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Enum Class Snippet.Kind

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Snippet.Kind>

jdk.jshell.Snippet.Kind

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Comparable<Snippet.Kind>, Constable

Enclosing class:: Snippet

public static enum Snippet.Kind extends Enum<Snippet.Kind>

Describes the general kind of snippet. The Kind is an immutable property of a Snippet. It is accessed with Snippet.kind(). The Kind can be used to determine which subclass of Snippet it is. For example, eval("int three() { return 3; }") will return a snippet creation event. The Kind of that Snippet will be METHOD, from which you know that the subclass of Snippet is MethodSnippet and it can be cast as such.

Since:: 9

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces declared in class Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constant	Description
`ERRONEOUS`	A syntactically incorrect input for which the specific kind could not be determined.
`EXPRESSION`	An expression, with or without side-effects.
`IMPORT`	An import declaration: `import` ...
`METHOD`	A method declaration.
`STATEMENT`	A statement.
`TYPE_DECL`	A type declaration.
`VAR`	One variable declaration.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isPersistent()`	Indicates whether this `Kind` of Snippet is persistent.
`static Snippet.Kind`	`valueOf(String name)`	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
`static Snippet.Kind[]`	`values()`	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods declared in class Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods declared in class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

IMPORT

public static final Snippet.Kind IMPORT

An import declaration: import ... The snippet is an instance of ImportSnippet.

An import can be a single type import (Snippet.SubKind.SINGLE_TYPE_IMPORT_SUBKIND), a static single import (Snippet.SubKind.SINGLE_STATIC_IMPORT_SUBKIND), an on-demand type import (Snippet.SubKind.TYPE_IMPORT_ON_DEMAND_SUBKIND), or a static on-demand type import (Snippet.SubKind.SINGLE_STATIC_IMPORT_SUBKIND) -- use Snippet.subKind() to distinguish.

An import declaration is persistent.

See Java Language Specification:: 7.5 Import Declarations

TYPE_DECL

public static final Snippet.Kind TYPE_DECL

A type declaration. Which includes: NormalClassDeclaration, EnumDeclaration, NormalInterfaceDeclaration, and AnnotationTypeDeclaration. The snippet is an instance of TypeDeclSnippet.

A type declaration may be an interface Snippet.SubKind.INTERFACE_SUBKIND, classes Snippet.SubKind.CLASS_SUBKIND, enums, and annotation interfaces -- see Snippet.SubKind to differentiate.

A type declaration is persistent.

See Java Language Specification:: 7.6 Top Level Class and Interface Declarations

METHOD

public static final Snippet.Kind METHOD

A method declaration. The snippet is an instance of MethodSnippet.

A method declaration is persistent.

See Java Language Specification:: 8.4 Method Declarations

VAR

public static final Snippet.Kind VAR

One variable declaration. Corresponding to one VariableDeclarator. The snippet is an instance of VarSnippet.

The variable may be with or without initializer, or be a temporary variable representing an expression -- see Snippet.SubKindto differentiate.

A variable declaration is persistent.

See Java Language Specification:: 8.3 Field Declarations

EXPRESSION

public static final Snippet.Kind EXPRESSION

An expression, with or without side-effects. The snippet is an instance of ExpressionSnippet.

The expression is currently either a simple named reference to a variable (Snippet.SubKind.VAR_VALUE_SUBKIND) or an assignment (both of which have natural referencing names) -- see Snippet.SubKind to differentiate. All other expression forms (operators, method calls, ...) generate a scratch variable and so are instead of the VAR Kind.

See Java Language Specification:: 15 Expressions

STATEMENT

public static final Snippet.Kind STATEMENT

A statement. The snippet is an instance of StatementSnippet.

See Java Language Specification:: 14.5 Statements

ERRONEOUS

public static final Snippet.Kind ERRONEOUS

A syntactically incorrect input for which the specific kind could not be determined. The snippet is an instance of ErroneousSnippet.

Method Details

values

public static Snippet.Kind[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:: an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Snippet.Kind valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:: name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:: the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name; NullPointerException - if the argument is null

isPersistent

public boolean isPersistent()

Indicates whether this Kind of Snippet is persistent. Only declarations are persistent because they influence future Snippets.

Note that though the Kind of a Snippet may be persistent, that does not mean that the Snippet will persist; For example it may be invalid or have been dropped. See: Snippet.Status.isDefined().

Returns:: true if this Kind of Snippet is visible to subsequent evaluations; otherwise false

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