JavaCompiler.CompilationTask (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• All Superinterfaces:
  Callable<Boolean>
  Enclosing interface:
  JavaCompiler

public static interface JavaCompiler.CompilationTask
extends Callable<Boolean>
Interface representing a future for a compilation task. The compilation task has not yet started. To start the task, call the call method.
Before calling the call method, additional aspects of the task can be configured, for example, by calling thesetProcessors method.

• • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  Boolean	call()	Performs this compilation task.
  void	setLocale(Locale locale)	Set the locale to be applied when formatting diagnostics and other localized data.
  void	setProcessors(Iterable<? extends Processor> processors)	Sets processors (for annotation processing).

• • Method Detail

     * #### setProcessors  
     void setProcessors([Iterable](../../java/lang/Iterable.html "interface in java.lang")<? extends [Processor](../../javax/annotation/processing/Processor.html "interface in javax.annotation.processing")> processors)  
     Sets processors (for annotation processing). This will bypass the normal discovery mechanism.  
     Parameters:  
     `processors` \- processors (for annotation processing)  
     Throws:  
     `[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the task has started  
     * #### setLocale  
     void setLocale([Locale](../../java/util/Locale.html "class in java.util") locale)  
     Set the locale to be applied when formatting diagnostics and other localized data.  
     Parameters:  
     `locale` \- the locale to apply; `null` means apply no locale  
     Throws:  
     `[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the task has started  
     * #### call  
     [Boolean](../../java/lang/Boolean.html "class in java.lang") call()  
     Performs this compilation task. The compilation may only be performed once. Subsequent calls to this method throw IllegalStateException.  
     Specified by:  
     `[call](../../java/util/concurrent/Callable.html#call--)` in interface `[Callable](../../java/util/concurrent/Callable.html "interface in java.util.concurrent")<[Boolean](../../java/lang/Boolean.html "class in java.lang")>`  
     Returns:  
     true if and only all the files compiled without errors; false otherwise  
     Throws:  
     `[RuntimeException](../../java/lang/RuntimeException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if an unrecoverable error occurred in a user-supplied component. The[cause](../../java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause--) will be the error in user code.  
     `[IllegalStateException](../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if called more than once

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