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* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
* Stephan Herrmann - Contribution for
* Bug 440477 - [null] Infrastructure for feeding external annotations into compilation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.core;
/**
* A classpath attribute defines a name/value pair that can be persisted with a classpath entry. Such an attribute
* can be created using the factory method {@link JavaCore#newClasspathAttribute(String, String) newClasspathAttribute(String name, String value)}.
*
* @see JavaCore#newContainerEntry(
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath containerPath,
* IAccessRule[] accessRules,
* IClasspathAttribute[] extraAttributes,
* boolean isExported)
* @see JavaCore#newLibraryEntry(
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath path,
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath sourceAttachmentPath,
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath sourceAttachmentRootPath,
* IAccessRule[] accessRules,
* IClasspathAttribute[] extraAttributes,
* boolean isExported)
* @see JavaCore#newProjectEntry(
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath path,
* IAccessRule[] accessRules,
* boolean combineAccessRestrictions,
* IClasspathAttribute[] extraAttributes,
* boolean isExported)
* @see JavaCore#newSourceEntry(
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath path,
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath[] inclusionPatterns,
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath[] exclusionPatterns,
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath specificOutputLocation,
* IClasspathAttribute[] extraAttributes)
* @see JavaCore#newVariableEntry(
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath variablePath,
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath variableSourceAttachmentPath,
* org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath variableSourceAttachmentRootPath,
* IAccessRule[] accessRules,
* IClasspathAttribute[] extraAttributes,
* boolean isExported)
* @since 3.1
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*/
public interface IClasspathAttribute {
/**
* Constant for the name of the javadoc location attribute.
*
* <p>The value for this attribute has to be the string representation of a URL.</p>
*
* @since 3.1
*/
String JAVADOC_LOCATION_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "javadoc_location"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the index location attribute.
*
* <p>The value for this attribute has to be the string representation of a URL.
* It should point to an existing index file in a folder or a jar. The URL can also be of platform protocol.</p>
*
* @since 3.8
*/
String INDEX_LOCATION_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "index_location"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the encoding to be used for source attachments.
*
* <p>The value of this attribute has to be a string representation of a valid encoding. The encoding
* for a source attachment is determined in the following order: </p>
*
* <ul>
* <li> Encoding explicitly set on the source file (java or zip), i.e. <code>org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile#getCharset(false)</code> </li>
* <li> Encoding set on the corresponding classpath entry </li>
* <li> If the source attachment is a folder, then the encoding determined by the file content if detectable </li>
* <li> If the source attachment is in the workspace, then the encoding of the enclosing resources</li>
* </ul>
*
* @see org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile#getCharset()
* @since 3.8
*/
String SOURCE_ATTACHMENT_ENCODING = "source_encoding"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the ignore optional compile problems attribute.
* This attribute is valid only for classpath entries describing source folders.
* The possible values for this attribute are <code>"true"</code> or
* <code>"false"</code>. When not present, <code>"false"</code> is assumed.
* If the value of this attribute is <code>"true"</code>, all optional problems
* from the source folder described by this classpath entry will not be reported
* by the compiler.
*
* @since 3.8
*/
String IGNORE_OPTIONAL_PROBLEMS = "ignore_optional_problems"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the optional attribute. The possible values
* for this attribute are <code>"true"</code> or <code>"false"</code>.
* When not present, <code>"false"</code> is assumed.
* If the value of this attribute is <code>"true"</code>, the classpath entry
* is optional. If the underlying resource or jar file doesn't exist, no error
* is reported and the classpath entry is ignored.
*
* @since 3.2
*/
String OPTIONAL = "optional"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the module attribute. The possible values
* for this attribute are <code>"true"</code> or <code>"false"</code>.
* When not present, <code>"false"</code> is assumed.
* If the value of this attribute is <code>"true"</code>, the classpath
* entry is considered to be on the module path and will be treated as a
* regular named module or as an automatic module.
*
* @since 3.14
*/
String MODULE = "module"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the add-exports attribute.
