# Uses of Package
javax.tools

Packages that use javax.tools
Package
Description
com.sun.source.doctree
Provides interfaces to represent documentation comments as abstract syntax trees (AST).
com.sun.source.tree
Provides interfaces to represent source code as abstract syntax trees (AST).
com.sun.source.util
Provides utilities for operations on abstract syntax trees (AST).
javax.annotation.processing
Facilities for declaring annotation processors and for allowing annotation processors to communicate with an annotation processing tool environment.
javax.tools
Provides interfaces for tools which can be invoked from a program, for example, compilers.
jdk.javadoc.doclet
The Doclet API provides an environment which, in conjunction with the Language Model API and Compiler Tree API, allows clients to inspect the source-level structures of programs and libraries, including API comments embedded in the source.
jdk.jshell
Provides interfaces for creating tools, such as a Read-Eval-Print Loop (REPL), which interactively evaluate "snippets" of Java programming language code.

Classes in javax.tools used by com.sun.source.doctree
Class
Description
Diagnostic
Interface for diagnostics from tools.
JavaFileObject
File abstraction for tools operating on Java programming language source and class files.
Classes in javax.tools used by com.sun.source.tree
Class
Description
JavaFileObject
File abstraction for tools operating on Java programming language source and class files.
Classes in javax.tools used by com.sun.source.util
Class
Description
Diagnostic
Interface for diagnostics from tools.
Diagnostic.Kind
Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
FileObject
File abstraction for tools.
JavaCompiler.CompilationTask
Interface representing a future for a compilation task.
JavaFileObject
File abstraction for tools operating on Java programming language source and class files.
Classes in javax.tools used by javax.annotation.processing
Class
Description
Diagnostic.Kind
Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
FileObject
File abstraction for tools.
JavaFileManager.Location
Interface for locations of file objects.
JavaFileObject
File abstraction for tools operating on Java programming language source and class files.
Classes in javax.tools used by javax.tools
Class
Description
Diagnostic
Interface for diagnostics from tools.
Diagnostic.Kind
Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
DiagnosticListener
Interface for receiving diagnostics from tools.
DocumentationTool
Interface to invoke Java programming language documentation tools from programs.
DocumentationTool.DocumentationTask
Interface representing a future for a documentation task.
DocumentationTool.Location
Locations specific to `DocumentationTool`.
FileObject
File abstraction for tools.
ForwardingFileObject
Forwards calls to a given file object.
JavaCompiler
Interface to invoke Java programming language compilers from programs.
JavaCompiler.CompilationTask
Interface representing a future for a compilation task.
JavaFileManager
File manager for tools operating on Java programming language source and class files.
JavaFileManager.Location
Interface for locations of file objects.
JavaFileObject
File abstraction for tools operating on Java programming language source and class files.
JavaFileObject.Kind
Kinds of JavaFileObjects.
OptionChecker
Interface for recognizing options.
StandardJavaFileManager
File manager based on `java.io.File` and `java.nio.file.Path`.
StandardJavaFileManager.PathFactory
Factory to create `Path` objects from strings.
StandardLocation
Standard locations of file objects.
Tool
Common interface for tools that can be invoked from a program.
Classes in javax.tools used by jdk.javadoc.doclet
Class
Description
Diagnostic.Kind
Kinds of diagnostics, for example, error or warning.
JavaFileManager
File manager for tools operating on Java programming language source and class files.
JavaFileObject.Kind
Kinds of JavaFileObjects.
Classes in javax.tools used by jdk.jshell
Class
Description
StandardJavaFileManager
File manager based on `java.io.File` and `java.nio.file.Path`.