553N/A * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 0N/A * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 0N/A * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 0N/A * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as 553N/A * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this 0N/A * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided 553N/A * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. 0N/A * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 0N/A * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 0N/A * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License 0N/A * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 0N/A * accompanied this code). 0N/A * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 0N/A * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 0N/A * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 553N/A * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA 553N/A * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any 0N/A * The <i>nesting kind</i> of a type element. 0N/A * Type elements come in four varieties: 0N/A * top-level, member, local, and anonymous. 0N/A * <i>Nesting kind</i> is a non-standard term used here to denote this 0N/A * <p>Note that it is possible additional nesting kinds will be added 0N/A * in future versions of the platform. 0N/A * <p><b>Example:</b> The classes below are annotated with their nesting kind. 0N/A * import java.lang.annotation.*; 0N/A * import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*; 0N/A * import javax.lang.model.element.*; 0N/A * import static javax.lang.model.element.NestingKind.*; 0N/A * @Nesting(TOP_LEVEL) 0N/A * public class NestingExamples { 0N/A * @Nesting(MEMBER) 0N/A * static class MemberClass1{} 0N/A * @Nesting(MEMBER) 0N/A * class MemberClass2{} 0N/A * public static void main(String... argv) { 0N/A * @Nesting(LOCAL) 0N/A * class LocalClass{}; 0N/A * Class<?>[] classes = { 0N/A * NestingExamples.class, 0N/A * MemberClass1.class, 0N/A * MemberClass2.class, 0N/A * for(Class<?> clazz : classes) { 0N/A * System.out.format("%s is %s%n", 0N/A * clazz.getAnnotation(Nesting.class).value()); 0N/A * @Retention(RUNTIME) 0N/A * @interface Nesting { 0N/A * NestingKind value(); 0N/A * </pre></blockquote> 0N/A * @author Joseph D. Darcy 0N/A * @author Scott Seligman 0N/A * @author Peter von der Ahé 0N/A * Does this constant correspond to a nested type element? 0N/A * A <i>nested</i> type element is any that is not top-level. 0N/A * An <i>inner</i> type element is any nested type element that 0N/A * is not {@linkplain Modifier#STATIC static}.