@Exported public interface Plugin
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 ServiceLoader,
 using the same class path as annotation processors (i.e.
 ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR_PATH or
 -processorpath).
 
It is expected that a typical plug-in will simply register a
 TaskListener to be informed of events during the execution
 of the compilation, and that the rest of the work will be done
 by the task listener.
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| String | getName()Get the user-friendly name of this plug-in. | 
| void | init(JavacTask task,
    String... args)Initialize the plug-in for a given compilation task. | 
String getName()
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