# Enum Class DocTree.Kind

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Enum<DocTree.Kind>
com.sun.source.doctree.DocTree.Kind

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable, Comparable<DocTree.Kind>, Constable`

Enclosing interface:
  `DocTree`

public static enum DocTree.Kind extends Enum<DocTree.Kind>
Enumerates all kinds of trees.

Since:
  1.8

## Nested Class Summary

### Nested classes/interfaces declared in class Enum

`Enum.EnumDesc<E>`

## Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant
Description
`ATTRIBUTE`
Used for instances of `AttributeTree` representing an attribute in an HTML element or tag.
`AUTHOR`
Used for instances of `AuthorTree` representing an `@author` tag.
`CODE`
Used for instances of `LiteralTree` representing an `@code` tag.
`COMMENT`
Used for instances of `CommentTree` representing an HTML comment.
`DEPRECATED`
Used for instances of `DeprecatedTree` representing an `@deprecated` tag.
`DOC_COMMENT`
Used for instances of `DocCommentTree` representing a complete doc comment.
`DOC_ROOT`
Used for instances of `DocRootTree` representing an `@docRoot` tag.
`DOC_TYPE`
Used for instances of `DocTypeTree` representing an HTML DocType declaration.
`END_ELEMENT`
Used for instances of `EndElementTree` representing the end of an HTML element.
`ENTITY`
Used for instances of `EntityTree` representing an HTML entity.
`ERRONEOUS`
Used for instances of `ErroneousTree` representing some invalid text.
`ESCAPE`
Used for instances of `EscapeTree` representing some escaped documentation text.
`EXCEPTION`
Used for instances of `ThrowsTree` representing an `@exception` tag.
`HIDDEN`
Used for instances of `HiddenTree` representing an `@hidden` tag.
`IDENTIFIER`
Used for instances of `IdentifierTree` representing an identifier.
`INDEX`
Used for instances of `IndexTree` representing an `@index` tag.
`INHERIT_DOC`
Used for instances of `InheritDocTree` representing an `@inheritDoc` tag.
`LINK`
Used for instances of `LinkTree` representing an `@link` tag.
`LINK_PLAIN`
Used for instances of `LinkTree` representing an `@linkplain` tag.
`LITERAL`
Used for instances of `LiteralTree` representing an `@literal` tag.
`MARKDOWN`
Used for instances of `RawTextTree` representing a fragment of Markdown content.
`OTHER`
An implementation-reserved node.
`PARAM`
Used for instances of `ParamTree` representing an `@param` tag.
`PROVIDES`
Used for instances of `ProvidesTree` representing an `@provides` tag.
`REFERENCE`
Used for instances of `ReferenceTree` representing a reference to an element in the Java programming language.
`RETURN`
Used for instances of `ReturnTree` representing an `@return` tag.
`SEE`
Used for instances of `SeeTree` representing an `@see` tag.
`SERIAL`
Used for instances of `SerialTree` representing an `@serial` tag.
`SERIAL_DATA`
Used for instances of `SerialDataTree` representing an `@serialData` tag.
`SERIAL_FIELD`
Used for instances of `SerialFieldTree` representing an `@serialField` tag.
`SINCE`
Used for instances of `SinceTree` representing an `@since` tag.
`SNIPPET`
Used for instances of `SnippetTree` representing an `@snippet` tag.
`SPEC`
Used for instances of `SpecTree` representing an `@spec` tag.
`START_ELEMENT`
Used for instances of `StartElementTree` representing the start of an HTML element.
`SUMMARY`
Used for instances of `SummaryTree` representing an `@summary` tag.
`SYSTEM_PROPERTY`
Used for instances of `SystemPropertyTree` representing an `@systemProperty` tag.
`TEXT`
Used for instances of `TextTree` representing some plain documentation text.
`THROWS`
Used for instances of `ThrowsTree` representing an `@throws` tag.
`UNKNOWN_BLOCK_TAG`
Used for instances of `UnknownBlockTagTree` representing an unknown block tag.
`UNKNOWN_INLINE_TAG`
Used for instances of `UnknownInlineTagTree` representing an unknown inline tag.
`USES`
Used for instances of `UsesTree` representing an `@uses` tag.
`VALUE`
Used for instances of `ValueTree` representing an `@value` tag.
`VERSION`
Used for instances of `VersionTree` representing an `@version` tag.

## Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type
Field
Description
`final String`
`tagName`
The name of the tag, if any, associated with this kind of node.

## Method Summary

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

### Methods declared in class Enum

`clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf`

### Methods declared in class Object

`getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

## Enum Constant Details

### ATTRIBUTE

public static final DocTree.Kind ATTRIBUTE
Used for instances of `AttributeTree` representing an attribute in an HTML element or tag.

### AUTHOR

public static final DocTree.Kind AUTHOR
Used for instances of `AuthorTree` representing an `@author` tag.

### CODE

public static final DocTree.Kind CODE
Used for instances of `LiteralTree` representing an `@code` tag.

### COMMENT

public static final DocTree.Kind COMMENT
Used for instances of `CommentTree` representing an HTML comment.

### DEPRECATED

public static final DocTree.Kind DEPRECATED
Used for instances of `DeprecatedTree` representing an `@deprecated` tag.

### DOC_COMMENT

public static final DocTree.Kind DOC_COMMENT
Used for instances of `DocCommentTree` representing a complete doc comment.

