public enum ElementKind extends Enum<ElementKind>
The 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.
Element
public static final ElementKind PACKAGE
A package.
public static final ElementKind ENUM
An enum type.
public static final ElementKind CLASS
A class not described by a more specific kind (like ENUM
).
public static final ElementKind ANNOTATION_TYPE
An annotation type.
public static final ElementKind INTERFACE
An interface not described by a more specific kind (like ANNOTATION_TYPE
).
public static final ElementKind ENUM_CONSTANT
An enum constant.
public static final ElementKind FIELD
A field not described by a more specific kind (like ENUM_CONSTANT
).
public static final ElementKind PARAMETER
A parameter of a method or constructor.
public static final ElementKind LOCAL_VARIABLE
A local variable.
public static final ElementKind EXCEPTION_PARAMETER
A parameter of an exception handler.
public static final ElementKind METHOD
A method.
public static final ElementKind CONSTRUCTOR
A constructor.
public static final ElementKind STATIC_INIT
A static initializer.
public static final ElementKind INSTANCE_INIT
An instance initializer.
public static final ElementKind TYPE_PARAMETER
A type parameter.
public static final ElementKind OTHER
An implementation-reserved element. This is not the element you are looking for.
public static final ElementKind RESOURCE_VARIABLE
A resource variable.
public static ElementKind[] 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 (ElementKind c : ElementKind.values()) System.out.println(c);
public static ElementKind 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.)
name
- the name of the enum constant to be returned.IllegalArgumentException
- if this enum type has no constant with the specified nameNullPointerException
- if the argument is nullpublic boolean isClass()
Returns true
if this is a kind of class: either CLASS
or ENUM
.
true
if this is a kind of classpublic boolean isInterface()
Returns true
if this is a kind of interface: either INTERFACE
or ANNOTATION_TYPE
.
true
if this is a kind of interfacepublic boolean isField()
Returns true
if this is a kind of field: either FIELD
or ENUM_CONSTANT
.
true
if this is a kind of field
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