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+# Copyright 2024, The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Container class for build context with utility functions."""
+
+import re
+
+
+class BuildContext:
+
+  def __init__(self, build_context_dict: dict[str, any]):
+    self.enabled_build_features = set()
+    for opt in build_context_dict.get('enabledBuildFeatures', []):
+      self.enabled_build_features.add(opt.get('name'))
+    self.test_infos = set()
+    for test_info_dict in build_context_dict.get('testContext', dict()).get(
+        'testInfos', []
+    ):
+      self.test_infos.add(self.TestInfo(test_info_dict))
+
+  def build_target_used(self, target: str) -> bool:
+    return any(test.build_target_used(target) for test in self.test_infos)
+
+  class TestInfo:
+
+    _DOWNLOAD_OPTS = {
+        'test-config-only-zip',
+        'test-zip-file-filter',
+        'extra-host-shared-lib-zip',
+        'sandbox-tests-zips',
+        'additional-files-filter',
+        'cts-package-name',
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, test_info_dict: dict[str, any]):
+      self.is_test_mapping = False
+      self.test_mapping_test_groups = set()
+      self.file_download_options = set()
+      for opt in test_info_dict.get('extraOptions', []):
+        key = opt.get('key')
+        if key == 'test-mapping-test-group':
+          self.is_test_mapping = True
+          self.test_mapping_test_groups.update(opt.get('values', set()))
+
+        if key in self._DOWNLOAD_OPTS:
+          self.file_download_options.update(opt.get('values', set()))
+
+    def build_target_used(self, target: str) -> bool:
+      # For all of a targets' outputs, check if any of the regexes used by tests
+      # to download artifacts would match it. If any of them do then this target
+      # is necessary.
+      regex = r'\b(%s)\b' % re.escape(target)
+      return any(re.search(regex, opt) for opt in self.file_download_options)