src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/GlobalSyntheticsConsumer.java

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package com.android.tools.r8;

/**
 * Consumer receiving the data representing global synthetics for the program.
 *
 * <p>Global synthetic information is only produced as part of D8 intermediate builds (e.g., for
 * incremental compilation.) The global synthetic information represents desugaring content that may
 * be duplicated among many intermediate-mode builds and will need to be merged to ensure a valid
 * final program (i.e., a program that does not contain any duplicate definitions).
 *
 * <p>The data obtained for global synthetics must be passed to the subsequent compilation unit that
 * builds a non-intermediate output. That compilation output can then be packaged as a final
 * application. It is valid to merge just the globals in such a final step. See {@code
 * GlobalSyntheticsResourceProvider}.
 */
@Keep
public interface GlobalSyntheticsConsumer {

  /**
   * Callback to receive the data representing the global synthetics for the program.
   *
   * <p>The encoding of the global synthetics is compiler internal and may vary between compiler
   * versions. The data received here is thus only valid as inputs to the same compiler version.
   *
   * @param bytes Opaque encoding of the global synthetics for the program.
   */
  void accept(byte[] bytes);
}