1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/batch/sensor/SensorDescriptor.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/batch/sensor/SensorDescriptor.java
index 0117afae923..72e8ec2547c 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/batch/sensor/SensorDescriptor.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/batch/sensor/SensorDescriptor.java
@@ -83,4 +83,12 @@ public interface SensorDescriptor {
    * @since 6.5
    */
   SensorDescriptor onlyWhenConfiguration(Predicate<Configuration> predicate);
+
+  /**
+   * Advertise that this sensor process each file independently. It means executing the sensor twice with FileSystem=[FileA] and FileSystem=[FileB] will produce the same result
+   * than executing the sensor only once with FileSystem=[FileA,FileB].
+   * This will allow the platform to optimize sensor execution.
+   * @since 9.3
+   */
+  SensorDescriptor processesFilesIndependently();
 }