The existing rule is:

class InferJavaImportDependencies(InferDependenciesRequest):
    infer_from = JavaSourceField


@rule(desc="Inferring Java dependencies by analyzing imports")
async def infer_java_dependencies_via_imports(
    request: InferJavaImportDependencies,
    java_infer_subsystem: JavaInferSubsystem,
    first_party_dep_map: FirstPartyJavaPackageMapping,
) -> InferredDependencies:
    ...

I added:

class InferJavaConsumedTypesDependencies(InferDependenciesRequest):
    infer_from = JavaSourceField


@rule(desc="Inferring Java dependencies by analyzing consumed and top-level types")
async def infer_java_dependencies_via_consumed_types(
    request: InferJavaConsumedTypesDependencies,
    first_party_dep_map: FirstPartyJavaPackageMapping,
) -> InferredDependencies:

the interesting thing is that the code for this second rule works fine if included in the body of the first rule (without having any second rule)

never mind, the file wasn’t using

collect_rules