Interface NestHostAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

AttributePREVIEW<NestHostAttributePREVIEW>, ClassElementPREVIEW, ClassFileElementPREVIEW

public sealed interface NestHostAttribute
extends AttributePREVIEW<NestHostAttributePREVIEW>, ClassElementPREVIEW

NestHostAttribute is a preview API of the Java platform.

Programs can only use NestHostAttribute 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 NestHost attribute (JVMS 4.7.28), which can appear on classes to indicate that this class is a member 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
ClassEntryPREVIEW	nestHost()	Returns the host class of the nest to which this class belongs.
static NestHostAttributePREVIEW	of(ClassEntryPREVIEW nestHost)	Returns a NestHost attribute.
static NestHostAttributePREVIEW	of(ClassDesc nestHost)	Returns a NestHost attribute.

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

attributeMapper, attributeName

Method Details

nestHost

ClassEntryPREVIEW nestHost()

Returns the host class of the nest to which this class belongs.

Returns:

the host class of the nest to which this class belongs

of

static NestHostAttributePREVIEW of(ClassEntryPREVIEW nestHost)

Returns a NestHost attribute.

Parameters:

nestHost - the host class of the nest

Returns:

a NestHost attribute

of

static NestHostAttributePREVIEW of(ClassDesc nestHost)

Returns a NestHost attribute.

Parameters:

nestHost - the host class of the nest

Returns:

a NestHost attribute

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if nestHost represents a primitive type