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package org.apache.jasper.compiler;

import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * If you want to plugin your own Java compiler, you probably want to
 * write a class that implements this interface. 
 *
 * @author Anil K. Vijendran
 * @author Sam Ruby
 */
public interface JavaCompiler {

    /**
     * Specify where the compiler can be found
     */ 
    void setCompilerPath(String compilerPath);

    /**
     * Set the encoding (character set) of the source
     */ 
    void setEncoding(String encoding);

    /**
     * Set the class path for the compiler
     */ 
    void setClasspath(String classpath);

    /**
     * Set the output directory
     */ 
    void setOutputDir(String outdir);

    /**
     * Set where you want the compiler output (messages) to go 
     */ 
    void setMsgOutput(OutputStream out);

    /**
     * Set if you want debugging information in the class file 
     */ 
    void setClassDebugInfo(boolean classDebugInfo);

    /**
     * Execute the compiler
     * @param source - file name of the source to be compiled
     */ 
    boolean compile(String source);

}

