int count = decoder.readSmallInt();
        ImmutableSortedMap.Builder<String, FileCollectionFingerprint> builder = ImmutableSortedMap.naturalOrder();
        for (int fingerprintIdx = 0; fingerprintIdx < count; fingerprintIdx++) {
            String property = decoder.readString();
            FileCollectionFingerprint fingerprint = fileCollectionFingerprintSerializer.read(decoder);

     * Note that the state may not be immutable, so should be made isolated to reuse in another context. The state can also be fingerprinted to generate a fingerprint of this object.
     *
     * <p>Note that currently the state should reference only JVM and core Gradle types when {@link #isImmutable()} returns true.</p>
     */
    @Nullable

        /**
         * Returns all the value snapshots, including previously known ones.
         */
        ImmutableSortedMap<String, ValueSnapshot> getAllValueSnapshots();

        /**
         * Returns the files fingerprinted just now.
         */
        ImmutableSortedMap<String, CurrentFileCollectionFingerprint> getFileFingerprints();

        /**
         * Returns all the file fingerprints, including the previously known ones.

        then:
        fingerprints.isEmpty()

        where:
        strategy << allFingerprintingStrategies
        strategyName = getStrategyName(strategy)
    }

    def "non-root broken symlink is fingerprinted as missing for #strategyName"() {
        given:
        def root = file('root')
        root.mkdirs()
        def brokenSymlink = root.file('broken-symlink')
        brokenSymlink.createLink(file('non-existing'))

        /**
         * Returns the hash of the currently visited property.
         */
        byte[] getPropertyHashBytes();

        /**
         * A description of how the current property was fingerprinted.
         * <p>
         * Returns one or more of the values of org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.BaseSnapshotInputsBuildOperationResult.FilePropertyAttribute, sorted.
         * <p>

        if (fingerprint == null) {
            // This directory is not part of the fingerprint.
            // Store it to visit later if it contains anything that was fingerprinted
            unvisitedDirectories.add(physicalSnapshot);
        } else {
            visitUnvisitedDirectories();
            preDirectory();
        }
    }

    @Override