JavaFileObject (Java SE 13 & JDK 13 )

JavaFileObject (Java SE 13 & JDK 13 )

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

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class JavaFileObject.Kind
Kinds of JavaFileObjects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Modifier`	`getAccessLevel()`	Provides a hint about the access level of the class represented by this file object.
`JavaFileObject.Kind`	`getKind()`	Returns 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.

Method Details
- getKind
  
  Returns the kind of this file object.
  
  Returns:
  
  the kind
- 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 "Names and Identifiers".
  
  Parameters:
  
  simpleName - a simple name of a class
  
  kind - a kind
  
  Returns:
  
  true if this file object is compatible; false otherwise
- 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.
  
  Returns:
  
  the nesting kind, or null if the nesting kind is not known
- 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.
  
  Returns:
  
  the access level