- All Superinterfaces:
FileObject
- All Known Implementing Classes:
ForwardingJavaFileObject
,SimpleJavaFileObject
File abstraction for tools operating on Java programming language
source and class files.
All methods in this interface might throw a SecurityException if a security exception occurs.
Unless explicitly allowed, all methods in this interface might
throw a NullPointerException if given a null
argument.
- Since:
- 1.6
- See Also:
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Nested Class Summary
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionProvides a hint about the access level of the class represented by this file object.getKind()
Returns the kind of this file object.Provides a hint about the nesting level of the class represented by this file object.boolean
isNameCompatible
(String simpleName, JavaFileObject.Kind kind) Checks if this file object is compatible with the specified simple name and kind.Methods declared in interface javax.tools.FileObject
delete, getCharContent, getLastModified, getName, openInputStream, openOutputStream, openReader, openWriter, toUri
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Method Details
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getKind
JavaFileObject.Kind getKind()Returns the kind of this file object.- Returns:
- the kind
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isNameCompatible
Checks if this file object is compatible with the specified simple name and kind. A simple name is a single identifier (not qualified) as defined in The Java Language Specification, section 6.2.- Parameters:
simpleName
- a simple name of a classkind
- a kind- Returns:
true
if this file object is compatible;false
otherwise
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getNestingKind
NestingKind getNestingKind()Provides a hint about the nesting level of the class represented by this file object. This method may returnNestingKind.MEMBER
to meanNestingKind.LOCAL
orNestingKind.ANONYMOUS
. If the nesting level is not known or this file object does not represent a class file this method returnsnull
.- Returns:
- the nesting kind, or
null
if the nesting kind is not known
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getAccessLevel
Modifier getAccessLevel()Provides a hint about the access level of the class represented by this file object. If the access level is not known or this file object does not represent a class file this method returnsnull
.- Returns:
- the access level
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