Interface NestMembersAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

AttributePREVIEW<NestMembersAttributePREVIEW>, ClassElementPREVIEW, ClassFileElementPREVIEW

public sealed interface NestMembersAttribute
extends AttributePREVIEW<NestMembersAttributePREVIEW>, ClassElementPREVIEW

NestMembersAttribute is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use NestMembersAttribute when preview features are enabled.

Preview features may be removed in a future release, or upgraded to permanent features of the Java platform.

Models the NestMembers attribute (JVMS 4.7.29), which can appear on classes to indicate that this class is the host of a nest. Delivered as a ClassElement^PREVIEW when traversing the elements of a ClassModel^PREVIEW.

The attribute does not permit multiple instances in a given location. Subsequent occurrence of the attribute takes precedence during the attributed element build or transformation.

The attribute was introduced in the Java SE Platform version 11.

Since:

22

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<ClassEntryPREVIEW>	nestMembers()	Returns the classes belonging to the nest hosted by this class.
static NestMembersAttributePREVIEW	of(ClassEntryPREVIEW... nestMembers)	Returns a NestMembers attribute.
static NestMembersAttributePREVIEW	of(List<ClassEntryPREVIEW> nestMembers)	Returns a NestMembers attribute.
static NestMembersAttributePREVIEW	ofSymbols(ClassDesc... nestMembers)	Returns a NestMembers attribute.
static NestMembersAttributePREVIEW	ofSymbols(List<ClassDesc> nestMembers)	Returns a NestMembers attribute.

Methods declared in interface java.lang.classfile.Attribute^PREVIEW

attributeMapper, attributeName

Method Details

nestMembers

List<ClassEntryPREVIEW> nestMembers()

Returns the classes belonging to the nest hosted by this class.

Returns:

the classes belonging to the nest hosted by this class

of

static NestMembersAttributePREVIEW of(List<ClassEntryPREVIEW> nestMembers)

Returns a NestMembers attribute.

Parameters:

nestMembers - the member classes of the nest

Returns:

a NestMembers attribute

of

static NestMembersAttributePREVIEW of(ClassEntryPREVIEW... nestMembers)

Returns a NestMembers attribute.

Parameters:

nestMembers - the member classes of the nest

Returns:

a NestMembers attribute

ofSymbols

static NestMembersAttributePREVIEW ofSymbols(List<ClassDesc> nestMembers)

Returns a NestMembers attribute.

Parameters:

nestMembers - the member classes of the nest

Returns:

a NestMembers attribute

ofSymbols

static NestMembersAttributePREVIEW ofSymbols(ClassDesc... nestMembers)

Returns a NestMembers attribute.

Parameters:

nestMembers - the member classes of the nest

Returns:

a NestMembers attribute