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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).
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Set<SourceVersion> |
getSourceVersions()
Gets the source versions of the Java™ programming language supported by this tool. |
int |
run(InputStream in,
OutputStream out,
OutputStream err,
String... arguments)
Run the tool with the given I/O channels and arguments. |
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int run(InputStream in,
OutputStream out,
OutputStream err,
String... arguments)
out
or err in some unspecified format.
in - "standard" input; use System.in if nullout - "standard" output; use System.out if nullerr - "standard" error; use System.err if nullarguments - arguments to pass to the tool
NullPointerException - if the array of arguments contains
any null elements.Set<SourceVersion> getSourceVersions()
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