src/share/classes/javax/tools/Tool.java

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:35:43 -0700

author
jjh
date
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:35:43 -0700
changeset 972
694ff82ca68e
parent 554
9d9f26857129
child 2525
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7032975: API files in javax.annotation.processing need to be updated for references to JLS
7032972: API files in javax.tools need to updated for references to JVM Spec with editions/hyperlinks
7032978: API files in javax.tools need to be updated for references to JLS with editions/hyperlinks
Summary: Removed URLs and 'edition' references
Reviewed-by: jjg, darcy

     1 /*
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    26 package javax.tools;
    28 import java.util.Set;
    29 import java.io.InputStream;
    30 import java.io.OutputStream;
    31 import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
    33 /**
    34  * Common interface for tools that can be invoked from a program.
    35  * A tool is traditionally a command line program such as a compiler.
    36  * The set of tools available with a platform is defined by the
    37  * vendor.
    38  *
    39  * <p>Tools can be located using {@link
    40  * java.util.ServiceLoader#load(Class)}.
    41  *
    42  * @author Neal M Gafter
    43  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
    44  * @author Jonathan Gibbons
    45  * @since 1.6
    46  */
    47 public interface Tool {
    49     /**
    50      * Run the tool with the given I/O channels and arguments. By
    51      * convention a tool returns 0 for success and nonzero for errors.
    52      * Any diagnostics generated will be written to either {@code out}
    53      * or {@code err} in some unspecified format.
    54      *
    55      * @param in "standard" input; use System.in if null
    56      * @param out "standard" output; use System.out if null
    57      * @param err "standard" error; use System.err if null
    58      * @param arguments arguments to pass to the tool
    59      * @return 0 for success; nonzero otherwise
    60      * @throws NullPointerException if the array of arguments contains
    61      * any {@code null} elements.
    62      */
    63     int run(InputStream in, OutputStream out, OutputStream err, String... arguments);
    65     /**
    66      * Gets the source versions of the Java&trade; programming language
    67      * supported by this tool.
    68      * @return a set of supported source versions
    69      */
    70     Set<SourceVersion> getSourceVersions();
    72 }

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