File: Linker\IDependencyRecorder.cs
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// IDependencyRecorder.cs
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namespace Mono.Linker
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Abstraction exposed by ILLink(mostly MarkStep, but not only) - it will call this interface
    /// every time it finds a dependency between two parts of the dependency graph.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IDependencyRecorder
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Reports a dependency detected by ILLink.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="source">The source of the dependency (for example the caller method).</param>
        /// <param name="target">The target of the dependency (for example the callee method).</param>
        /// <param name="marked">true if the target is also marked by the MarkStep.</param>
        /// <remarks>The source and target are typically Cecil metadata objects (MethodDefinition, TypeDefinition, ...)
        /// but they can also be ILLink steps or really any other object.</remarks>
        void RecordDependency(object source, object target, bool marked);
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Reports a dependency detected by ILLink, with a well-defined reason for keeping the dependency.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="target">The target of the dependency (for example the callee method).</param>
        /// <param name="reason">The reason for including the target dependency (for example a direct call from another method).</param>
        /// <param name="marked">true if the target is also marked by the MarkStep as a result of this particular reason.</param>
        /// <remarks>The target is typically a Cecil metadata object (MethodDefinition, TypeDefinition, ...)
        /// but can also be ILLink steps or really any other object. "marked" may be false for a target that
        /// is still marked for some other reason.</remarks>
        void RecordDependency(object target, in DependencyInfo reason, bool marked);
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Indicates that ILLink has completed recording.
        /// </summary>
        void FinishRecording();
    }
}