### DOC_ROOT

public static final DocTree.Kind DOC_ROOT
Used for instances of `DocRootTree` representing an `@docRoot` tag.

### DOC_TYPE

public static final DocTree.Kind DOC_TYPE
Used for instances of `DocTypeTree` representing an HTML DocType declaration.

Since:
  10

### END_ELEMENT

public static final DocTree.Kind END_ELEMENT
Used for instances of `EndElementTree` representing the end of an HTML element.

### ENTITY

public static final DocTree.Kind ENTITY
Used for instances of `EntityTree` representing an HTML entity.

### ERRONEOUS

public static final DocTree.Kind ERRONEOUS
Used for instances of `ErroneousTree` representing some invalid text.

### ESCAPE

public static final DocTree.Kind ESCAPE
Used for instances of `EscapeTree` representing some escaped documentation text.

Since:
  21

### EXCEPTION

public static final DocTree.Kind EXCEPTION
Used for instances of `ThrowsTree` representing an `@exception` tag.

### HIDDEN

public static final DocTree.Kind HIDDEN
Used for instances of `HiddenTree` representing an `@hidden` tag.

### IDENTIFIER

public static final DocTree.Kind IDENTIFIER
Used for instances of `IdentifierTree` representing an identifier.

### INDEX

public static final DocTree.Kind INDEX
Used for instances of `IndexTree` representing an `@index` tag.

Since:
  9

### INHERIT_DOC

public static final DocTree.Kind INHERIT_DOC
Used for instances of `InheritDocTree` representing an `@inheritDoc` tag.

### LINK

public static final DocTree.Kind LINK
Used for instances of `LinkTree` representing an `@link` tag.

### LINK_PLAIN

public static final DocTree.Kind LINK_PLAIN
Used for instances of `LinkTree` representing an `@linkplain` tag.

### LITERAL

public static final DocTree.Kind LITERAL
Used for instances of `LiteralTree` representing an `@literal` tag.

### MARKDOWN

public static final DocTree.Kind MARKDOWN
Used for instances of `RawTextTree` representing a fragment of Markdown content.

Since:
  23

### PARAM

public static final DocTree.Kind PARAM
Used for instances of `ParamTree` representing an `@param` tag.

### PROVIDES

public static final DocTree.Kind PROVIDES
Used for instances of `ProvidesTree` representing an `@provides` tag.

Since:
  9

### REFERENCE

public static final DocTree.Kind REFERENCE
Used for instances of `ReferenceTree` representing a reference to an element in the Java programming language.

### RETURN

public static final DocTree.Kind RETURN
Used for instances of `ReturnTree` representing an `@return` tag.

### SEE

public static final DocTree.Kind SEE
Used for instances of `SeeTree` representing an `@see` tag.

### SERIAL

public static final DocTree.Kind SERIAL
Used for instances of `SerialTree` representing an `@serial` tag.

### SERIAL_DATA

public static final DocTree.Kind SERIAL_DATA
Used for instances of `SerialDataTree` representing an `@serialData` tag.

### SERIAL_FIELD

public static final DocTree.Kind SERIAL_FIELD
Used for instances of `SerialFieldTree` representing an `@serialField` tag.

### SINCE

public static final DocTree.Kind SINCE
Used for instances of `SinceTree` representing an `@since` tag.

### SNIPPET

public static final DocTree.Kind SNIPPET
Used for instances of `SnippetTree` representing an `@snippet` tag.

Since:
  18

### SPEC

public static final DocTree.Kind SPEC
Used for instances of `SpecTree` representing an `@spec` tag.

Since:
  20

### START_ELEMENT

public static final DocTree.Kind START_ELEMENT
Used for instances of `StartElementTree` representing the start of an HTML element.

### SYSTEM_PROPERTY

public static final DocTree.Kind SYSTEM_PROPERTY
Used for instances of `SystemPropertyTree` representing an `@systemProperty` tag.

Since:
  12

### SUMMARY

public static final DocTree.Kind SUMMARY
Used for instances of `SummaryTree` representing an `@summary` tag.

Since:
  10

### TEXT

public static final DocTree.Kind TEXT
Used for instances of `TextTree` representing some plain documentation text.

### THROWS

public static final DocTree.Kind THROWS
Used for instances of `ThrowsTree` representing an `@throws` tag.

### UNKNOWN_BLOCK_TAG

public static final DocTree.Kind UNKNOWN_BLOCK_TAG
Used for instances of `UnknownBlockTagTree` representing an unknown block tag.

### UNKNOWN_INLINE_TAG

public static final DocTree.Kind UNKNOWN_INLINE_TAG
Used for instances of `UnknownInlineTagTree` representing an unknown inline tag.

### USES

public static final DocTree.Kind USES
Used for instances of `UsesTree` representing an `@uses` tag.

Since:
  9

### VALUE

public static final DocTree.Kind VALUE
Used for instances of `ValueTree` representing an `@value` tag.

### VERSION

public static final DocTree.Kind VERSION
Used for instances of `VersionTree` representing an `@version` tag.

### OTHER

public static final DocTree.Kind OTHER
An implementation-reserved node. This is not the node you are looking for.

## Field Details

### tagName

public final String tagName
The name of the tag, if any, associated with this kind of node.

## Method Details

### values

public static DocTree.Kind[] values()
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:
  an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

### valueOf

public static DocTree.Kind valueOf(String name)
Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (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` - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name
  `NullPointerException` - if the argument is null