src/share/classes/com/sun/mirror/apt/AnnotationProcessorEnvironment.java

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package com.sun.mirror.apt;


import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;

import com.sun.mirror.declaration.*;
import com.sun.mirror.util.*;


/**
 * The environment encapsulating the state needed by an annotation processor.
 * An annotation processing tool makes this environment available
 * to all annotation processors.
 *
 * <p> When an annotation processing tool is invoked, it is given a
 * set of type declarations on which to operate.  These
 * are refered to as the <i>specified</i> types.
 * The type declarations said to be <i>included</i> in this invocation
 * consist of the specified types and any types nested within them.
 *
 * <p> {@link DeclarationFilter}
 * provides a simple way to select just the items of interest
 * when a method returns a collection of declarations.
 *
 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
 * @author Scott Seligman
 * @since 1.5
 */

public interface AnnotationProcessorEnvironment {

    /**
     * Returns the options passed to the annotation processing tool.
     * Options are returned in the form of a map from option name
     * (such as <tt>"-encoding"</tt>) to option value.
     * For an option with no value (such as <tt>"-help"</tt>), the
     * corresponding value in the map is <tt>null</tt>.
     *
     * <p> Options beginning with <tt>"-A"</tt> are <i>processor-specific.</i>
     * Such options are unrecognized by the tool, but intended to be used by
     * some annotation processor.
     *
     * @return the options passed to the tool
     */
    Map<String,String> 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 the declarations of the types specified when the
     * annotation processing tool was invoked.
     *
     * @return the types specified when the tool was invoked, or an
     * empty collection if there were none
     */
    Collection<TypeDeclaration> getSpecifiedTypeDeclarations();

    /**
     * Returns the declaration of a package given its fully qualified name.
     *
     * @param name  fully qualified package name, or "" for the unnamed package
     * @return the declaration of the named package, or null if it cannot
     * be found
     */
    PackageDeclaration getPackage(String name);

    /**
     * Returns the declaration of a type given its fully qualified name.
     *
     * @param name  fully qualified type name
     * @return the declaration of the named type, or null if it cannot be
     * found
     */
    TypeDeclaration getTypeDeclaration(String name);

    /**
     * A convenience method that returns the declarations of the types
     * {@linkplain AnnotationProcessorEnvironment <i>included</i>}
     * in this invocation of the annotation processing tool.
     *
     * @return the declarations of the types included in this invocation
     * of the tool, or an empty collection if there are none
     */
    Collection<TypeDeclaration> getTypeDeclarations();

    /**
     * Returns the declarations annotated with the given annotation type.
     * Only declarations of the types
     * {@linkplain AnnotationProcessorEnvironment <i>included</i>}
     * in this invocation of the annotation processing tool, or
     * declarations of members, parameters, or type parameters
     * declared within those, are returned.
     *
     * @param a  annotation type being requested
     * @return the declarations annotated with the given annotation type,
     * or an empty collection if there are none
     */
    Collection<Declaration> getDeclarationsAnnotatedWith(
                                                AnnotationTypeDeclaration a);

    /**
     * Returns an implementation of some utility methods for
     * operating on declarations.
     *
     * @return declaration utilities
     */
    Declarations getDeclarationUtils();

    /**
     * Returns an implementation of some utility methods for
     * operating on types.
     *
     * @return type utilities
     */
    Types getTypeUtils();

    /**
     * Add a listener.  If the listener is currently registered to listen,
     * adding it again will have no effect.
     *
     * @param listener The listener to add.
     * @throws NullPointerException if the listener is null
     */
    void addListener(AnnotationProcessorListener listener);


    /**
     * Remove a listener.  If the listener is not currently listening,
     * the method call does nothing.
     *
     * @param listener The listener to remove.
     * @throws NullPointerException if the listener is null
     */
    void removeListener(AnnotationProcessorListener listener);
}