Interface NestHostAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute<NestHostAttribute>, ClassElement, ClassFileElement

public sealed interface NestHostAttribute
extends Attribute<NestHostAttribute>, ClassElement

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 inherited from interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

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