javax.tools

Class ForwardingJavaFileObject<F extends JavaFileObject>

java.lang.Object

javax.tools.ForwardingFileObject<F>

javax.tools.ForwardingJavaFileObject<F>

Type Parameters:

F - the kind of file object forwarded to by this object

All Implemented Interfaces:

FileObject, JavaFileObject

public class ForwardingJavaFileObject<F extends JavaFileObject>
extends ForwardingFileObject<F>
implements JavaFileObject

Forwards calls to a given file object. Subclasses of this class might override some of these methods and might also provide additional fields and methods.

Since:

1.6

Author:

Peter von der Ahé

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.tools.JavaFileObject

JavaFileObject.Kind

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.tools.ForwardingFileObject

fileObject

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	ForwardingJavaFileObject(F fileObject) Creates a new instance of ForwardingJavaFileObject.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class javax.tools.ForwardingFileObject

delete, getCharContent, getLastModified, getName, openInputStream, openOutputStream, openReader, openWriter, toUri

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface javax.tools.FileObject

delete, getCharContent, getLastModified, getName, openInputStream, openOutputStream, openReader, openWriter, toUri

Constructor Detail

ForwardingJavaFileObject

protected ForwardingJavaFileObject(F fileObject)

Creates a new instance of ForwardingJavaFileObject.

Parameters:

fileObject - delegate to this file object

Method Detail

getKind

public JavaFileObject.Kind getKind()

Description copied from interface: JavaFileObject

Gets the kind of this file object.

Specified by:

getKind in interface JavaFileObject

Returns:

the kind

isNameCompatible

public boolean isNameCompatible(String simpleName,
                                JavaFileObject.Kind kind)

Description copied from interface: JavaFileObject

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".

Specified by:

isNameCompatible in interface JavaFileObject

Parameters:

simpleName - a simple name of a class

kind - a kind

Returns:

true if this file object is compatible; false otherwise

getNestingKind

public NestingKind getNestingKind()

Description copied from interface: JavaFileObject

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.

Specified by:

getNestingKind in interface JavaFileObject

Returns:

the nesting kind, or null if the nesting kind is not known

getAccessLevel

public Modifier getAccessLevel()

Description copied from interface: JavaFileObject

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.

Specified by:

getAccessLevel in interface JavaFileObject

Returns:

the access level