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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/rust/config"
+)
+
+type ClippyProperties struct {
+	// whether to run clippy.
+	Clippy *bool
+}
+
+type clippy struct {
+	Properties ClippyProperties
+}
+
+func (c *clippy) props() []interface{} {
+	return []interface{}{&c.Properties}
+}
+
+func (c *clippy) flags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags, deps PathDeps) (Flags, PathDeps) {
+	if c.Properties.Clippy != nil && !*c.Properties.Clippy {
+		return flags, deps
+	}
+	enabled, lints := config.ClippyLintsForDir(ctx.ModuleDir())
+	flags.Clippy = enabled
+	flags.ClippyFlags = append(flags.ClippyFlags, lints)
+	return flags, deps
+}