WatchEvent.Kind (Java SE 13 & JDK 13 )
Description: declaration: module: java.base, package: java.nio.file, interface: WatchEvent, interface: Kind
Keywords: java.nio.file.WatchEvent.Kind interface

Module java.base
Package java.nio.file

# Interface WatchEvent.Kind<T>

Enclosing interface:
  WatchEvent<T>

    public static interface WatchEvent.Kind<T>

An event kind, for the purposes of identification.

Since:
  1.7
See Also:
  `StandardWatchEventKinds`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type | Method | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `String` | `name()` | Returns the name of the event kind.
  `Class<T>` | `type()` | Returns the type of the `context` value.

- ## Method Details

  - ### name

    String name()
    Returns the name of the event kind.
    Returns:
      the name of the event kind

  - ### type

    Class<T> type()
    Returns the type of the `context` value.
    Returns:
      the type of the context value