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package javax.tools;
import java.util.Set;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
/**
* Common interface for tools that can be invoked from a program.
* A tool is traditionally a command line program such as a compiler.
* The set of tools available with a platform is defined by the
* vendor.
*
* <p>Tools can be located using {@link
* java.util.ServiceLoader#load(Class)}.
*
* @author Neal M Gafter
* @author Peter von der Ahé
* @author Jonathan Gibbons
* @since 1.6
*/
public interface Tool {
/**
* Returns the name of this tool, or an empty string if no name is provided.
*
* @apiNote It is recommended that the name be the same as would be
* used on the command line: for example, "javac", "jar", "jlink".
* @implNote This implementation returns an empty string.
*
* @return the name of this tool
* @since 9
*/
default String name() {
return "";
}
/**
* Run the tool with the given I/O channels and arguments. By
* convention a tool returns 0 for success and nonzero for errors.
* Any diagnostics generated will be written to either {@code out}
* or {@code err} in some unspecified format.
*
* @param in "standard" input; use System.in if null
* @param out "standard" output; use System.out if null
* @param err "standard" error; use System.err if null
* @param arguments arguments to pass to the tool
* @return 0 for success; nonzero otherwise
* @throws NullPointerException if the array of arguments contains
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