The javac plug-in mechanism allows a user to specify one or more plug-ins on the javac command line, to be started soon after the compilation has begun. Plug-ins are identified by a user-friendly name. Each plug-in that is started will be passed an array of strings, which may be used to provide the plug-in with values for any desired options or other arguments.
Plug-ins are located via a {@link ServiceLoader}, using the same class path as annotation processors (i.e. {@link StandardLocation#ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR_PATH ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR_PATH} or{@code -processorpath}).
It is expected that a typical plug-in will simply register a {@link TaskListener} to be informed of events during the executionof the compilation, and that the rest of the work will be done by the task listener. @since 1.8
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