NestingKind.java revision 0
0N/A * Copyright 2005-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or * The <i>nesting kind</i> of a type element. * Type elements come in four varieties: * top-level, member, local, and anonymous. * <i>Nesting kind</i> is a non-standard term used here to denote this * <p>Note that it is possible additional nesting kinds will be added * in future versions of the platform. * <p><b>Example:</b> The classes below are annotated with their nesting kind. * import java.lang.annotation.*; * import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*; * import javax.lang.model.element.*; * import static javax.lang.model.element.NestingKind.*; * @Nesting(TOP_LEVEL) * public class NestingExamples { * static class MemberClass1{} * public static void main(String... argv) { * Class<?>[] classes = { * for(Class<?> clazz : classes) { * System.out.format("%s is %s%n", * clazz.getAnnotation(Nesting.class).value()); * @Retention(RUNTIME) * @interface Nesting { * @author Joseph D. Darcy * @author Peter von der Ahé * Does this constant correspond to a nested type element? * A <i>nested</i> type element is any that is not top-level. * An <i>inner</i> type element is any nested type element that * is not {@linkplain Modifier#STATIC static}.