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package javax.annotation.processing;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Locale;
import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
import javax.lang.model.util.Elements;
import javax.lang.model.util.Types;
/**
* An annotation processing tool framework will {@linkplain
* Processor#init provide an annotation processor with an object
* implementing this interface} so the processor can use facilities
* provided by the framework to write new files, report error
* messages, and find other utilities.
*
* Third parties may wish to provide value-add wrappers around the
* facility objects from this interface, for example a {@code Filer}
* extension that allows multiple processors to coordinate writing out
* a single source file. To enable this, for processors running in a
* context where their side effects via the API could be visible to
* each other, the tool infrastructure must provide corresponding
* facility objects that are {@code .equals}, {@code Filer}s that are
* {@code .equals}, and so on. In addition, the tool invocation must
* be able to be configured such that from the perspective of the
* running annotation processors, at least the chosen subset of helper
* classes are viewed as being loaded by the same class loader.
* (Since the facility objects manage shared state, the implementation
* of a wrapper class must know whether or not the same base facility
* object has been wrapped before.)
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @author Peter von der Ahé
* @since 1.6
*/
public interface ProcessingEnvironment {
/**
* Returns the processor-specific options passed to the annotation
* processing tool. Options are returned in the form of a map from
* option name to option value. For an option with no value, the
* corresponding value in the map is {@code null}.
*
*
See documentation of the particular tool infrastructure
* being used for details on how to pass in processor-specific
* options. For example, a command-line implementation may
* distinguish processor-specific options by prefixing them with a
* known string like {@code "-A"}; other tool implementations may
* follow different conventions or provide alternative mechanisms.
* A given implementation may also provide implementation-specific
* ways of finding options passed to the tool in addition to the
* processor-specific options.
*
* @return the processor-specific options passed to the tool
*/
Map getOptions();
/**
* Returns the messager used to report errors, warnings, and other
* notices.
*
* @return the messager
*/
Messager getMessager();
/**
* Returns the filer used to create new source, class, or auxiliary
* files.
*
* @return the filer
*/
Filer getFiler();
/**
* Returns an implementation of some utility methods for
* operating on elements
*
* @return element utilities
*/
Elements getElementUtils();
/**
* Returns an implementation of some utility methods for
* operating on types.
*
* @return type utilities
*/
Types getTypeUtils();
/**
* Returns the source version that any generated {@linkplain
* Filer#createSourceFile source} and {@linkplain
* Filer#createClassFile class} files should conform to.
*
* @return the source version to which generated source and class
* files should conform to
* @see Processor#getSupportedSourceVersion
*/
SourceVersion getSourceVersion();
/**
* Returns the current locale or {@code null} if no locale is in
* effect. The locale can be be used to provide localized
* {@linkplain Messager messages}.
*
* @return the current locale or {@code null} if no locale is in
* effect
*/
Locale getLocale();
}