LanguageVersionHandler (PMD Core 7.0.0-rc2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLanguageVersionHandler, AbstractPmdLanguageVersionHandler
```
public interface LanguageVersionHandler
```
Interface for obtaining the classes necessary for checking source files of a specific language.

Author:

pieter_van_raemdonck - Application Engineers NV/SA - www.ae.be

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default DesignerBindings`	`getDesignerBindings()`	Returns the designer bindings for this language version.
`default List<ViolationSuppressor>`	`getExtraViolationSuppressors()`	Returns additional language-specific violation suppressors.
`default LanguageMetricsProvider`	`getLanguageMetricsProvider()`	Returns the metrics provider for this language version, or null if it has none.
`Parser`	`getParser()`	Returns the parser instance.
`default ViolationDecorator`	`getViolationDecorator()`	Returns the language-specific violation decorator.
`default XPathHandler`	`getXPathHandler()`	Get the XPathHandler.

- Method Detail
  - getXPathHandler
```
default XPathHandler getXPathHandler()
```
    Get the XPathHandler.
  - getParser
```
Parser getParser()
```
    Returns the parser instance.
  - getViolationDecorator
```
default ViolationDecorator getViolationDecorator()
```
    Returns the language-specific violation decorator.
  - getExtraViolationSuppressors
```
default List<ViolationSuppressor> getExtraViolationSuppressors()
```
    Returns additional language-specific violation suppressors. These take precedence over the default suppressors (eg nopmd comment), but do not replace them.
  - getLanguageMetricsProvider
```
@Experimental
default LanguageMetricsProvider getLanguageMetricsProvider()
```
    Returns the metrics provider for this language version, or null if it has none. Note: this is experimental, ie unstable until 7.0.0, after which it will probably be promoted to a stable API. For instance the return type will probably be changed to an Optional.
  - getDesignerBindings
```
@Experimental
default DesignerBindings getDesignerBindings()
```
    Returns the designer bindings for this language version. Null is not an acceptable result, use DesignerBindings.DefaultDesignerBindings.getInstance() instead.
    
    Since:
    
    6.20.0