Module jdk.compiler

module jdk.compiler

Defines the implementation of the system Java compiler and its command line equivalent, javac.

javac

This module provides the equivalent of command-line access to javac via the ToolProvider and Tool service provider interfaces (SPIs), and more flexible access via the JavaCompiler SPI.

Instances of the tools can be obtained by calling ToolProvider.findFirst or the service loader with the name "javac".

In addition, instances of JavaCompiler.CompilationTask obtained from JavaCompiler can be downcast to JavacTask for access to lower level aspects of javac, such as the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST).

This module uses the FileSystemProvider API to locate file system providers. In particular, this means that a jar file system provider, such as that in the jdk.zipfs module, must be available if the compiler is to be able to read JAR files.

Module Graph:

Tool Guides:

javac

Since:

9

Packages

Exports

Package	Description
com.sun.source.doctree	Provides interfaces to represent documentation comments as abstract syntax trees (AST).
com.sun.source.tree	Provides interfaces to represent source code as abstract syntax trees (AST).
com.sun.source.util	Provides utilities for operations on abstract syntax trees (AST).
com.sun.tools.javac	This package provides a legacy entry point for the javac tool.

Indirect Exports

From

Packages

java.compiler

javax.annotation.processing javax.lang.model javax.lang.model.element javax.lang.model.type javax.lang.model.util javax.tools

Modules

Requires

Modifier

Module

Description

transitive

java.compiler

Defines the Language Model, Annotation Processing, and Java Compiler APIs.

Services

Provides

Type

Description

JavaCompiler

Tool

ToolProvider

Uses

Type

Description

Plugin

The interface for a javac plug-in.

Processor

The interface for an annotation processor.