java/com/google/gerrit/server/rules/PredicateProvider.java

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package com.google.gerrit.server.rules;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.ExtensionPoint;
import com.googlecode.prolog_cafe.lang.Predicate;

/**
 * Provides additional packages that contain Prolog predicates that should be made available in the
 * Prolog environment. The predicates can e.g. be used in the project submit rules.
 *
 * <p>Each Java class defining a Prolog predicate must be in one of the provided packages and its
 * name must apply to the 'PRED_[functor]_[arity]' format. In addition it must extend {@link
 * Predicate}.
 */
@ExtensionPoint
public interface PredicateProvider {
  /** Return set of packages that contain Prolog predicates */
  ImmutableSet<String> getPackages();
}