Uses of Package
javax.tools

Packages that use javax.tools

Package	Description
javax.annotation.processing	Facilities for declaring annotation processors and for allowing annotation processors to communicate with an annotation processing tool environment.
javax.tools	Provides interfaces for tools which can be invoked from a program, for example, compilers.

Classes in javax.tools used by javax.annotation.processing

Class	Description
Diagnostic.Kind	Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
FileObject	File abstraction for tools.
JavaFileManager.Location	Interface for locations of file objects.
JavaFileObject	File abstraction for tools operating on Java™ programming language source and class files.

Classes in javax.tools used by javax.tools

Class	Description
Diagnostic	Interface for diagnostics from tools.
Diagnostic.Kind	Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
DiagnosticListener	Interface for receiving diagnostics from tools.
DocumentationTool	Interface to invoke Java™ programming language documentation tools from programs.
DocumentationTool.DocumentationTask	Interface representing a future for a documentation task.
DocumentationTool.Location	Locations specific to DocumentationTool.
FileObject	File abstraction for tools.
ForwardingFileObject	Forwards calls to a given file object.
JavaCompiler	Interface to invoke Java™ programming language compilers from programs.
JavaCompiler.CompilationTask	Interface representing a future for a compilation task.
JavaFileManager	File manager for tools operating on Java™ programming language source and class files.
JavaFileManager.Location	Interface for locations of file objects.
JavaFileObject	File abstraction for tools operating on Java™ programming language source and class files.
JavaFileObject.Kind	Kinds of JavaFileObjects.
OptionChecker	Interface for recognizing options.
StandardJavaFileManager	File manager based on java.io.File and java.nio.file.Path.
StandardJavaFileManager.PathFactory	Factory to create Path objects from strings.
StandardLocation	Standard locations of file objects.
Tool	Common interface for tools that can be invoked from a program.