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- All Superinterfaces:
- FileObject
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- ForwardingJavaFileObject, SimpleJavaFileObject
public interface JavaFileObject extends FileObject
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:
JavaFileManager
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Nested Class Summary
Nested Classes Modifier and Type Interface and Description static class
JavaFileObject.Kind
Kinds of JavaFileObjects.
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Method Summary
Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description Modifier
getAccessLevel()
Provides a hint about the access level of the class represented by this file object.JavaFileObject.Kind
getKind()
Gets the kind of this file object.NestingKind
getNestingKind()
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 inherited from interface javax.tools.FileObject
delete, getCharContent, getLastModified, getName, openInputStream, openOutputStream, openReader, openWriter, toUri
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Method Detail
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getKind
JavaFileObject.Kind getKind()
Gets the kind of this file object.- Returns:
- the kind
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isNameCompatible
boolean isNameCompatible(String simpleName, JavaFileObject.Kind kind)
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 "Names and Identifiers".- 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 if this file object does not represent a class file this method returnsnull
.- Returns:
- the access level
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