WatchEvent.Kind (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: java.nio.file.WatchEvent.Kind interface
Date: 2017-01-22

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## 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

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

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### 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

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