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package javax.annotation.processing;
import javax.annotation.*;
import javax.tools.Diagnostic;
import javax.lang.model.element.*;
/**
* A {@code Messager} provides the way for an annotation processor to
* report error messages, warnings, and other notices. Elements,
* annotations, and annotation values can be passed to provide a
* location hint for the message. However, such location hints may be
* unavailable or only approximate.
*
* Printing a message with an {@linkplain
* javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind#ERROR error kind} will {@linkplain
* RoundEnvironment#errorRaised raise an error}.
*
*
Note that the messages "printed" by methods in this
* interface may or may not appear as textual output to a location
* like {@link System#out} or {@link System#err}. Implementations may
* choose to present this information in a different fashion, such as
* messages in a window.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @author Peter von der Ahé
* @see ProcessingEnvironment#getLocale
* @since 1.6
*/
public interface Messager {
/**
* Prints a message of the specified kind.
*
* @param kind the kind of message
* @param msg the message, or an empty string if none
*/
void printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind kind, CharSequence msg);
/**
* Prints a message of the specified kind at the location of the
* element.
*
* @param kind the kind of message
* @param msg the message, or an empty string if none
* @param e the element to use as a position hint
*/
void printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind kind, CharSequence msg, Element e);
/**
* Prints a message of the specified kind at the location of the
* annotation mirror of the annotated element.
*
* @param kind the kind of message
* @param msg the message, or an empty string if none
* @param e the annotated element
* @param a the annotation to use as a position hint
*/
void printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind kind, CharSequence msg, Element e, AnnotationMirror a);
/**
* Prints a message of the specified kind at the location of the
* annotation value inside the annotation mirror of the annotated
* element.
*
* @param kind the kind of message
* @param msg the message, or an empty string if none
* @param e the annotated element
* @param a the annotation containing the annotation value
* @param v the annotation value to use as a position hint
*/
void printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind kind,
CharSequence msg,
Element e,
AnnotationMirror a,
AnnotationValue v);
}