java.lang.annotation

Enum ElementType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ElementType>

java.lang.annotation.ElementType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ElementType>

public enum ElementType
extends Enum<ElementType>

A program element type. The constants of this enumerated type provide a simple classification of the declared elements in a Java program.

These constants are used with the Target meta-annotation type to specify where it is legal to use an annotation type.

Since:

1.5

Author:

Joshua Bloch

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
ANNOTATION_TYPE Annotation type declaration
CONSTRUCTOR Constructor declaration
FIELD Field declaration (includes enum constants)
LOCAL_VARIABLE Local variable declaration
METHOD Method declaration
PACKAGE Package declaration
PARAMETER Parameter declaration
TYPE Class, interface (including annotation type), or enum declaration

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ElementType	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static ElementType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

TYPE

public static final ElementType TYPE

Class, interface (including annotation type), or enum declaration

FIELD

public static final ElementType FIELD

Field declaration (includes enum constants)

METHOD

public static final ElementType METHOD

Method declaration

PARAMETER

public static final ElementType PARAMETER

Parameter declaration

CONSTRUCTOR

public static final ElementType CONSTRUCTOR

Constructor declaration

LOCAL_VARIABLE

public static final ElementType LOCAL_VARIABLE

Local variable declaration

ANNOTATION_TYPE

public static final ElementType ANNOTATION_TYPE

Annotation type declaration

PACKAGE

public static final ElementType PACKAGE

Package declaration

Method Detail

values

public static ElementType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (ElementType c : ElementType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static ElementType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (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 type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null