Enum Class SourceVersion

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<SourceVersion>

javax.lang.model.SourceVersion

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Comparable<SourceVersion>, Constable

public enum SourceVersion extends Enum<SourceVersion>

Source versions of the Java programming language. See the appropriate edition of The Java Language Specification for information about a particular source version.

Note that additional source version constants will be added to model future releases of the language.

Since:

1.6

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Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces declared in class Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E>

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
`static final class`	`Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>`	A nominal descriptor for an `enum` constant.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constant	Description
`RELEASE_0`	The original version.
`RELEASE_1`	The version introduced by the Java Platform 1.1.
`RELEASE_10`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 10.
`RELEASE_11`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 11.
`RELEASE_12`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 12.
`RELEASE_13`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 13.
`RELEASE_14`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 14.
`RELEASE_15`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 15.
`RELEASE_16`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 16.
`RELEASE_17`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 17.
`RELEASE_18`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 18.
`RELEASE_19`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 19.
`RELEASE_2`	The version introduced by the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.2.
`RELEASE_20`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 20.
`RELEASE_21`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 21.
`RELEASE_22`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 22.
`RELEASE_23`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 23.
`RELEASE_24`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 24.
`RELEASE_25`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 25.
`RELEASE_26`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 26.
`RELEASE_27`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 27.
`RELEASE_3`	The version introduced by the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.3.
`RELEASE_4`	The version introduced by the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.4.
`RELEASE_5`	The version introduced by the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0.
`RELEASE_6`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6.
`RELEASE_7`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 7.
`RELEASE_8`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 8.
`RELEASE_9`	The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 9.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static boolean`	`isIdentifier(CharSequence name)`	Returns whether or not `name` is a syntactically valid identifier (simple name) or keyword in the latest source version.
`static boolean`	`isKeyword(CharSequence s)`	Returns whether or not `s` is a keyword, a boolean literal, or the null literal in the latest source version.
`static boolean`	`isKeyword(CharSequence s, SourceVersion version)`	Returns whether or not `s` is a keyword, a boolean literal, or the null literal in the given source version.
`static boolean`	`isName(CharSequence name)`	Returns whether or not `name` is a syntactically valid qualified name in the latest source version.
`static boolean`	`isName(CharSequence name, SourceVersion version)`	Returns whether or not `name` is a syntactically valid qualified name in the given source version.
`static SourceVersion`	`latest()`	Returns the latest source version that can be modeled.
`static SourceVersion`	`latestSupported()`	Returns the latest source version fully supported by the current execution environment.
`Runtime.Version`	`runtimeVersion()`	Returns the least runtime version that supports this source version; otherwise `null`.
`static SourceVersion`	`valueOf(Runtime.Version rv)`	Returns the latest source version that is usable under the runtime version argument.
`static SourceVersion`	`valueOf(String name)`	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
`static SourceVersion[]`	`values()`	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods declared in class Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected final Object`	`clone()`	Throws CloneNotSupportedException.
`final int`	`compareTo(SourceVersion o)`	Compares this enum with the specified object for order.
`final Optional<Enum.EnumDesc<SourceVersion>>`	`describeConstable()`	Returns an enum descriptor `EnumDesc` for this instance, if one can be constructed, or an empty `Optional` if one cannot be.
`final boolean`	`equals(Object other)`	Returns true if the specified object is equal to this enum constant.
`protected final void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization has been deprecated for removal.
`final Class<SourceVersion>`	`getDeclaringClass()`	Returns the Class object corresponding to this enum constant's enum type.
`final int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code for this enum constant.
`final String`	`name()`	Returns the name of this enum constant, exactly as declared in its enum declaration.
`final int`	`ordinal()`	Returns the ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position in its enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned an ordinal of zero).
`String`	`toString()`	Returns the name of this enum constant, as contained in the declaration.
`static <T extends Enum<T>> T`	`valueOf(Class<T> enumClass, String name)`	Returns the enum constant of the specified enum class with the specified name.

Methods declared in class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Enum Constant Details

RELEASE_0

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_0

The original version. The language described in The Java Language Specification, First Edition.

RELEASE_1

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_1

The version introduced by the Java Platform 1.1. The language is RELEASE_0 augmented with nested classes as described in the 1.1 update to The Java Language Specification, First Edition.

RELEASE_2

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_2

The version introduced by the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.2. The language described in The Java Language Specification, Second Edition, which includes the


strictfp

modifier.

RELEASE_3

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_3

The version introduced by the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.3. No major changes from RELEASE_2.

RELEASE_4

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_4

The version introduced by the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.4. Added a simple assertion facility.

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RELEASE_5

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_5

The version introduced by the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0. The language described in The Java Language Specification, Third Edition. First release to support generics, annotations, autoboxing, var-args, enhanced

for

loop, and hexadecimal floating-point literals.

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RELEASE_6

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_6

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6. No major changes from RELEASE_5.

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RELEASE_7

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_7

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 7. Additions in this release include diamond syntax for constructors, try-with-resources, strings in switch, binary literals, and multi-catch.

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1.7

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RELEASE_8

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_8

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 8. Additions in this release include lambda expressions and default methods.

Since:

1.8

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RELEASE_9

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_9

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 9. Additions in this release include modules and removal of a single underscore from the set of legal identifier names.

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RELEASE_10

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_10

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 10. Additions in this release include local-variable type inference (var).

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RELEASE_11

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_11

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 11. Additions in this release include local-variable syntax for lambda parameters.

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RELEASE_12

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_12

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 12. No major changes from the prior release.

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RELEASE_13

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_13

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 13. No major changes from the prior release.

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RELEASE_14

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_14

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 14. Additions in this release include switch expressions.

