diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/role/LegacyRoleResolutionPolicy.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/role/LegacyRoleResolutionPolicy.java
index 017c684e74496..b95c5efca6d52 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/role/LegacyRoleResolutionPolicy.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/role/LegacyRoleResolutionPolicy.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.android.internal.R;
 import com.android.internal.telephony.SmsApplication;
 import com.android.internal.util.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.server.LocalServices;
+import com.android.server.role.LegacyRoleHolderProvider;
 import com.android.server.role.RoleManagerService;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
  *
  * @see RoleManagerService#migrateRoleIfNecessary
  */
-public class LegacyRoleResolutionPolicy implements RoleManagerService.RoleHoldersResolver {
+public class LegacyRoleResolutionPolicy implements LegacyRoleHolderProvider {
 
     private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
     private static final String LOG_TAG = "LegacyRoleResolutionPol";
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public class LegacyRoleResolutionPolicy implements RoleManagerService.RoleHolder
 
     @NonNull
     @Override
-    public List<String> getRoleHolders(@NonNull String roleName, @UserIdInt int userId) {
+    public List<String> getLegacyRoleHolders(@NonNull String roleName, @UserIdInt int userId) {
         switch (roleName) {
             case RoleManager.ROLE_ASSISTANT: {
                 String packageName;
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/role/LegacyRoleHolderProvider.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/role/LegacyRoleHolderProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ed0d67563132a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/role/LegacyRoleHolderProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.server.role;
+
+import android.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.annotation.UserIdInt;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A provider for migrating legacy "role"s to their actual role implementation.
+ */
+//@SystemApi(client = SystemApi.Client.SYSTEM_SERVER)
+public interface LegacyRoleHolderProvider {
+    /**
+     * Get the list of holders of a legacy "role" before its actual role is introduced.
+     * <p>
+     * This method will only be called for the first time a role is made available in the platform.
+     *
+     * @param roleName the name of the role
+     * @param userId the user ID
+     * @return a list of holders for the given role
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    List<String> getLegacyRoleHolders(@NonNull String roleName, @UserIdInt int userId);
+}
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/role/RoleManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/role/RoleManagerService.java
index 106dc2111b4d9..d6add78c2b63c 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/role/RoleManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/role/RoleManagerService.java
@@ -103,14 +103,7 @@ public class RoleManagerService extends SystemService implements RoleUserState.C
     private final Object mLock = new Object();
 
     @NonNull
-    private final RoleHoldersResolver mLegacyRoleResolver;
-
-    /** @see #getRoleHolders(String, int) */
-    public interface RoleHoldersResolver {
-        /** @return a list of packages that hold a given role for a given user */
-        @NonNull
-        List<String> getRoleHolders(@NonNull String roleName, @UserIdInt int userId);
-    }
+    private final LegacyRoleHolderProvider mLegacyRoleHolderProvider;
 
     /**
      * Maps user id to its state.
@@ -146,10 +139,10 @@ public class RoleManagerService extends SystemService implements RoleUserState.C
             new SparseArray<>();
 
     public RoleManagerService(@NonNull Context context,
-            @NonNull RoleHoldersResolver legacyRoleResolver) {
+            @NonNull LegacyRoleHolderProvider legacyRoleHolderProvider) {
         super(context);
 
-        mLegacyRoleResolver = legacyRoleResolver;
+        mLegacyRoleHolderProvider = legacyRoleHolderProvider;
 
         RoleControllerManager.initializeRemoteServiceComponentName(context);
 
@@ -275,7 +268,7 @@ public class RoleManagerService extends SystemService implements RoleUserState.C
         // Any role for which we have a record are already migrated
         RoleUserState userState = getOrCreateUserState(userId);
         if (!userState.isRoleAvailable(role)) {
-            List<String> roleHolders = mLegacyRoleResolver.getRoleHolders(role, userId);
+            List<String> roleHolders = mLegacyRoleHolderProvider.getLegacyRoleHolders(role, userId);
             if (roleHolders.isEmpty()) {
                 return;
             }