public static interface WatchEvent.Modifier

java.nio.file.WatchEvent.Modifier



An event modifier that qualifies how a Watchable is registered with a WatchService.

This release does not define any standard modifiers.

Summary

Public methods

abstract String name()

Returns the name of the modifier.

Public methods

name

public abstract String name ()

Returns the name of the modifier.

Returns
String the name of the modifier

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