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- 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 nullargument.- Since:
- 1.6
- See Also:
- JavaFileManager
 
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Nested Class SummaryNested Classes Modifier and Type Interface Description static classJavaFileObject.KindKinds of JavaFileObjects.
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Method SummaryAll Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description ModifiergetAccessLevel()Provides a hint about the access level of the class represented by this file object.JavaFileObject.KindgetKind()Returns the kind of this file object.NestingKindgetNestingKind()Provides a hint about the nesting level of the class represented by this file object.booleanisNameCompatible(String simpleName, JavaFileObject.Kind kind)Checks if this file object is compatible with the specified simple name and kind.- 
Methods declared in interface javax.tools.FileObjectdelete, getCharContent, getLastModified, getName, openInputStream, openOutputStream, openReader, openWriter, toUri
 
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Method Detail- 
getKindJavaFileObject.Kind getKind() Returns the kind of this file object.- Returns:
- the kind
 
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isNameCompatibleboolean isNameCompatible(String simpleName, JavaFileObject.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".- Parameters:
- simpleName- a simple name of a class
- kind- a kind
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- trueif this file object is compatible; false otherwise
 
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getNestingKindNestingKind getNestingKind() Provides a hint about the nesting level of the class represented by this file object. This method may returnNestingKind.MEMBERto meanNestingKind.LOCALorNestingKind.ANONYMOUS. If the nesting level is not known or this file object does not represent a class file this method returnsnull.- Returns:
- the nesting kind, or nullif the nesting kind is not known
 
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getAccessLevelModifier 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 returnsnull.- Returns:
- the access level
 
 
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