Interface StandardJavaFileManager

All Superinterfaces:: AutoCloseable, Closeable, Flushable, JavaFileManager, OptionChecker

public interface StandardJavaFileManager
extends JavaFileManager

File manager based on java.io.File and java.nio.file.Path. A common way to obtain an instance of this class is using getStandardFileManager, for example:

JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
   DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject> diagnostics =
       new DiagnosticCollector<JavaFileObject>();
   StandardJavaFileManager fm = compiler.getStandardFileManager(diagnostics, null, null);

This file manager creates file objects representing regular files, zip file entries, or entries in similar file system based containers. Any file object returned from a file manager implementing this interface must observe the following behavior:

File names need not be canonical.
For file objects representing regular files
- the method FileObject.delete() is equivalent to File.delete(),
- the method FileObject.getLastModified() is equivalent to File.lastModified(),
- the methods FileObject.getCharContent(boolean), FileObject.openInputStream(), and FileObject.openReader(boolean) must succeed if the following would succeed (ignoring encoding issues):
```
new FileInputStream(new File(fileObject.toUri()))
```
- and the methods FileObject.openOutputStream(), and FileObject.openWriter() must succeed if the following would succeed (ignoring encoding issues):
```
new FileOutputStream(new File(fileObject.toUri()))
```
The URI returned from FileObject.toUri()
- must be absolute (have a schema), and
- must have a normalized path component which can be resolved without any process-specific context such as the current directory (file names must be absolute).

According to these rules, the following URIs, for example, are allowed:

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/UncleBob/BobsApp/Test.java
jar:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/UncleBob/lib/vendorA.jar!/com/vendora/LibraryClass.class

Whereas these are not (reason in parentheses):

file:BobsApp/Test.java (the file name is relative and depend on the current directory)
jar:lib/vendorA.jar!/com/vendora/LibraryClass.class (the first half of the path depends on the current directory, whereas the component after ! is legal)
Test.java (this URI depends on the current directory and does not have a schema)
jar:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/UncleBob/BobsApp/../lib/vendorA.jar!com/vendora/LibraryClass.class (the path is not normalized)

All implementations of this interface must support Path objects representing files in the default file system. It is recommended that implementations should support Path objects from any filesystem.

API Note:: Some methods on this interface take a Collection<? extends Path> instead of Iterable<? extends Path>. This is to prevent the possibility of accidentally calling the method with a single Path as such an argument, because although Path implements Iterable<Path>, it would almost never be correct to call these methods with a single Path and have it be treated as an Iterable of its components.
Since:: 1.6

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static interface`	`StandardJavaFileManager.PathFactory`	Factory to create `Path` objects from strings.

Nested classes/interfaces declared in interface javax.tools.JavaFileManager

JavaFileManager.Location

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default Path`	`asPath(FileObject file)`	Returns the path, if any, underlying this file object (optional operation).
`Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject>`	`getJavaFileObjects(File... files)`	Returns file objects representing the given files.
`Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject>`	`getJavaFileObjects(String... names)`	Returns file objects representing the given file names.
`default Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject>`	`getJavaFileObjects(Path... paths)`	Returns file objects representing the given paths.
`Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject>`	`getJavaFileObjectsFromFiles(Iterable<? extends File> files)`	Returns file objects representing the given files.
`default Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject>`	`getJavaFileObjectsFromPaths(Iterable<? extends Path> paths)`	Returns file objects representing the given paths.
`Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject>`	`getJavaFileObjectsFromStrings(Iterable<String> names)`	Returns file objects representing the given file names.
`Iterable<? extends File>`	`getLocation(JavaFileManager.Location location)`	Returns the search path associated with the given location.
`default Iterable<? extends Path>`	`getLocationAsPaths(JavaFileManager.Location location)`	Returns the search path associated with the given location.
`boolean`	`isSameFile(FileObject a, FileObject b)`	Compares two file objects and return true if they represent the same canonical file, zip file entry, or entry in any file system based container.
`void`	`setLocation(JavaFileManager.Location location, Iterable<? extends File> files)`	Associates the given search path with the given location.
`default void`	`setLocationForModule(JavaFileManager.Location location, String moduleName, Collection<? extends Path> paths)`	Associates the given search path with the given module and location, which must be a module-oriented or output location.
`default void`	`setLocationFromPaths(JavaFileManager.Location location, Collection<? extends Path> paths)`	Associates the given search path with the given location.
`default void`	`setPathFactory(StandardJavaFileManager.PathFactory f)`	Specify a factory that can be used to generate a path from a string, or series of strings.

Methods declared in interface javax.tools.JavaFileManager

close, contains, flush, getClassLoader, getFileForInput, getFileForOutput, getJavaFileForInput, getJavaFileForOutput, getLocationForModule, getLocationForModule, getServiceLoader, handleOption, hasLocation, inferBinaryName, inferModuleName, list, listLocationsForModules

Methods declared in interface javax.tools.OptionChecker

isSupportedOption

Method Detail

isSameFile

boolean isSameFile(FileObject a,
                   FileObject b)

Compares two file objects and return true if they represent the same canonical file, zip file entry, or entry in any file system based container.

Specified by:: isSameFile in interface JavaFileManager
Parameters:: a - a file object; b - a file object
Returns:: true if the given file objects represent the same canonical file, zip file entry or path; false otherwise
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if either of the arguments were created with another file manager implementation

getJavaFileObjectsFromFiles

Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> getJavaFileObjectsFromFiles(Iterable<? extends File> files)

Returns file objects representing the given files.

Parameters:: files - a list of files
Returns:: a list of file objects
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the list of files includes a directory

getJavaFileObjectsFromPaths

default Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> getJavaFileObjectsFromPaths(Iterable<? extends Path> paths)

Returns file objects representing the given paths.

