javax.tools: public interface: JavaFileObject

javax.tools
public interface: JavaFileObject [javadoc | source]

All Implemented Interfaces:
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 {@code null} argument.

Also see:

JavaFileManager

author: Peter - von der Ahé

author: Jonathan - Gibbons

since: 1.6 -

Nested Class Summary:
enum class	JavaFileObject.Kind	Kinds of JavaFileObjects.

Method from javax.tools.JavaFileObject Summary:
getAccessLevel, getKind, getNestingKind, isNameCompatible

Method from javax.tools.JavaFileObject Detail:
public Modifier 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 {@code null}.
public Kind getKind() Gets the kind of this file object.
public NestingKind 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 {@code null}.
public boolean isNameCompatible(String simpleName, 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".