Plugin

```
public interface Plugin
```
The interface for a javac plug-in.
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.

Since:

1.8

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getName()`	Returns the user-friendly name of this plug-in.
`void`	`init(JavacTask task, String... args)`	Initializes the plug-in for a given compilation task.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Returns the user-friendly name of this plug-in.
    
    Returns:
    
    the user-friendly name of the plug-in
  - init
```
void init(JavacTask task,
          String... args)
```
    Initializes the plug-in for a given compilation task.
    
    Parameters:
    
    task - The compilation task that has just been started
    
    args - Arguments, if any, for the plug-in