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## javax.tools
Class ForwardingJavaFileObject<F extends JavaFileObject>

    java.lang.Object
      javax.tools.ForwardingFileObject<F>
          javax.tools.ForwardingJavaFileObject<F>

Type Parameters:
  `F` - the kind of file object forwarded to by this object

All Implemented Interfaces:
  FileObject, JavaFileObject

    public class ForwardingJavaFileObject<F extends JavaFileObject>

extends ForwardingFileObject<F>
implements JavaFileObject

Forwards calls to a given file object. Subclasses of this class might override some of these methods and might also provide additional fields and methods.

Since:
  1.6

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.tools.JavaFileObject
`JavaFileObject.Kind`

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.tools.ForwardingFileObject
`fileObject`

Constructor Summary
`protected` | `ForwardingJavaFileObject(F fileObject)` Creates a new instance of ForwardingJavaFileObject.

Method Summary
`Modifier` | `getAccessLevel()` Provides a hint about the access level of the class represented by this file object.
`JavaFileObject.Kind` | `getKind()` Gets the kind of this file object.
`NestingKind` | `getNestingKind()` Provides a hint about the nesting level of the class represented by this file object.
`boolean` | `isNameCompatible(String simpleName, JavaFileObject.Kind kind)` Checks if this file object is compatible with the specified simple name and kind.

Methods inherited from class javax.tools.ForwardingFileObject
`delete, getCharContent, getLastModified, getName, openInputStream, openOutputStream, openReader, openWriter, toUri`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Methods inherited from interface javax.tools.FileObject
`delete, getCharContent, getLastModified, getName, openInputStream, openOutputStream, openReader, openWriter, toUri`

Constructor Detail

### ForwardingJavaFileObject

    protected ForwardingJavaFileObject(F fileObject)

  Creates a new instance of ForwardingJavaFileObject.

  Parameters:
    `fileObject` - delegate to this file object

Method Detail

### getKind

    public JavaFileObject.Kind getKind()

  Description copied from interface: `JavaFileObject`
  Gets the kind of this file object.

  Specified by:
    `getKind` in interface `JavaFileObject`
  Returns:
    the kind

### isNameCompatible

    public boolean isNameCompatible(String simpleName,
                                    JavaFileObject.Kind kind)

  Description copied from interface: `JavaFileObject`
  Checks if this file object is compatible with the specified simple name and kind. A simple name is a single identifier (not qualified) as defined in the Java Language Specification 3rd ed., section 6.2 "Names and Identifiers".

  Specified by:
    `isNameCompatible` in interface `JavaFileObject`
  Parameters:
    `simpleName` - a simple name of a class
    `kind` - a kind
  Returns:
    `true` if this file object is compatible; false otherwise

### getNestingKind

    public NestingKind getNestingKind()

  Description copied from interface: `JavaFileObject`
  Provides a hint about the nesting level of the class represented by this file object. This method may return `NestingKind.MEMBER` to mean `NestingKind.LOCAL` or `NestingKind.ANONYMOUS`. If the nesting level is not known or this file object does not represent a class file this method returns `null`.

  Specified by:
    `getNestingKind` in interface `JavaFileObject`
  Returns:
    the nesting kind, or `null` if the nesting kind is not known

### getAccessLevel

    public Modifier getAccessLevel()

  Description copied from interface: `JavaFileObject`
  Provides a hint about the access level of the class represented by this file object. If the access level is not known or if this file object does not represent a class file this method returns `null`.

  Specified by:
    `getAccessLevel` in interface `JavaFileObject`
  Returns:
    the access level

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