add a TypedCollection type constraint to reduce boilerplate for datatype tuple fields

src/python/pants/engine/BUILD

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ python_library(
   dependencies=[
     '3rdparty/python/twitter/commons:twitter.common.collections',
     '3rdparty/python:future',
+    ':objects',
     ':rules',
     ':selectors',
     'src/python/pants/base:project_tree',
@@ -121,7 +122,10 @@ python_library(
   name='objects',
   sources=['objects.py'],
   dependencies=[
+    '3rdparty/python:future',
     'src/python/pants/util:meta',
+    'src/python/pants/util:memo',
+    'src/python/pants/util:objects',
   ]
 )
 
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ python_library(
     ':isolated_process',
     ':native',
     ':nodes',
+    ':objects',
     ':rules',
     'src/python/pants/base:exceptions',
     'src/python/pants/base:specs',

src/python/pants/engine/addressable.py

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 from future.utils import string_types
 
 from pants.build_graph.address import Address, BuildFileAddress
-from pants.engine.objects import Resolvable, Serializable
+from pants.engine.objects import Collection, Resolvable, Serializable
 from pants.util.collections_abc_backport import MutableMapping, MutableSequence
-from pants.util.objects import Collection, TypeConstraintError
+from pants.util.objects import TypeConstraintError
 
 
 Addresses = Collection.of(Address)

src/python/pants/engine/fs.py

@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 from future.utils import binary_type, text_type
 
 from pants.base.project_tree import Dir, File
+from pants.engine.objects import Collection
 from pants.engine.rules import RootRule
 from pants.option.custom_types import GlobExpansionConjunction
 from pants.option.global_options import GlobMatchErrorBehavior
-from pants.util.objects import Collection, datatype
+from pants.util.objects import datatype
 
 
 class FileContent(datatype([('path', text_type), ('content', binary_type)])):

src/python/pants/engine/legacy/BUILD

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ python_library(
     'src/python/pants/build_graph',
     'src/python/pants/engine:build_files',
     'src/python/pants/engine:mapper',
+    'src/python/pants/engine:objects',
     'src/python/pants/engine:parser',
     'src/python/pants/engine:selectors',
     'src/python/pants/option',

src/python/pants/engine/legacy/graph.py

@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@
 from pants.engine.legacy.address_mapper import LegacyAddressMapper
 from pants.engine.legacy.structs import BundleAdaptor, BundlesField, SourcesField, TargetAdaptor
 from pants.engine.mapper import AddressMapper
+from pants.engine.objects import Collection
 from pants.engine.parser import SymbolTable, TargetAdaptorContainer
 from pants.engine.rules import RootRule, rule
 from pants.engine.selectors import Get, Select
 from pants.option.global_options import GlobMatchErrorBehavior
 from pants.source.filespec import any_matches_filespec
 from pants.source.wrapped_globs import EagerFilesetWithSpec, FilesetRelPathWrapper
-from pants.util.objects import Collection, datatype
+from pants.util.objects import datatype
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

src/python/pants/engine/objects.py

@@ -5,10 +5,16 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import inspect
+import sys
 from abc import abstractmethod, abstractproperty
+from builtins import object
 from collections import namedtuple
 
+from future.utils import PY2
+
+from pants.util.memo import memoized_classmethod
 from pants.util.meta import AbstractClass
+from pants.util.objects import Exactly, TypedCollection, datatype
 
 
 class SerializationError(Exception):
@@ -146,3 +152,38 @@ def validate(self):
 
     :raises: :class:`ValidationError` if this object is invalid.
     """
+
+
+class Collection(object):
+  """Constructs classes representing collections of objects of a particular type.
+
+  The produced class will expose its values under a field named dependencies - this is a stable API
+  which may be consumed e.g. over FFI from the engine.
+
+  Python consumers of a Collection should prefer to use its standard iteration API.
+
+  Note that elements of a Collection are type-checked upon construction.
+  """
+
+  @memoized_classmethod
+  def of(cls, *element_types):
+    union = '|'.join(element_type.__name__ for element_type in element_types)
+    type_name = '{}.of({})'.format(cls.__name__, union)
+    if PY2:
+      type_name = type_name.encode('utf-8')
+    type_checked_collection_class = datatype([
+      # Create a datatype with a single field 'dependencies' which is type-checked on construction
+      # to be a collection containing elements of only the exact `element_types` specified.
+      ('dependencies', TypedCollection(Exactly(*element_types)))
+    ], superclass_name=cls.__name__)
+    supertypes = (cls, type_checked_collection_class)
+    properties = {'element_types': element_types}
+    collection_of_type = type(type_name, supertypes, properties)
+
+    # Expose the custom class type at the module level to be pickle compatible.
+    setattr(sys.modules[cls.__module__], type_name, collection_of_type)
+
+    return collection_of_type
+
+  def __iter__(self):
+    return iter(self.dependencies)

src/python/pants/engine/scheduler.py

@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@
 from pants.engine.isolated_process import ExecuteProcessRequest, FallibleExecuteProcessResult
 from pants.engine.native import Function, TypeConstraint, TypeId
 from pants.engine.nodes import Return, Throw
+from pants.engine.objects import Collection
 from pants.engine.rules import RuleIndex, SingletonRule, TaskRule
 from pants.engine.selectors import Params, Select, constraint_for
 from pants.rules.core.exceptions import GracefulTerminationException
 from pants.util.contextutil import temporary_file_path
 from pants.util.dirutil import check_no_overlapping_paths
-from pants.util.objects import Collection, datatype
+from pants.util.objects import datatype
 from pants.util.strutil import pluralize