Module java.compiler
Package javax.tools

Enum JavaFileObject.Kind

    • Enum Constant Detail

      • SOURCE

        public static final JavaFileObject.Kind SOURCE
        Source files written in the Java programming language. For example, regular files ending with .java.

      • CLASS

        public static final JavaFileObject.Kind CLASS
        Class files for the Java Virtual Machine. For example, regular files ending with .class.

      • HTML

        public static final JavaFileObject.Kind HTML
        HTML files. For example, regular files ending with .html.

    • Field Detail

      • extension

        public final String extension
        The extension which (by convention) is normally used for this kind of file object. If no convention exists, the empty string ("") is used.

    • Method Detail

      • values

        public static JavaFileObject.Kind[] values()
        Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows: 
        for (JavaFileObject.Kind c : JavaFileObject.Kind.values())
    System.out.println(c);
        Returns:
        an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

      • valueOf

        public static JavaFileObject.Kind valueOf​(String name)
        Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
        Returns:
        the enum constant with the specified name
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
        NullPointerException - if the argument is null