- All Superinterfaces:
- MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
PaddingLayout is a preview API of the Java platform.
Preview features may be removed in a future release, or upgraded to permanent features of the Java platform.
A padding layout. A padding layout specifies the size of extra space which is typically not accessed by applications,
 and is typically used for aligning member layouts around word boundaries.
- Implementation Requirements:
- Implementing classes are immutable, thread-safe and value-based.
- Since:
- 20
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Nested Class SummaryNested classes/interfaces declared in interface java.lang.foreign.MemoryLayoutPREVIEWMemoryLayout.PathElementPREVIEW
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Method SummaryModifier and TypeMethodDescriptionwithByteAlignment(long byteAlignment) Returns a memory layout with the same characteristics as this layout, but with the given alignment constraint (in bytes).Returns a memory layout with the same characteristics as this layout, but with the given name.Returns a memory layout with the same characteristics as this layout, but with no name.Methods declared in interface java.lang.foreign.MemoryLayoutPREVIEWbyteAlignment, byteOffset, byteOffsetHandle, byteSize, equals, hashCode, name, select, sliceHandle, toString, varHandle
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Method Details- 
withNameReturns a memory layout with the same characteristics as this layout, but with the given name.- Specified by:
- withNamein interface- MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
- Parameters:
- name- the layout name.
- Returns:
- a memory layout with the same characteristics as this layout, but with the given name
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withoutNamePaddingLayoutPREVIEW withoutName()Returns a memory layout with the same characteristics as this layout, but with no name.- Specified by:
- withoutNamein interface- MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
- Returns:
- a memory layout with the same characteristics as this layout, but with no name
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withByteAlignmentReturns a memory layout with the same characteristics as this layout, but with the given alignment constraint (in bytes).- Specified by:
- withByteAlignmentin interface- MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
- Parameters:
- byteAlignment- the layout alignment constraint, expressed in bytes.
- Returns:
- a memory layout with the same characteristics as this layout, but with the given alignment constraint (in bytes)
- Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException- if- byteAlignmentis not a power of two.
 
 
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PaddingLayoutwhen preview features are enabled.