Module java.compiler

Package javax.tools

Interface Tool

All Known Subinterfaces:

DocumentationTool, JavaCompiler

public interface Tool

Common interface for tools that can be invoked from a program. A tool is traditionally a command line program such as a compiler. The set of tools available with a platform is defined by the vendor.

Tools can be located using ServiceLoader.load(Class).

Since:

1.6

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Set<SourceVersion>	getSourceVersions()	Returns the source versions of the Java™ programming language supported by this tool.
default String	name()	Returns the name of this tool, or an empty string if no name is provided.
int	run(InputStream in, OutputStream out, OutputStream err, String... arguments)	Run the tool with the given I/O channels and arguments.

Method Detail

name

default String name()

Returns the name of this tool, or an empty string if no name is provided.

API Note:

It is recommended that the name be the same as would be used on the command line: for example, "javac", "jar", "jlink".

Implementation Note:

This implementation returns an empty string.

Returns:

the name of this tool

Since:

9

run

int run(InputStream in,
        OutputStream out,
        OutputStream err,
        String... arguments)

Run the tool with the given I/O channels and arguments. By convention a tool returns 0 for success and nonzero for errors. Any diagnostics generated will be written to either out or err in some unspecified format.

Parameters:

in - "standard" input; use System.in if null

out - "standard" output; use System.out if null

err - "standard" error; use System.err if null

arguments - arguments to pass to the tool

Returns:

0 for success; nonzero otherwise

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the array of arguments contains any null elements.

getSourceVersions

Set<SourceVersion> getSourceVersions()

Returns the source versions of the Java™ programming language supported by this tool.

Returns:

a set of supported source versions