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This attribute has been largely superseded by the ACC_SYNTHETIC modifier in newer class files.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:

See Also:

Method Summary

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

Methods declared in interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

Method Details

of

static SyntheticAttribute of()

Returns a Synthetic attribute.

Returns:: a Synthetic attribute

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