Uses of Package
javax.tools

Packages that use javax.tools

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).
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 com.sun.source.doctree

Class and Description
Diagnostic Interface for diagnostics from tools.
JavaFileObject File abstraction for tools operating on Java™ programming language source and class files.

Classes in javax.tools used by com.sun.source.tree

Class and Description
JavaFileObject File abstraction for tools operating on Java™ programming language source and class files.

Classes in javax.tools used by com.sun.source.util

Class and Description
Diagnostic.Kind Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
JavaCompiler.CompilationTask Interface representing a future for a compilation task.
JavaFileObject File abstraction for tools operating on Java™ programming language source and class files.

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

Class and 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 and 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.
StandardLocation Standard locations of file objects.
Tool Common interface for tools that can be invoked from a program.