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+/*\r
+ * \r
+ * Copyright 2002-2004 The Ant-Contrib project\r
+ *\r
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");\r
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.\r
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at\r
+ *\r
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\r
+ *\r
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\r
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\r
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\r
+ * limitations under the License.\r
+ */\r
+package net.sf.antcontrib.cpptasks.compiler;\r
+import java.io.File;\r
+/**\r
+ * A compiler that can utilize precompilation of header files\r
+ * \r
+ * @author Curt Arnold\r
+ */\r
+public interface PrecompilingCompiler {\r
+ /**\r
+ * \r
+ * This method may be used to get two distinct compiler configurations, one\r
+ * for compiling the specified file and producing a precompiled header\r
+ * file, and a second for compiling other files using the precompiled\r
+ * header file.\r
+ * \r
+ * The last (preferrably only) include directive in the prototype file will\r
+ * be used to mark the boundary between pre-compiled and normally compiled\r
+ * headers.\r
+ * \r
+ * @param config\r
+ * base configuration\r
+ * @param prototype\r
+ * A source file (for example, stdafx.cpp) that is used to build\r
+ * the precompiled header file. @returns null if precompiled\r
+ * headers are not supported or a two element array containing\r
+ * the precompiled header generation configuration and the\r
+ * consuming configuration\r
+ * \r
+ */\r
+ CompilerConfiguration[] createPrecompileConfigurations(\r
+ CompilerConfiguration config, File prototype,\r
+ String[] nonPrecompiledFiles);\r
+}\r