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package org.sonar.api.batch.fs.internal.predicates;

import org.sonar.api.batch.fs.FilePredicate;
import org.sonar.api.batch.fs.FileSystem;
import org.sonar.api.batch.fs.InputFile;

/**
 * Optimized version of FilePredicate allowing to speed up query by looking at InputFile by index.
 */
public interface OptimizedFilePredicate extends FilePredicate, Comparable<OptimizedFilePredicate> {

  /**
   * Filter provided files to keep only the ones that are valid for this predicate
   */
  Iterable<InputFile> filter(Iterable<InputFile> inputFiles);

  /**
   * Get all files that are valid for this predicate.
   */
  Iterable<InputFile> get(FileSystem.Index index);

  /**
   * For optimization. FilePredicates will be applied in priority order. For example when doing
   * p.and(p1, p2, p3) then p1, p2 and p3 will be applied according to their priority value. Higher priority value
   * are applied first.
   * Assign a high priority when the predicate will likely highly reduce the set of InputFiles to filter. Also
   * {@link RelativePathPredicate} and AbsolutePathPredicate have a high priority since they are using cache index.
   */
  int priority();
}
