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.
JavaFileManager
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static class |
JavaFileObject.Kind Kinds of JavaFileObjects. |
JavaFileObject.Kind getKind()
Gets the kind of this file object.
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".
simpleName
- a simple name of a classkind
- a kindtrue
if this file object is compatible; false otherwiseNestingKind getNestingKind()
Provides a hint about the nesting level of the class represented by this file object. This method may return NestingKind.MEMBER
to mean NestingKind.LOCAL
or NestingKind.ANONYMOUS
. If the nesting level is not known or this file object does not represent a class file this method returns null
.
null
if the nesting kind is not knownModifier 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 returns null
.
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