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package com.google.devtools.common.options;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

/**
 * A function from an option parser's static setup (what flags it knows about) to a list of
 * expansion Strings to use for one of its options.
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface ExpansionFunction {

  /**
   * Compute the expansion for an option. May be called at any time during or after the {@link
   * OptionsParser}'s construction, or not at all.
   *
   * @param optionsData the parser's indexed information about its own options, before expansion
   *     information is computed
   * @return An expansion to use on an empty list
   */
  ImmutableList<String> getExpansion(IsolatedOptionsData optionsData);
}