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.
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
| public default boolean | Returns: whether or not this plugin should be automatically startedReturns whether or not this plugin should be automatically started, even if not explicitly specified in the command-line options. |
| public String | Returns: the user-friendly name of the plug-inReturns the user-friendly name of this plug-in. |
| public void |
| autoStart | back to summary |
|---|---|
| public default boolean autoStart() Returns whether or not this plugin should be automatically started, even if not explicitly specified in the command-line options. This method will be called by javac for all plugins located by the
service loader. If the method returns
| |
| getName | back to summary |
|---|---|
| public String getName() Returns the user-friendly name of this plug-in.
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| init | back to summary |
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| public void init(JavacTask task, String... args) Initializes the plug-in for a given compilation task. | |
