All Known Subinterfaces:

Symbol.MethodSymbol, Symbol.TypeSymbol, Symbol.VariableSymbol

All Known Implementing Classes:

JLabelSymbol, Symbols.DefaultSymbol
```
public interface Symbol
```
Interface to access symbol information.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static interface`	`Symbol.LabelSymbol`	Label symbol.
`static interface`	`Symbol.MethodSymbol`	Symbol for methods.
`static interface`	`Symbol.TypeSymbol`	Symbol for a type : class, enum, interface or annotation.
`static interface`	`Symbol.VariableSymbol`	Symbol for field, method parameters and local variables.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Tree`	`declaration()`	Declaration node of this symbol.
`Symbol.TypeSymbol`	`enclosingClass()`	The closest enclosing class.
`boolean`	`isAbstract()`
`boolean`	`isDeprecated()`
`boolean`	`isEnum()`
`boolean`	`isFinal()`
`boolean`	`isInterface()`
`boolean`	`isMethodSymbol()`
`boolean`	`isPackageSymbol()`
`boolean`	`isPackageVisibility()`
`boolean`	`isPrivate()`
`boolean`	`isProtected()`
`boolean`	`isPublic()`
`boolean`	`isStatic()`
`boolean`	`isTypeSymbol()`
`boolean`	`isUnknown()`
`boolean`	`isVariableSymbol()`
`boolean`	`isVolatile()`
`SymbolMetadata`	`metadata()`	Symbol metadata informations, annotations for instance.
`String`	`name()`	Name of this symbol.
`Symbol`	`owner()`	The owner of this symbol.
`Type`	`type()`	Type of symbol.
`List<IdentifierTree>`	`usages()`	The identifier trees that reference this symbol.

- Method Detail
  - name
```
String name()
```
    Name of this symbol.
    
    Returns:
    
    simple name of the symbol.
  - owner
```
@Nullable
Symbol owner()
```
    The owner of this symbol.
    
    Returns:
    
    the symbol that owns this symbol, null for package symbols, or unknown symbols
  - type
```
Type type()
```
    Type of symbol.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of this symbol.
  - isVariableSymbol
```
boolean isVariableSymbol()
```
  - isTypeSymbol
```
boolean isTypeSymbol()
```
  - isMethodSymbol
```
boolean isMethodSymbol()
```
  - isPackageSymbol
```
boolean isPackageSymbol()
```
  - isStatic
```
boolean isStatic()
```
  - isFinal
```
boolean isFinal()
```
  - isEnum
```
boolean isEnum()
```
  - isInterface
```
boolean isInterface()
```
  - isAbstract
```
boolean isAbstract()
```
  - isPublic
```
boolean isPublic()
```
  - isPrivate
```
boolean isPrivate()
```
  - isProtected
```
boolean isProtected()
```
  - isPackageVisibility
```
boolean isPackageVisibility()
```
  - isDeprecated
```
boolean isDeprecated()
```
  - isVolatile
```
boolean isVolatile()
```
  - isUnknown
```
boolean isUnknown()
```
  - metadata
```
SymbolMetadata metadata()
```
    Symbol metadata informations, annotations for instance.
    
    Returns:
    
    the metadata of this symbol.
  - enclosingClass
```
@Nullable
Symbol.TypeSymbol enclosingClass()
```
    The closest enclosing class.
    
    Returns:
    
    null for package symbols, themselves for type symbol and enclosing class of methods or variables.
  - usages
```
List<IdentifierTree> usages()
```
    The identifier trees that reference this symbol.
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of IdentifierTree referencing this symbol. An empty list if this symbol is unused.
  - declaration
```
@Nullable
Tree declaration()
```
    Declaration node of this symbol. Currently, only works for declaration within the same file.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Tree of the declaration of this symbol. Null if declaration does not occur in the currently analyzed file.

Interface Symbol

Nested Class Summary

Method Summary

Method Detail

name

owner

type

isVariableSymbol

isTypeSymbol

isMethodSymbol

isPackageSymbol

isStatic

isFinal

isEnum

isInterface

isAbstract

isPublic

isPrivate

isProtected

isPackageVisibility

isDeprecated

isVolatile

isUnknown

metadata

enclosingClass

usages

declaration