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package org.gradle.api.internal.changedetection;

import org.gradle.api.internal.TaskExecutionHistory;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.incremental.IncrementalTaskInputs;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Encapsulates the state of the task when its outputs were last generated.
 */
public interface TaskArtifactState {
    /**
     * Returns true if the task outputs were generated using the given task inputs.
     *
     * @param messages a collection to add messages which explain why the task is out-of-date.
     */
    boolean isUpToDate(Collection<String> messages);

    IncrementalTaskInputs getInputChanges();

    /**
     * Called before the task is to be executed. Note that {@link #isUpToDate(java.util.Collection)} may not necessarily have been called.
     */
    void beforeTask();

    /**
     * Called on successful completion of task execution.
     */
    void afterTask();

    /**
     * Called when this state is finished with.
     */
    void finished();

    /**
     * Returns the history for this task.
     */
    TaskExecutionHistory getExecutionHistory();
}
