Allow sysprop library API files to be missing

If sysprop library contains only internal properties, the API txt file
will be empty. This allows the API files to be missing in such cases to
turn off API-Review bit.

Bug: 177036449
Test: manual test
Change-Id: I8cb0b10e135cf211dae45ab14ccc9bc04e248634
diff --git a/sysprop/sysprop_library.go b/sysprop/sysprop_library.go
index 38306ad..2ccce15 100644
--- a/sysprop/sysprop_library.go
+++ b/sysprop/sysprop_library.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -125,8 +126,8 @@
 	properties syspropLibraryProperties
 
 	checkApiFileTimeStamp android.WritablePath
-	latestApiFile         android.Path
-	currentApiFile        android.Path
+	latestApiFile         android.OptionalPath
+	currentApiFile        android.OptionalPath
 	dumpedApiFile         android.WritablePath
 }
 
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@
 	return proptools.Bool(m.properties.Public_stub)
 }
 
-func (m *syspropLibrary) CurrentSyspropApiFile() android.Path {
+func (m *syspropLibrary) CurrentSyspropApiFile() android.OptionalPath {
 	return m.currentApiFile
 }
 
@@ -243,8 +244,11 @@
 		return
 	}
 
-	m.currentApiFile = android.PathForSource(ctx, ctx.ModuleDir(), "api", baseModuleName+"-current.txt")
-	m.latestApiFile = android.PathForSource(ctx, ctx.ModuleDir(), "api", baseModuleName+"-latest.txt")
+	apiDirectoryPath := path.Join(ctx.ModuleDir(), "api")
+	currentApiFilePath := path.Join(apiDirectoryPath, baseModuleName+"-current.txt")
+	latestApiFilePath := path.Join(apiDirectoryPath, baseModuleName+"-latest.txt")
+	m.currentApiFile = android.ExistentPathForSource(ctx, currentApiFilePath)
+	m.latestApiFile = android.ExistentPathForSource(ctx, latestApiFilePath)
 
 	// dump API rule
 	rule := android.NewRuleBuilder(pctx, ctx)
@@ -258,19 +262,37 @@
 	// check API rule
 	rule = android.NewRuleBuilder(pctx, ctx)
 
+	// We allow that the API txt files don't exist, when the sysprop_library only contains internal
+	// properties. But we have to feed current api file and latest api file to the rule builder.
+	// Currently we can't get android.Path representing the null device, so we add any existing API
+	// txt files to implicits, and then directly feed string paths, rather than calling Input(Path)
+	// method.
+	var apiFileList android.Paths
+	currentApiArgument := os.DevNull
+	if m.currentApiFile.Valid() {
+		apiFileList = append(apiFileList, m.currentApiFile.Path())
+		currentApiArgument = m.currentApiFile.String()
+	}
+
+	latestApiArgument := os.DevNull
+	if m.latestApiFile.Valid() {
+		apiFileList = append(apiFileList, m.latestApiFile.Path())
+		latestApiArgument = m.latestApiFile.String()
+	}
+
 	// 1. compares current.txt to api-dump.txt
 	// current.txt should be identical to api-dump.txt.
 	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`\n******************************\n`+
 		`API of sysprop_library %s doesn't match with current.txt\n`+
 		`Please update current.txt by:\n`+
-		`m %s-dump-api && rm -rf %q && cp -f %q %q\n`+
+		`m %s-dump-api && mkdir -p %q && rm -rf %q && cp -f %q %q\n`+
 		`******************************\n`, baseModuleName, baseModuleName,
-		m.currentApiFile.String(), m.dumpedApiFile.String(), m.currentApiFile.String())
+		apiDirectoryPath, currentApiFilePath, m.dumpedApiFile.String(), currentApiFilePath)
 
 	rule.Command().
 		Text("( cmp").Flag("-s").
 		Input(m.dumpedApiFile).
-		Input(m.currentApiFile).
+		Text(currentApiArgument).
 		Text("|| ( echo").Flag("-e").
 		Flag(`"` + msg + `"`).
 		Text("; exit 38) )")
@@ -285,11 +307,12 @@
 	rule.Command().
 		Text("( ").
 		BuiltTool("sysprop_api_checker").
-		Input(m.latestApiFile).
-		Input(m.currentApiFile).
+		Text(latestApiArgument).
+		Text(currentApiArgument).
 		Text(" || ( echo").Flag("-e").
 		Flag(`"` + msg + `"`).
-		Text("; exit 38) )")
+		Text("; exit 38) )").
+		Implicits(apiFileList)
 
 	m.checkApiFileTimeStamp = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "check_api.timestamp")
 
@@ -393,31 +416,6 @@
 		ctx.PropertyErrorf("srcs", "sysprop_library must specify srcs")
 	}
 
-	missingApi := false
-
-	for _, txt := range []string{"-current.txt", "-latest.txt"} {
-		path := path.Join(ctx.ModuleDir(), "api", m.BaseModuleName()+txt)
-		file := android.ExistentPathForSource(ctx, path)
-		if !file.Valid() {
-			ctx.ModuleErrorf("API file %#v doesn't exist", path)
-			missingApi = true
-		}
-	}
-
-	if missingApi {
-		script := "build/soong/scripts/gen-sysprop-api-files.sh"
-		p := android.ExistentPathForSource(ctx, script)
-
-		if !p.Valid() {
-			panic(fmt.Sprintf("script file %s doesn't exist", script))
-		}
-
-		ctx.ModuleErrorf("One or more api files are missing. "+
-			"You can create them by:\n"+
-			"%s %q %q", script, ctx.ModuleDir(), m.BaseModuleName())
-		return
-	}
-
 	// ctx's Platform or Specific functions represent where this sysprop_library installed.
 	installedInSystem := ctx.Platform() || ctx.SystemExtSpecific()
 	installedInVendorOrOdm := ctx.SocSpecific() || ctx.DeviceSpecific()