LinkOption (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • java.lang.Enum<LinkOption>
  • • java.nio.file.LinkOption

• All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, Comparable<LinkOption>, CopyOption, OpenOption

public enum LinkOption
extends Enum<LinkOption>
implements OpenOption, CopyOption
Defines the options as to how symbolic links are handled.
Since:
1.7

• • Enum Constant Summary

  Enum Constants

  Enum Constant	Description
  NOFOLLOW_LINKS	Do not follow symbolic links.

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  static LinkOption	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
  static LinkOption[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Enum](../../../java/lang/Enum.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[clone](../../../java/lang/Enum.html#clone--), [compareTo](../../../java/lang/Enum.html#compareTo-E-), [equals](../../../java/lang/Enum.html#equals-java.lang.Object-), [finalize](../../../java/lang/Enum.html#finalize--), [getDeclaringClass](../../../java/lang/Enum.html#getDeclaringClass--), [hashCode](../../../java/lang/Enum.html#hashCode--), [name](../../../java/lang/Enum.html#name--), [ordinal](../../../java/lang/Enum.html#ordinal--), [toString](../../../java/lang/Enum.html#toString--), [valueOf](../../../java/lang/Enum.html#valueOf-java.lang.Class-java.lang.String-)`  
     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[getClass](../../../java/lang/Object.html#getClass--), [notify](../../../java/lang/Object.html#notify--), [notifyAll](../../../java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--), [wait](../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait--), [wait](../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-), [wait](../../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)`

• • Enum Constant Detail

     * #### NOFOLLOW\_LINKS  
     public static final [LinkOption](../../../java/nio/file/LinkOption.html "enum in java.nio.file") NOFOLLOW_LINKS  
     Do not follow symbolic links.  
     See Also:  
     [Files.getFileAttributeView(Path,Class,LinkOption\[\])](../../../java/nio/file/Files.html#getFileAttributeView-java.nio.file.Path-java.lang.Class-java.nio.file.LinkOption...-), [Files.copy(java.nio.file.Path, java.nio.file.Path, java.nio.file.CopyOption...)](../../../java/nio/file/Files.html#copy-java.nio.file.Path-java.nio.file.Path-java.nio.file.CopyOption...-), [SecureDirectoryStream.newByteChannel(T, java.util.Set<? extends java.nio.file.OpenOption>, java.nio.file.attribute.FileAttribute<?>...)](../../../java/nio/file/SecureDirectoryStream.html#newByteChannel-T-java.util.Set-java.nio.file.attribute.FileAttribute...-)  

  • Method Detail

    * #### values  
    public static [LinkOption](../../../java/nio/file/LinkOption.html "enum in java.nio.file")[] values()  
    Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:  
    for (LinkOption c : LinkOption.values())  
        System.out.println(c);  
    Returns:  
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared  
    * #### valueOf  
    public static [LinkOption](../../../java/nio/file/LinkOption.html "enum in java.nio.file") valueOf([String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") name)  
    Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match _exactly_ an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (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](../../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if this enum type has no constant with the specified name  
    `[NullPointerException](../../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the argument is null

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