diff --git a/rust/source_provider.go b/rust/source_provider.go
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+// Copyright 2020 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.
+
+package rust
+
+import (
+	"android/soong/android"
+)
+
+type SourceProviderProperties struct {
+	// sets name of the output
+	Stem *string `android:"arch_variant"`
+}
+
+type baseSourceProvider struct {
+	Properties SourceProviderProperties
+
+	outputFile       android.Path
+	subAndroidMkOnce map[subAndroidMkProvider]bool
+}
+
+var _ SourceProvider = (*baseSourceProvider)(nil)
+
+type SourceProvider interface {
+	generateSource(ctx android.ModuleContext) android.Path
+	Srcs() android.Paths
+	sourceProviderProps() []interface{}
+	sourceProviderDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps
+}
+
+func (sp *baseSourceProvider) Srcs() android.Paths {
+	return android.Paths{sp.outputFile}
+}
+
+func (sp *baseSourceProvider) generateSource(ctx android.ModuleContext) android.Path {
+	panic("baseSourceProviderModule does not implement generateSource()")
+}
+
+func (sp *baseSourceProvider) sourceProviderProps() []interface{} {
+	return []interface{}{&sp.Properties}
+}
+
+func NewSourceProvider() *baseSourceProvider {
+	return &baseSourceProvider{
+		Properties: SourceProviderProperties{},
+	}
+}
+
+func (sp *baseSourceProvider) getStem(ctx android.ModuleContext) string {
+	stem := ctx.ModuleName()
+	if String(sp.Properties.Stem) != "" {
+		stem = String(sp.Properties.Stem)
+	}
+	return stem
+}
+
+func (sp *baseSourceProvider) sourceProviderDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
+	return deps
+}