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package org.gradle.internal.fingerprint;

import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.FileNormalizer;

public interface FileCollectionFingerprinter {
    /**
     * The type used to refer to this fingerprinter in the {@link FileCollectionFingerprinterRegistry}.
     */
    Class<? extends FileNormalizer> getRegisteredType();

    /**
     * Creates a fingerprint of the contents of the given collection.
     */
    CurrentFileCollectionFingerprint fingerprint(FileCollection files);

    /**
     * Returns an empty fingerprint.
     */
    CurrentFileCollectionFingerprint empty();
}
