Package com.intellij.openapi.compiler

Interface CompileTask

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileProcessingCompilerAdapterTask

public interface CompileTask

Describes a task to be executed before or after compilation in the IDE process. The implementation should be registered in plugin.xml file:

 <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
   <compiler.task execute="BEFORE" implementation="qualified-class-name"/>
 </extensions>
 

or

 <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
   <compiler.task execute="AFTER" implementation="qualified-class-name"/>
 </extensions>
 

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	execute(CompileContext context) Executes the task.

Method Detail

execute

boolean execute(CompileContext context)

Executes the task.

Parameters:

context - current compile context

Returns:

true if execution succeeded, false otherwise. If the task returns false, the compilation is aborted, and it's expected that the task adds a message defining the reason for the failure to the compile context.