Implementation Requirements:: The default implementation converts each path to a file and calls getJavaObjectsFromFiles. IllegalArgumentException will be thrown if any of the paths cannot be converted to a file.
Parameters:: paths - a list of paths
Returns:: a list of file objects
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the list of paths includes a directory or if this file manager does not support any of the given paths.
Since:: 9

getJavaFileObjects

Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> getJavaFileObjects(File... files)

Returns file objects representing the given files. Convenience method equivalent to:

getJavaFileObjectsFromFiles(Arrays.asList(files))

Parameters:: files - an array of files
Returns:: a list of file objects
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the array of files includes a directory; NullPointerException - if the given array contains null elements

getJavaFileObjects

default Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> getJavaFileObjects(Path... paths)

Returns file objects representing the given paths. Convenience method equivalent to:

getJavaFileObjectsFromPaths(Arrays.asList(paths))

Parameters:: paths - an array of paths
Returns:: a list of file objects
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the array of files includes a directory; NullPointerException - if the given array contains null elements
Since:: 9

getJavaFileObjectsFromStrings

Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> getJavaFileObjectsFromStrings(Iterable<String> names)

Returns file objects representing the given file names.

Parameters:: names - a list of file names
Returns:: a list of file objects
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the list of file names includes a directory

getJavaFileObjects

Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> getJavaFileObjects(String... names)

Returns file objects representing the given file names. Convenience method equivalent to:

getJavaFileObjectsFromStrings(Arrays.asList(names))

Parameters:: names - a list of file names
Returns:: a list of file objects
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the array of file names includes a directory; NullPointerException - if the given array contains null elements

setLocation

void setLocation(JavaFileManager.Location location,
                 Iterable<? extends File> files)
          throws IOException

Associates the given search path with the given location. Any previous value will be discarded. If the location is a module-oriented or output location, any module-specific associations set up by setLocationForModule will be cancelled.

Parameters:: location - a location; files - a list of files, if null use the default search path for this location
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if location is an output location and files does not contain exactly one element; IOException - if location is an output location and does not represent an existing directory
See Also:: getLocation(javax.tools.JavaFileManager.Location)

setLocationFromPaths

default void setLocationFromPaths(JavaFileManager.Location location,
                                  Collection<? extends Path> paths)
                           throws IOException

Implementation Requirements:: The default implementation converts each path to a file and calls getJavaObjectsFromFiles. IllegalArgumentException will be thrown if any of the paths cannot be converted to a file.
Parameters:: location - a location; paths - a list of paths, if null use the default search path for this location
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if location is an output location and paths does not contain exactly one element or if this file manager does not support any of the given paths; IOException - if location is an output location and paths does not represent an existing directory
Since:: 9
See Also:: getLocation(javax.tools.JavaFileManager.Location)

setLocationForModule

default void setLocationForModule(JavaFileManager.Location location,
                                  String moduleName,
                                  Collection<? extends Path> paths)
                           throws IOException

Associates the given search path with the given module and location, which must be a module-oriented or output location. Any previous value will be discarded. This overrides any default association derived from the search path associated with the location itself. All such module-specific associations will be cancelled if a new search path is associated with the location by calling setLocation or setLocationFromPaths.

Parameters:: location - the location; moduleName - the name of the module; paths - the search path to associate with the location and module.
Throws:: IllegalStateException - if the location is not a module-oriented or output location.; UnsupportedOperationException - if this operation is not supported by this file manager.; IOException - if location is an output location and paths does not represent an existing directory
Since:: 9
See Also:: setLocation(javax.tools.JavaFileManager.Location,java.lang.Iterable<? extends java.io.File>), setLocationFromPaths(javax.tools.JavaFileManager.Location,java.util.Collection<? extends java.nio.file.Path>)

getLocation

Iterable<? extends File> getLocation(JavaFileManager.Location location)

Returns the search path associated with the given location.

Parameters:: location - a location
Returns:: a list of files or null if this location has no associated search path
Throws:: IllegalStateException - if any element of the search path cannot be converted to a File, or if the search path cannot be represented as a simple series of files.
See Also:: setLocation(javax.tools.JavaFileManager.Location, java.lang.Iterable<? extends java.io.File>), Path.toFile()

getLocationAsPaths

default Iterable<? extends Path> getLocationAsPaths(JavaFileManager.Location location)

Returns the search path associated with the given location.

Implementation Requirements:: The default implementation calls getLocation and then returns an Iterable formed by calling toPath() on each File returned from getLocation.
Parameters:: location - a location
Returns:: a list of paths or null if this location has no associated search path
Throws:: IllegalStateException - if the search path cannot be represented as a simple series of paths.
Since:: 9
See Also:: setLocationFromPaths(javax.tools.JavaFileManager.Location, java.util.Collection<? extends java.nio.file.Path>)

asPath

default Path asPath(FileObject file)

Returns the path, if any, underlying this file object (optional operation). File objects derived from a FileSystem, including the default file system, typically have a corresponding underlying Path object. In such cases, this method may be used to access that object.

Implementation Requirements:: The default implementation throws UnsupportedOperationException for all files.
Parameters:: file - a file object
Returns:: a path representing the same underlying file system artifact
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the file object does not have an underlying path; UnsupportedOperationException - if the operation is not supported by this file manager
Since:: 9

setPathFactory

default void setPathFactory(StandardJavaFileManager.PathFactory f)

Specify a factory that can be used to generate a path from a string, or series of strings. If this method is not called, a factory whose getPath method is equivalent to calling java.nio.file.Paths.get(first, more) will be used.

Implementation Requirements:: The default implementation of this method ignores the factory that is provided.
Parameters:: f - the factory
Since:: 9