# Module java.compiler

module java.compiler
Defines the Language Model, Annotation Processing, and Java Compiler APIs.

These APIs model declarations and types of the Java programming language, and define interfaces for tools such as compilers which can be invoked from a program.

This module is upgradeable.

Since:
  9

- ## Packages

  Exports
  Package
  Description
  javax.annotation.processing
  Facilities for declaring annotation processors and for allowing annotation processors to communicate with an annotation processing tool environment.
  javax.lang.model
  Types and hierarchies of packages comprising a Java language model, a reflective API that models the declarations and types of the Java programming language.
  javax.lang.model.element
  Interfaces used to model elements of the Java programming language.
  javax.lang.model.type
  Interfaces used to model Java programming language types.
  javax.lang.model.util
  Utilities to assist in the processing of program elements and types.
  javax.tools
  Provides interfaces for tools which can be invoked from a program, for example, compilers.