static class Metadata {
/**
* The name of the rule, as it appears in the BUILD file. If it starts with
* '$', the rule will be hidden from users and will only be usable from
* inside Blaze.
*/
public abstract String name();
/**
* The type of the rule. It can be an abstract rule, a normal rule or a test
* rule. If the rule type is abstract, the configured class must not be set.
*/
public abstract RuleClassType type();
/**
* The {@link RuleConfiguredTargetFactory} class that implements this rule. If the rule is
* abstract, this must not be set.
*/
public abstract Class extends RuleConfiguredTargetFactory> factoryClass();
/**
* The list of other rule classes this rule inherits from.
*/
public abstract List