Interface NestHostAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

AttributePREVIEW<NestHostAttribute>, ClassElementPREVIEW, ClassFileElement

public sealed interface NestHostAttribute
extends AttributePREVIEW<NestHostAttribute>, ClassElementPREVIEW

Models the NestHost attribute (JVMS 4.7.28), which indicates this class is a member of a nest and the host class of the nest.

This attribute only appears on classes, and does not permit multiple instances in a class. It has a data dependency on the constant pool.

The attribute was introduced in the Java SE Platform version 11, major version 55.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.7.28 The NestHost Attribute

Since:

24

See Also:

• Attributes.nestHost()
• NestMembersAttribute
• Class.getNestHost()
• Class.isNestmateOf(Class)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClassEntry	nestHost()	Returns the host class of the nest to which this class belongs.
static NestHostAttribute	of(ClassEntry nestHost)	Returns a NestHost attribute.
static NestHostAttribute	of(ClassDesc nestHost)	Returns a NestHost attribute.

Methods declared in interface Attribute^PREVIEW

attributeMapper, attributeName

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AttributeMapper<NestHostAttribute>	attributeMapper()	Returns the AttributeMapper associated with this attribute.
Utf8Entry	attributeName()	Returns the name of the attribute.

Method Details

nestHost

ClassEntry 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

See Also:

• Class.getNestHost()

of

static NestHostAttribute of(ClassEntry nestHost)

Returns a NestHost attribute.

Parameters:

nestHost - the host class of the nest

Returns:

a NestHost attribute

of

static NestHostAttribute 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