com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api
Class Scope

java.lang.Object
  com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Scope

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable

public final class Scope
extends Object
implements Comparable, Serializable

Represents a Java visibility scope.

Author:

Lars Kühne

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static Scope	ANONINNER anon inner scope.
static Scope	NOTHING nothing scope.
static Scope	PACKAGE package scope.
static Scope	PRIVATE private scope.
static Scope	PROTECTED protected scope.
static Scope	PUBLIC public scope.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object aObject)
static Scope	getInstance(String aScopeName) Scope factory method.
String	getName()
boolean	isIn(Scope aScope) Checks if this scope is a subscope of another scope.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NOTHING

public static final Scope NOTHING

nothing scope.

PUBLIC

public static final Scope PUBLIC

public scope.

PROTECTED

public static final Scope PROTECTED

protected scope.

PACKAGE

public static final Scope PACKAGE

package scope.

PRIVATE

public static final Scope PRIVATE

private scope.

ANONINNER

public static final Scope ANONINNER

anon inner scope.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getName

public String getName()

Returns:

the name of this scope.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object aObject)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

isIn

public boolean isIn(Scope aScope)

Checks if this scope is a subscope of another scope. Example: PUBLIC is a subscope of PRIVATE.

Parameters:

aScope - a Scope value

Returns:

if this is a subscope of aScope.

getInstance

public static Scope getInstance(String aScopeName)

Scope factory method.

Parameters:

aScopeName - scope name, such as "nothing", "public", etc.

Returns:

the Scope associated with aScopeName