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package com.facebook.buck.cxx;
/**
* The ways that other language (e.g. Python, Lua) binaries pull in native linkable dependencies.
*/
public enum NativeLinkStrategy {
/**
* Pull transitive native deps in as fully linked standalone shared libraries. This is typically
* the fastest build-time link strategy, as it requires no top-level context and therefore can
* shared build artifacts with all other binaries using this strategy.
*/
SEPARATE,
/**
* Statically link all transitive native deps, which don't have an explicit dep from non-C/C++
* code (e.g. Python), into a monolithic shared library. Native dep roots, which have an explicit
* dep from non-C/C++ code, remain as fully linked standalone shared libraries so that, typically,
* application code doesn't need to change to work with this strategy. This strategy incurs a
* relatively big build-time cost, but can significantly reduce the size of native code and number
* of shared libraries pulled into the binary.
*/
MERGED,
}