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class:Tool [CHANGED]

  • 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
  • All Known Subinterfaces:
    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
  • 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:run(java.io.InputStream, java.io.OutputStream, java.io.OutputStream, java.lang.String...) [NONE]

  • 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.

method:getSourceVersions() [NONE]

  • getSourceVersions

    Set<SourceVersion> getSourceVersions()
    Gets the source versions of the Java™ programming language supported by this tool.
    Returns:
    a set of supported source versions