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RELEASE_15

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_15

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 15. Additions in this release include text blocks.

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RELEASE_16

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_16

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 16. Additions in this release include records and pattern matching for instanceof.

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RELEASE_17

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_17

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 17. Additions in this release include sealed classes and restoration of always-strict floating-point semantics.

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RELEASE_18

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_18

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 18. No major changes from the prior release.

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RELEASE_19

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_19

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 19. No major changes from the prior release.

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RELEASE_20

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_20

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 20. No major changes from the prior release.

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RELEASE_21

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_21

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 21. Additions in this release include record patterns and pattern matching for switch.

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RELEASE_22

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_22

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 22. Additions in this release include unnamed variables and unnamed patterns.

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RELEASE_23

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_23

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 23.

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RELEASE_24

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_24

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 24.

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RELEASE_25

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_25

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 25. Additions in this release include module import declarations, compact source files and instance main methods, and flexible constructor bodies.

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RELEASE_26

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_26

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 26.

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RELEASE_27

public static final SourceVersion RELEASE_27

The version introduced by the Java Platform, Standard Edition 27.

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Method Details

values

public static SourceVersion[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:: an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static SourceVersion valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:: name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:: the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name; NullPointerException - if the argument is null

latest

public static SourceVersion latest()

Returns the latest source version that can be modeled.

Returns:: the latest source version that can be modeled

latestSupported

public static SourceVersion latestSupported()

Returns the latest source version fully supported by the current execution environment. RELEASE_9 or later must be returned.

API Note:: This method is included alongside latest() to allow identification of situations where the language model API is running on a platform version different from the latest version modeled by the API. One way that sort of situation can occur is if an IDE or similar tool is using the API to model source version N while running on platform version (N - 1). Running in this configuration is supported by the API. Running an API on platform versions earlier than (N - 1) or later than N may or may not work as an implementation detail. If an annotation processor was generating code to run under the current execution environment, the processor should only use platform features up to the latestSupported release, which may be earlier than the latest release.
Returns:: the latest source version fully supported by the current execution environment

isIdentifier

public static boolean isIdentifier(CharSequence name)

Returns whether or not name is a syntactically valid identifier (simple name) or keyword in the latest source version. The method returns true if the name consists of an initial character for which Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(int) returns true, followed only by characters for which Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(int) returns true. This pattern matches regular identifiers, keywords, contextual keywords, boolean literals, and the null literal. The method returns false for all other strings.

Parameters:: name - the string to check
Returns:: true if this string is a syntactically valid identifier or keyword, false otherwise.
See Java Language Specification:: 3.8 Identifiers

isName

public static boolean isName(CharSequence name)

Returns whether or not name is a syntactically valid qualified name in the latest source version. Syntactically, a qualified name is a sequence of identifiers separated by period characters ("."). This method splits the input string into period-separated segments and applies checks to each segment in turn. Unlike isIdentifier, this method returns false for keywords, boolean literals, and the null literal in any segment. This method returns true for contextual keywords.

Parameters:: name - the string to check
Returns:: true if this string is a syntactically valid name, false otherwise.
See Java Language Specification:: 3.9 Keywords
6.2 Names and Identifiers

isName

public static boolean isName(CharSequence name, SourceVersion version)

Returns whether or not name is a syntactically valid qualified name in the given source version. Syntactically, a qualified name is a sequence of identifiers separated by period characters ("."). This method splits the input string into period-separated segments and applies checks to each segment in turn. Unlike isIdentifier, this method returns false for keywords, boolean literals, and the null literal in any segment. This method returns true for contextual keywords.

Parameters:: name - the string to check; version - the version to use
Returns:: true if this string is a syntactically valid name, false otherwise.
See Java Language Specification:: 3.9 Keywords
6.2 Names and Identifiers
Since:: 9

isKeyword

public static boolean isKeyword(CharSequence s)

Returns whether or not s is a keyword, a boolean literal, or the null literal in the latest source version. This method returns false for contextual keywords.

Parameters:: s - the string to check
Returns:: true if s is a keyword, a boolean literal, or the null literal, false otherwise.
See Java Language Specification:: 3.9 Keywords
3.10.3 Boolean Literals
3.10.8 The Null Literal

isKeyword

public static boolean isKeyword(CharSequence s, SourceVersion version)

Returns whether or not s is a keyword, a boolean literal, or the null literal in the given source version. This method returns false for contextual keywords.

Parameters:: s - the string to check; version - the version to use
Returns:: true if s is a keyword, a boolean literal, or the null literal, false otherwise.
See Java Language Specification:: 3.9 Keywords
3.10.3 Boolean Literals
3.10.8 The Null Literal
Since:: 9

valueOf

public static SourceVersion valueOf(Runtime.Version rv)

Returns the latest source version that is usable under the runtime version argument. If the runtime version's feature is greater than the feature of the runtime version of the latest source version, an


IllegalArgumentException

is thrown.

Because the source versions of the Java programming language have so far followed a linear progression, only the feature component of a runtime version is queried to determine the mapping to a source version. If that linearity changes in the future, other components of the runtime version may influence the result.

API Note:

An expression to convert from a string value, for example "17", to the corresponding source version,


RELEASE_17

, is:

SourceVersion.valueOf(Runtime.Version.parse("17"))

Parameters:

rv - runtime version to map to a source version

Returns:

the latest source version that is usable under the runtime version argument

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the feature of version argument is greater than the feature of the platform version.

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runtimeVersion

public Runtime.Version runtimeVersion()

Returns the least runtime version that supports this source version; otherwise null. The returned runtime version has a feature large enough to support this source version and has no other elements set. Source versions greater than or equal to RELEASE_6 have non-null results.

Returns:: the least runtime version that supports this source version; otherwise null
Since:: 18

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