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package javax.tools;

import java.util.Set;

import java.io.InputStream;

import java.io.OutputStream;

import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;

/**

 * 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.

 *

 * <p>Tools can be located using {@link

 * java.util.ServiceLoader#load(Class)}.

 *

 * @author Neal M Gafter

 * @author Peter von der Ahé

 * @author Jonathan Gibbons

 * @since 1.6

 */

public interface Tool {

    /**

     * Run the tool with the given I/O channels and arguments. By

     * convention a tool returns 0 for success and nonzero for errors.

     * Any diagnostics generated will be written to either {@code out}

     * or {@code err} in some unspecified format.

     *

     * @param in "standard" input; use System.in if null

     * @param out "standard" output; use System.out if null

     * @param err "standard" error; use System.err if null

     * @param arguments arguments to pass to the tool

     * @return 0 for success; nonzero otherwise

     * @throws NullPointerException if the array of arguments contains

     * any {@code null} elements.

     */

    int run(InputStream in, OutputStream out, OutputStream err, String... arguments);

    /**

     * Gets the source versions of the Java™ programming language

     * supported by this tool.

     * @return a set of supported source versions

     */

    Set<SourceVersion> getSourceVersions();

}