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package org.gradle.language.nativeplatform;

import org.gradle.api.Incubating;
import org.gradle.api.Task;
import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFile;
import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider;

/**
 * Represents a native component that produces a file to be used at link time.
 *
 * @since 4.5
 */
@Incubating
public interface ComponentWithLinkFile extends ComponentWithNativeRuntime {
    /**
     * Returns the task that should be run to produce the link file of this component. This isn't necessarily the link task for the component.
     *
     * @since 5.1
     */
    Provider<? extends Task> getLinkFileProducer();

    /**
     * Returns the link file of this component.
     */
    Provider<RegularFile> getLinkFile();
}
