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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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+ *
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+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.element;
+
+/**
+ * The <i>nesting kind</i> of a type element.
+ * Type elements come in four varieties:
+ * top-level, member, local, and anonymous.
+ * <i>Nesting kind</i> is a non-standard term used here to denote this
+ * classification.
+ *
+ * <p>Note that it is possible additional nesting kinds will be added
+ * in future versions of the platform.
+ *
+ * <p><b>Example:</b> The classes below are annotated with their nesting kind.
+ * <blockquote><pre>
+ *
+ * import java.lang.annotation.*;
+ * import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;
+ * import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+ * import static javax.lang.model.element.NestingKind.*;
+ *
+ * &#64;Nesting(TOP_LEVEL)
+ * public class NestingExamples {
+ *     &#64;Nesting(MEMBER)
+ *     static class MemberClass1{}
+ *
+ *     &#64;Nesting(MEMBER)
+ *     class MemberClass2{}
+ *
+ *     public static void main(String... argv) {
+ *         &#64;Nesting(LOCAL)
+ *         class LocalClass{};
+ *
+ *         Class&lt;?&gt;[] classes = {
+ *             NestingExamples.class,
+ *             MemberClass1.class,
+ *             MemberClass2.class,
+ *             LocalClass.class
+ *         };
+ *
+ *         for(Class&lt;?&gt; clazz : classes) {
+ *             System.out.format("%s is %s%n",
+ *                               clazz.getName(),
+ *                               clazz.getAnnotation(Nesting.class).value());
+ *         }
+ *     }
+ * }
+ *
+ * &#64;Retention(RUNTIME)
+ * &#64;interface Nesting {
+ *     NestingKind value();
+ * }
+ * </pre></blockquote>
+ *
+ * @author Joseph D. Darcy
+ * @author Scott Seligman
+ * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+public enum NestingKind {
+    TOP_LEVEL,
+    MEMBER,
+    LOCAL,
+    ANONYMOUS;
+
+    /**
+     * Does this constant correspond to a nested type element?
+     * A <i>nested</i> type element is any that is not top-level.
+     * An <i>inner</i> type element is any nested type element that
+     * is not {@linkplain Modifier#STATIC static}.
+     */
+    public boolean isNested() {
+        return this != TOP_LEVEL;
+    }
+}