javax.lang.model.element: public enum class: ElementKind

javax.lang.model.element
public enum class: ElementKind [javadoc | source]

java.lang.Enum
   javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind

The {@code kind} of an element.

Note that it is possible additional element kinds will be added to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures added to future versions of the Java™ programming language.

Also see:

Element

author: Joseph - D. Darcy

author: Scott - Seligman

author: Peter - von der Ahé

since: 1.6 -

Field Summary
public ElementKind	PACKAGE	A package.
public ElementKind	ENUM	An enum type.
public ElementKind	CLASS	A class not described by a more specific kind (like {@code ENUM}).
public ElementKind	ANNOTATION_TYPE	An annotation type.
public ElementKind	INTERFACE	An interface not described by a more specific kind (like {@code ANNOTATION_TYPE}).
public ElementKind	ENUM_CONSTANT	An enum constant.
public ElementKind	FIELD	A field not described by a more specific kind (like {@code ENUM_CONSTANT}).
public ElementKind	PARAMETER	A parameter of a method or constructor.
public ElementKind	LOCAL_VARIABLE	A local variable.
public ElementKind	EXCEPTION_PARAMETER	A parameter of an exception handler.
public ElementKind	METHOD	A method.
public ElementKind	CONSTRUCTOR	A constructor.
public ElementKind	STATIC_INIT	A static initializer.
public ElementKind	INSTANCE_INIT	An instance initializer.
public ElementKind	TYPE_PARAMETER	A type parameter.
public ElementKind	OTHER	An implementation-reserved element. This is not the element you are looking for.
public ElementKind	RESOURCE_VARIABLE	A resource variable. since: `1.7` -

Method from javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind Summary:
isClass, isField, isInterface

Method from javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind Detail:
public boolean isClass() { return this == CLASS \|\| this == ENUM; } Returns {@code true} if this is a kind of class: either {@code CLASS} or {@code ENUM}.
public boolean isField() { return this == FIELD \|\| this == ENUM_CONSTANT; } Returns {@code true} if this is a kind of field: either {@code FIELD} or {@code ENUM_CONSTANT}.
public boolean isInterface() { return this == INTERFACE \|\| this == ANNOTATION_TYPE; } Returns {@code true} if this is a kind of interface: either {@code INTERFACE} or {@code ANNOTATION_TYPE}.

Method from javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind Detail:

 public boolean isClass() {
        return this == CLASS || this == ENUM;
}

Returns {@code true} if this is a kind of class: either {@code CLASS} or {@code ENUM}.

 public boolean isField() {
        return this == FIELD || this == ENUM_CONSTANT;
}

Returns {@code true} if this is a kind of field: either {@code FIELD} or {@code ENUM_CONSTANT}.

 public boolean isInterface() {
        return this == INTERFACE || this == ANNOTATION_TYPE;
}

Returns {@code true} if this is a kind of interface: either {@code INTERFACE} or {@code ANNOTATION_TYPE}.