src/com/facebook/buck/cxx/NoopBuildRule.java

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package com.facebook.buck.cxx;

import com.facebook.buck.rules.AbstractBuildRule;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.BuildContext;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.BuildRuleParams;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.BuildableContext;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.RuleKey;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.SourcePathResolver;
import com.facebook.buck.step.Step;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableCollection;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

import java.nio.file.Path;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * A {@link com.facebook.buck.rules.BuildRule} which performs no actions.  This is useful for
 * certain situations where we want presence in the action graph that doesn't actually do anything
 * (e.g. {@link com.facebook.buck.rules.TestRule}.
 */
public class NoopBuildRule extends AbstractBuildRule {

  public NoopBuildRule(BuildRuleParams params, SourcePathResolver resolver) {
    super(params, resolver);
  }

  @Override
  protected ImmutableCollection<Path> getInputsToCompareToOutput() {
    return ImmutableList.of();
  }

  @Override
  protected RuleKey.Builder appendDetailsToRuleKey(RuleKey.Builder builder) {
    return builder;
  }

  @Override
  public final ImmutableList<Step> getBuildSteps(
      BuildContext context,
      BuildableContext buildableContext) {
    return ImmutableList.of();
  }

  @Nullable
  @Override
  public Path getPathToOutputFile() {
    return null;
  }

}