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public interface Plugin
The interface for a javac plug-in.The javac plug-in mechanism allows a user to specify one or more plug-ins on the javac command line, to be started soon after the compilation has begun. Plug-ins are identified by a user-friendly name. Each plug-in that is started will be passed an array of strings, which may be used to provide the plug-in with values for any desired options or other arguments.
Plug-ins are located via a
ServiceLoader
, using the same class path as annotation processors (i.e.ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR_PATH
or-processorpath
).It is expected that a typical plug-in will simply register a
TaskListener
to be informed of events during the execution of the compilation, and that the rest of the work will be done by the task listener.- Since:
- 1.8
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description String
getName()
Returns the user-friendly name of this plug-in.void
init(JavacTask task, String... args)
Initializes the plug-in for a given compilation task.
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Method Detail
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getName
String getName()
Returns the user-friendly name of this plug-in.- Returns:
- the user-friendly name of the plug-in
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