Interface Plugin

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

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.

Methods

getName

String getName()

Returns the user-friendly name of this plug-in.

Returns:
the user-friendly name of the plug-in

init

void init(JavacTask task,
          String... args)

Initializes the plug-in for a given compilation task.

Parameters:
task - The compilation task that has just been started
args - Arguments, if any, for the plug-in