sun.rmi.rmic

Interface Generator

All Known Implementing Classes:

Generator, IDLGenerator, PrintGenerator, RMIGenerator, StubGenerator

public interface Generator

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.

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

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	generate(BatchEnvironment env, ClassDefinition cdef, File destDir) Generate output.
boolean	parseArgs(String[] argv, Main main) Examine and consume command line arguments.

Method Detail

parseArgs

boolean parseArgs(String[] argv,
                Main main)

Examine and consume command line arguments.

Parameters:

argv - The command line arguments. Ignore null and unknown arguments. Set each consumed argument to null.

main - Report any errors using the main.error() methods.

Returns:

true if no errors, false otherwise.

generate

void generate(BatchEnvironment env,
            ClassDefinition cdef,
            File destDir)

Generate output. Any source files created which need compilation should be added to the compiler environment using the addGeneratedFile(File) method.

Parameters:

env - The compiler environment

cdef - The definition for the implementation class or interface from which to generate output

destDir - The directory for the root of the package hierarchy for generated files. May be null.