CachedItem.java

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package org.gradle.internal.resource.cached;

import org.gradle.api.Nullable;

import java.io.File;

public interface CachedItem {
    /**
     * True if this cache entry represents that the resource does not exist.
     *
     * For a missing resource, all of the values will be null or similar “non” values.
     *
     * @return Whether this is a “missing” entry or not.
     */
    boolean isMissing();

    /**
     * The cached version of the external resource as a local file.
     *
     * @return The cached version of the external resource as a local file, or null if this {@link #isMissing()}.
     */
    @Nullable
    File getCachedFile();

    /**
     * The timestamp of when this cache entry was created.
     *
     * @return The timestamp of when this cache entry was created.
     */
    long getCachedAt();


}