CompilerTranslator.java

package org.codehaus.mojo.idlj;

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import java.io.File;

import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;

/**
 * This is the interface to implement in order to add a new compiler backend to this plugin
 *
 * @author Anders Hessellund Jensen <ahj@trifork.com>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface CompilerTranslator
{

    /**
     * This method it's used to invoke the compiler
     *
     * @param sourceDirectory the path to the sources
     * @param includeDirs the <code>File[]</code> of directories where to find the includes
     * @param targetDirectory the path to the destination of the compilation
     * @param idlFile the path to the file to compile
     * @param source //TODO ???
     * @throws MojoExecutionException the exeception is thrown whenever the compilation fails or crashes
     */
    void invokeCompiler( String sourceDirectory, File[] includeDirs, String targetDirectory, String idlFile, Source source )
        throws MojoExecutionException;

    /**
     * Enable/disable debug messages.
     *
     * @param debug the debug to set
     */
    public void setDebug( boolean debug );

    /**
     * The <code>Log</code> that will used for the messages
     *
     * @param log the log to set
     */
    public void setLog( Log log );

    /**
     * Set to true to fail the build if an error occur while compiling the IDL.
     *
     * @param failOnError the failOnError to set
     */
    public void setFailOnError( boolean failOnError );
}