Interface SyntheticAttribute

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute<SyntheticAttribute>, ClassElement, ClassFileElement, FieldElement, MethodElement

public sealed interface SyntheticAttribute
extends Attribute<SyntheticAttribute>, ClassElement, MethodElement, FieldElement

Models the Synthetic attribute (JVMS 4.7.8), which marks a class member as implementation-specific artifacts.

This attribute can appear on classes, methods, and fields, and permits multiple instances in a structure. It has no data dependency.

This attribute was introduced in the Java SE Platform version 1.1, major version 45.

API Note:

This attribute has been largely superseded by the ACC_SYNTHETIC modifier in newer class files. See Elements.Origin for a more in-depth description about the differences between synthetic and implicit (mandated) constructs generated by compilers.

See Java Virtual Machine Specification:

4.7.8 The Synthetic Attribute

Since:

24

See Also:

• Attributes.synthetic()
• AccessFlag.SYNTHETIC

Method Summary

Static Methods

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static SyntheticAttribute	of()	Returns a Synthetic attribute.

Methods inherited from interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

Method Details

of

static SyntheticAttribute of()

Returns a Synthetic attribute.

Returns:

a Synthetic attribute