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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.causes;

import com.google.devtools.build.lib.buildeventstream.BuildEventStreamProtos;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.cmdline.Label;
import com.google.devtools.build.lib.util.DetailedExitCode;

/** Interface for classes identifying root causes for a target to fail to build. */
public interface Cause {

  /** Return the label associated with the failure. */
  Label getLabel();

  /** Return the event id for the cause in the format of the build event protocol. */
  BuildEventStreamProtos.BuildEventId getIdProto();

  /** Return details describing the failure. */
  DetailedExitCode getDetailedExitCode();
}
