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# JavaPluginInfo

A provider encapsulating information about Java plugins.

At the moment, the only supported kind of plugins are annotation processors.

## Members

* [api\_generating\_plugins](#api_generating_plugins)
* [java\_outputs](#java_outputs)
* [plugins](#plugins)

## api\_generating\_plugins

```
struct JavaPluginInfo.api_generating_plugins
```

Returns data about API generating plugins defined or exported by this target.

Those annotation processors are applied to a Java target before producing its header jars (which contain method signatures). When no API plugins are present, header jars are generated from the sources, reducing critical path.

The `api_generating_plugins` is a subset of `plugins`.

## java\_outputs

```
list JavaPluginInfo.java_outputs
```

Returns information about outputs of this Java/Java-like target.

## plugins

```
struct JavaPluginInfo.plugins
```

Returns data about all plugins that a consuming target should apply.

This is typically either a `java_plugin` itself or a `java_library` exporting one or more plugins.

A `java_library` runs annotation processing with all plugins from this field appearing in `deps` and `plugins` attributes.