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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. |
| * |
| * <p>Printing a message with an {@linkplain |
| * javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind#ERROR error kind} will {@linkplain |
| * RoundEnvironment#errorRaised raise an error}. |
| * |
| * <p>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); |
| } |