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20  package com.github.maven_nar.cpptasks.compiler;
21  
22  import java.io.File;
23  
24  /**
25   * A compiler that can utilize precompilation of header files
26   *
27   * @author Curt Arnold
28   */
29  public interface PrecompilingCompiler {
30    /**
31     * 
32     * This method may be used to get two distinct compiler configurations, one
33     * for compiling the specified file and producing a precompiled header
34     * file, and a second for compiling other files using the precompiled
35     * header file.
36     * 
37     * The last (preferrably only) include directive in the prototype file will
38     * be used to mark the boundary between pre-compiled and normally compiled
39     * headers.
40     * 
41     * @param config
42     *          base configuration
43     * @param prototype
44     *          A source file (for example, stdafx.cpp) that is used to build
45     *          the precompiled header file. @returns null if precompiled
46     *          headers are not supported or a two element array containing
47     *          the precompiled header generation configuration and the
48     *          consuming configuration
49     * 
50     */
51    CompilerConfiguration[] createPrecompileConfigurations(CompilerConfiguration config, File prototype,
52        String[] nonPrecompiledFiles);
53  }