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--- a/javax/annotation/processing/Filer.java
+++ b/javax/annotation/processing/Filer.java
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ exception statement from your version. */
package javax.annotation.processing;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
+
+import javax.tools.JavaFileManager;
+import javax.tools.JavaFileObject;
+import javax.tools.FileObject;
+
/**
* <p>This interface supports the creation of new files by the
* annotation processor. Creating files via this interface means
@@ -88,4 +96,119 @@ package javax.annotation.processing;
*/
public interface Filer
{
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a {@link JavaFileObject} for writing a class
+ * file. The name and location of the created file are
+ * based on the specified type name. The location used
+ * is relative to the root location for class files.
+ * A class file may be created for a package by appending
+ * the suffix {@code ".package-info"} to the name. The
+ * contents of the class file should be compatible with
+ * source version being used for this run of the annotation
+ * processor.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the type (or package if
+ * the {@code ".package-info"} suffix) to create
+ * a class file for.
+ * @param elements program elements associated with this class
+ * file. May be {@code null} or incomplete.
+ * @return access to the new class file via a {@link JavaFileObject}.
+ * @throws FilerException if the same pathname has already been used,
+ * the same type has already been created or
+ * the name is invalid.
+ * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
+ */
+ JavaFileObject createClassFile(CharSequence name, Element... elements)
+ throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * <p>Returns a {@link FileObject} for writing a resource file.
+ * The name and location of the created file are determined
+ * by combining the given location (either that used by class
+ * files, source files or another location supported by the
+ * implementation), the name of a package in which the resource
+ * should live (if any), and the specified name.</p>
+ * <p>Files created by this method are not registered for annotation
+ * processing.</p>
+ *
+ * @param location the location to use for the resource. Can be
+ * {@link javax.tools.StandardLocation#CLASS_OUTPUT},
+ * {@link javax.tools.StandardLocation#SOURCE_OUTPUT},
+ * or another location supported by the implementation.
+ * @param pkg the package which should contain the resource, or the
+ * empty string if one is not used.
+ * @param relName the final path components of the file name, which will
+ * be relative to the location and (if specified) the package.
+ * @param elements program elements associated with this resource
+ * file. May be {@code null} or incomplete.
+ * @return access to the new resource file via a {@link FileObject}.
+ * @throws FilerException if the same pathname has already been used.
+ * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the location specified is not supported,
+ * or {@code relName} is not relative.
+ */
+ FileObject createResource(JavaFileManager.Location location,
+ CharSequence pkg, CharSequence relName,
+ Element... elements)
+ throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * <p>Returns a {@link JavaFileObject} for writing a source
+ * file. The name and location of the created file are
+ * based on the specified type name. If more than one
+ * type is being declared, the top-level one should be used.
+ * The location used is relative to the root location for
+ * source files. A source file may be created for a package by
+ * appending the suffix {@code ".package-info"} to the name. The
+ * contents of the source file should be compatible with
+ * source version being used for this run of the annotation
+ * processor.</p>
+ * <p>The character set used by the {@link java.io.OutputStream}
+ * of the returned object is determined by the implementation,
+ * and may be set using either the platform default or by an
+ * option passed to the annotation processing tool. To override
+ * this, users can wrap the stream in an
+ * {@link java.io.OutputStreamWriter}.</p>
+ *
+ * @param name the fully-qualified name of the type (or package if
+ * the {@code ".package-info"} suffix) to create
+ * a source file for.
+ * @param elements program elements associated with this source
+ * file. May be {@code null} or incomplete.
+ * @return access to the new source file via a {@link JavaFileObject}.
+ * @throws FilerException if the same pathname has already been used,
+ * the same type has already been created or
+ * the name is invalid.
+ * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
+ */
+ JavaFileObject createSourceFile(CharSequence name, Element... elements)
+ throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a {@link FileObject} for reading a resource file.
+ * The name and location of the file to read are determined
+ * by combining the given location (either that used by class
+ * files, source files or another location supported by the
+ * implementation), the name of a package in which the resource
+ * lives (if any), and the specified name.
+ *
+ * @param location the location to use for the resource. Can be
+ * {@link javax.tools.StandardLocation#CLASS_OUTPUT},
+ * {@link javax.tools.StandardLocation#SOURCE_OUTPUT},
+ * or another location supported by the implementation.
+ * @param pkg the package which contains the resource, or the
+ * empty string if one is not used.
+ * @param relName the final path components of the file name, which will
+ * be relative to the location and (if specified) the package.
+ * @return access to the new resource file via a {@link FileObject}.
+ * @throws FilerException if the same pathname is open for writing.
+ * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the location specified is not supported,
+ * or {@code relName} is not relative.
+ */
+ FileObject getResource(JavaFileManager.Location location,
+ CharSequence pkg, CharSequence relName)
+ throws IOException;
+
}