*
* <p>The value of this attribute must adhere to the syntax of <code>javac's</code>
* {@code --add-exports} command line option: {@code <source-module>/<package>=<target-module>(,<target-module>)*}.
* Multiple such options are packed as a ':' separated list into a single classpath attribute.
* The given exports will be added at compile time.</p>
* <p>Classpath entries with this attribute should also have a {@link #MODULE} attribute
* with value <code>"true"</code>.</p>
*
* @since 3.14
*/
String ADD_EXPORTS = "add-exports"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the add-reads attribute.
*
* <p>The value of this attribute must adhere to the syntax of <code>javac's</code>
* {@code --add-reads} command line option: {@code <source-module>=<target-module>}.
* The given reads edge will be added at compile time.</p>
*
* @since 3.14
*/
String ADD_READS = "add-reads"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the patch-module attribute.
*
* <p>The value of this attribute must be the name of a module defined in the
* classpath entry, to which this attribute is attached.</p>
*
* <p>This attribute is supported for classpath entries of kind
* {@link IClasspathEntry#CPE_CONTAINER}, {@link IClasspathEntry#CPE_LIBRARY}
* and {@link IClasspathEntry#CPE_PROJECT}.
* A classpath entry having this attribute must also have the
* {@link #MODULE} attribute with value <code>"true"</code>.</p>
*
* @since 3.14
*/
String PATCH_MODULE = "patch-module"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the limit-modules attribute.
*
* <p>The value of this attribute must be a comma-separated list of names of modules
* defined in the classpath entry, to which this attribute is attached.
* The set of modules observable through this entry will be limited to
* the transitive closure of modules in this list.</p>
*
* <p>This attribute is supported for classpath entries of kind
* {@link IClasspathEntry#CPE_CONTAINER}.
* A classpath entry having this attribute must also have the
* {@link #MODULE} attribute with value <code>"true"</code>.</p>
*
* @since 3.14
*/
String LIMIT_MODULES = "limit-modules"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant of the name of the module-main-class attribute.
* The classpath entry holding this attribute must refer to a source folder
* containing the implementation of a module.
*
* <p>The value of this attribute must be the name of a class defined in this module.
* It will be used for generating the <code>ModuleMainClass</code> attribute
* in <code>module-info.class</code>.</p>
*
* @since 3.14
*/
String MODULE_MAIN_CLASS = "module-main-class"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the external annotation path attribute.
*
* <p>The value for this attribute has to be the string representation of a path.
* It should point to an existing directory where external annotations can be
* found to support annotation based null analysis involving 3rd party libraries.</p>
*
* @since 3.11
*/
String EXTERNAL_ANNOTATION_PATH = "annotationpath"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the test attribute.
*
* <p>
* The possible values for this attribute are <code>"true"</code> or <code>"false"</code>. When not present,
* <code>"false"</code> is assumed. If the value of this attribute is <code>"true"</code>, and the classpath entry
* is a source folder, it is assumed to contain test sources, otherwise main sources.
* </p>
* <p>
* During the compilation of main sources, only code is visible, that is reachable via classpath entries which do
* not have the test attribute set to to "true". During the compilation of test sources, all code is visible as if
* this attribute didn't exist at all.
* </p>
*
* @since 3.14
*/
String TEST = "test"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Constant for the name of the without_test_code attribute.
*
* <p>
* The possible values for this attribute are <code>"true"</code> or <code>"false"</code>. When not present,
* <code>"false"</code> is assumed. If the value of this attribute is <code>"true"</code>, and the classpath entry
* is a project, any test code reachable via that classpath entry will not be visible even to test sources.
* </p>
*
* @since 3.14
*/
String WITHOUT_TEST_CODE = "without_test_code"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Returns the name of this classpath attribute.
*
* @return the name of this classpath attribute.
* @since 3.1
*/
String getName();
/**
* Returns the value of this classpath attribute.
*
* @return the value of this classpath attribute.
* @since 3.1
*/
String getValue();
}