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# Target

The BUILD target for a dependency. Appears in the fields of `ctx.attr` corresponding to [dependency attributes](https://bazel.build/versions/7.7.1/extending/rules#dependency_attributes) (`label` or `label_list`). Has the following fields:

* ### label

  `Label Target.label`
  The identifier of the target.
* ### files

  `depset Target.files`
  The set of `File`s in the default outputs for this target. Equivalent to `target[DefaultInfo].files`.
* ### aspect\_ids

  `list Target.aspect_ids`
  The list of `aspect_ids` applied to this target.
* ### Providers

  The [providers](https://bazel.build/versions/7.7.1/extending/rules#providers) of a rule target can be accessed by type using index notation (`target[DefaultInfo]`). The presence of providers can be checked using the `in` operator (`SomeInfo in target`).

  If the rule's implementation function returns a `struct` instead of a list of `Provider` instances, the struct's fields can be accessed via the corresponding fields of the `Target` (`target.some_legacy_info`). This behavior [is deprecated](https://bazel.build/versions/7.7.1/extending/rules#migrating_from_legacy_providers).