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:

  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested Classes

    static enum 

    Kinds of JavaFileObjects.

  • Method Summary

    Provides 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

    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.

      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 this file object does not represent a class file this method returns null.

      Returns:
      the access level