Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

Uses of Package
javax.tools

Packages that use javax.tools
javax.annotation.processing Facilities for declaring annotation processors and for allowing annotation processors to communicate with an annotation processing tool environment. 
javax.tools Provides interfaces for tools which can be invoked from a program, for example, compilers. 
 

Classes in javax.tools used by javax.annotation.processing
Diagnostic.Kind
          Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
FileObject
          File abstraction for tools.
JavaFileManager.Location
          Interface for locations of file objects.
JavaFileObject
          File abstraction for tools operating on Java™ programming language source and class files.
 

Classes in javax.tools used by javax.tools
Diagnostic
          Interface for diagnostics from tools.
Diagnostic.Kind
          Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
DiagnosticListener
          Interface for receiving diagnostics from tools.
FileObject
          File abstraction for tools.
ForwardingFileObject
          Forwards calls to a given file object.
JavaCompiler
          Interface to invoke Java™ programming language compilers from programs.
JavaCompiler.CompilationTask
          Interface representing a future for a compilation task.
JavaFileManager
          File manager for tools operating on Java™ programming language source and class files.
JavaFileManager.Location
          Interface for locations of file objects.
JavaFileObject
          File abstraction for tools operating on Java™ programming language source and class files.
JavaFileObject.Kind
          Kinds of JavaFileObjects.
OptionChecker
          Interface for recognizing options.
StandardJavaFileManager
          File manager based on java.io.File.
StandardLocation
          Standard locations of file objects.
Tool
          Common interface for tools that can be invoked from a program.
 


Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 6

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