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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.
*
*
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 specified types.
* The type declarations said to be included in this invocation
* consist of the specified types and any types nested within them.
*
*
{@link DeclarationFilter}
* provides a simple way to select just the items of interest
* when a method returns a collection of declarations.
*
* @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
* standardized annotation processing API. The replacement for the
* functionality of this interface is {@link
* javax.annotation.processing.ProcessingEnvironment}.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @since 1.5
*/
@Deprecated
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
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 "-encoding") to option value.
* For an option with no value (such as "-help"), the
* corresponding value in the map is null.
*
*
Options beginning with "-A" are processor-specific.
* Such options are unrecognized by the tool, but intended to be used by
* some annotation processor.
*
* @return the 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 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 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 included}
* 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 getTypeDeclarations();
/**
* Returns the declarations annotated with the given annotation type.
* Only declarations of the types
* {@linkplain AnnotationProcessorEnvironment included}
* 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 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);
}