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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2007, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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+ *
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+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ *
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+ */
+
+/*
+ * Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
+ * RMI-IIOP v1.0
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 1999  All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ */
+
+package sun.rmi.rmic;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition;
+
+/**
+ * Generator defines the protocol for back-end implementations to be added
+ * to rmic.  See the rmic.properties file for a description of the format for
+ * adding new Generators to rmic.
+ * <p>
+ * Classes implementing this interface must have a public default constructor
+ * which should set any required arguments to their defaults.  When Main
+ * encounters a command line argument which maps to a specific Generator
+ * subclass, it will instantiate one and call parseArgs(...).  At some later
+ * point, Main will invoke the generate(...) method once for _each_ class passed
+ * on the command line.
+ *
+ * WARNING: The contents of this source file are not part of any
+ * supported API.  Code that depends on them does so at its own risk:
+ * they are subject to change or removal without notice.
+ *
+ * @author      Bryan Atsatt
+ */
+public interface Generator {
+
+    /**
+     * Examine and consume command line arguments.
+     * @param argv The command line arguments. Ignore null
+     * and unknown arguments. Set each consumed argument to null.
+     * @param main Report any errors using the main.error() methods.
+     * @return true if no errors, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean parseArgs(String argv[], Main main);
+
+    /**
+     * Generate output. Any source files created which need compilation should
+     * be added to the compiler environment using the addGeneratedFile(File)
+     * method.
+     *
+     * @param env       The compiler environment
+     * @param cdef      The definition for the implementation class or interface from
+     *              which to generate output
+     * @param destDir   The directory for the root of the package hierarchy
+     *                          for generated files. May be null.
+     */
+    public void generate(BatchEnvironment env, ClassDefinition cdef, File destDir);
+}