java/com/google/gerrit/server/patch/diff/ModifiedFilesCache.java

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package com.google.gerrit.server.patch.diff;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.DiffNotAvailableException;
import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.gitdiff.GitModifiedFilesCache;
import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.gitdiff.GitModifiedFilesCacheImpl;
import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.gitdiff.GitModifiedFilesCacheKey;
import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.gitdiff.ModifiedFile;

/**
 * A cache for the list of Git modified files between 2 commits (patchsets) with extra Gerrit logic.
 *
 * <p>The loader uses the underlying {@link GitModifiedFilesCacheImpl} to retrieve the git modified
 * files.
 *
 * <p>If the {@link ModifiedFilesCacheKey#aCommit()} is equal to {@link
 * org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId#zeroId()}, the diff will be evaluated against the empty tree, and
 * the result will be exactly the same as the caller can get from {@link
 * GitModifiedFilesCache#get(GitModifiedFilesCacheKey)}
 */
public interface ModifiedFilesCache {

  /**
   * Returns the list of {@link ModifiedFile}s between the 2 git commits identified by the key
   *
   * @param key used to identify two git commits and contains other attributes to control the diff
   *     calculation.
   * @throws DiffNotAvailableException the supplied commits IDs of the key do no exist, are not IDs
   *     of a commit, or an exception occurred while reading a pack file.
   */
  ImmutableList<ModifiedFile> get(ModifiedFilesCacheKey key) throws DiffNotAvailableException;
}