Uses of Interface javax.tools.FileObject

Uses of Interface
javax.tools.FileObject

Packages that use FileObject

Package	Description
javax.annotation.processing	Facilities for declaring annotation processors and for allowing annotation processors to communicate with an annotation processing tool environment.
javax.tools	Provides interfaces for tools which can be invoked from a program, for example, compilers.

Uses of FileObject in javax.annotation.processing

Methods in javax.annotation.processing that return FileObject

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`FileObject`	Filer.`createResource(JavaFileManager.Location location, CharSequence pkg, CharSequence relativeName, Element... originatingElements)` Creates a new auxiliary resource file for writing and returns a file object for it.
`FileObject`	Filer.`getResource(JavaFileManager.Location location, CharSequence pkg, CharSequence relativeName)` Returns an object for reading an existing resource.

Uses of FileObject in javax.tools

Classes in with type parameters of type

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
`class`	`ForwardingFileObject<F extends FileObject>` Forwards calls to a given file object.

Subinterfaces of in

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
`interface`	`JavaFileObject` File abstraction for tools operating on Java™ programming language source and class files.

Classes in that implement

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
`class`	`ForwardingFileObject<F extends FileObject>` Forwards calls to a given file object.
`class`	`ForwardingJavaFileObject<F extends JavaFileObject>` Forwards calls to a given file object.
`class`	`SimpleJavaFileObject` Provides simple implementations for most methods in JavaFileObject.

Fields in declared as

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`protected F`	ForwardingFileObject.`fileObject` The file object which all methods are delegated to.

Methods in that return

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`FileObject`	JavaFileManager.`getFileForInput(JavaFileManager.Location location, String packageName, String relativeName)` Gets a file object for input representing the specified relative name in the specified package in the given location.
`FileObject`	ForwardingJavaFileManager.`getFileForInput(JavaFileManager.Location location, String packageName, String relativeName)`
`FileObject`	JavaFileManager.`getFileForOutput(JavaFileManager.Location location, String packageName, String relativeName, FileObject sibling)` Gets a file object for output representing the specified relative name in the specified package in the given location.
`FileObject`	ForwardingJavaFileManager.`getFileForOutput(JavaFileManager.Location location, String packageName, String relativeName, FileObject sibling)`

Methods in javax.tools with parameters of type FileObject

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`FileObject`	JavaFileManager.`getFileForOutput(JavaFileManager.Location location, String packageName, String relativeName, FileObject sibling)` Gets a file object for output representing the specified relative name in the specified package in the given location.
`FileObject`	ForwardingJavaFileManager.`getFileForOutput(JavaFileManager.Location location, String packageName, String relativeName, FileObject sibling)`
`JavaFileObject`	JavaFileManager.`getJavaFileForOutput(JavaFileManager.Location location, String className, JavaFileObject.Kind kind, FileObject sibling)` Gets a file object for output representing the specified class of the specified kind in the given location.
`JavaFileObject`	ForwardingJavaFileManager.`getJavaFileForOutput(JavaFileManager.Location location, String className, JavaFileObject.Kind kind, FileObject sibling)`
`boolean`	JavaFileManager.`isSameFile(FileObject a, FileObject b)` Compares two file objects and return true if they represent the same underlying object.
`boolean`	StandardJavaFileManager.`isSameFile(FileObject a, FileObject b)` Compares two file objects and return true if they represent the same canonical file, zip file entry, or entry in any file system based container.
`boolean`	ForwardingJavaFileManager.`isSameFile(FileObject a, FileObject b)`