Interface ModuleResolutionAttribute

All Superinterfaces:: Attribute<ModuleResolutionAttribute>, ClassElement, ClassFileElement

public sealed interface ModuleResolutionAttribute extends Attribute<ModuleResolutionAttribute>, ClassElement

Models the ModuleResolution attribute, which can appear on classes that represent module descriptors, to capture resolution metadata for modules.

The specification of the ModuleResolution attribute is:

 ModuleResolution_attribute {
   u2 attribute_name_index;    // "ModuleResolution"
   u4 attribute_length;        // 2
   u2 resolution_flags;

 The value of the resolution_flags item is a mask of flags used to denote
 properties of module resolution. The flags are as follows:

  // Optional
  0x0001 (DO_NOT_RESOLVE_BY_DEFAULT)

  // At most one of:
  0x0002 (WARN_DEPRECATED)
  0x0004 (WARN_DEPRECATED_FOR_REMOVAL)
  0x0008 (WARN_INCUBATING)
 }

This attribute only appears on classes, and does not permit multiple instances in a class. It has no data dependency.

This attribute is not predefined in the Java SE Platform. This is a JDK-specific nonstandard attribute produced by the jdk.jlink module, which defines the jlink and jmod tools.

Since:

See Also:

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static ModuleResolutionAttribute`	`of(int resolutionFlags)`	Returns a `ModuleResolution` attribute.
`int`	`resolutionFlags()`	Returns the module resolution flags.

Methods declared in interface Attribute

attributeMapper, attributeName

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AttributeMapper<ModuleResolutionAttribute>`	`attributeMapper()`	Returns the `AttributeMapper` associated with this attribute.
`Utf8Entry`	`attributeName()`	Returns the name of the attribute.

Method Details

resolutionFlags

int resolutionFlags()

Returns the module resolution flags. It is a u2 value.

The value of the resolution_flags item is a mask of flags used to denote properties of module resolution. The flags are as follows:

  // Optional
  0x0001 (DO_NOT_RESOLVE_BY_DEFAULT)

  // At most one of:
  0x0002 (WARN_DEPRECATED)
  0x0004 (WARN_DEPRECATED_FOR_REMOVAL)
  0x0008 (WARN_INCUBATING)

Returns:: the module resolution flags

of

static ModuleResolutionAttribute of(int resolutionFlags)

Returns a ModuleResolution attribute.

Parameters:: resolutionFlags - the resolution flags
Returns:: a ModuleResolution attribute
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if resolutionFlags is not u2

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