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src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8.java@09f65aad4759 (annotated)
src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8.java
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:11:07 -0800
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- darcy
- date
- Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:11:07 -0800
- changeset 1522
- 09f65aad4759
- parent 1357
- c75be5bc5283
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8006264: Add explanation of why default methods cannot be used in JDK 8 javax.lang.model
Reviewed-by: jjg
| darcy@1054 | 1 | /* |
| darcy@1522 | 2 | * Copyright (c) 2011, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
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| darcy@1054 | 24 | */ |
| darcy@1054 | 25 | |
| darcy@1054 | 26 | package javax.lang.model.util; |
| darcy@1054 | 27 | |
| darcy@1054 | 28 | import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*; |
| darcy@1054 | 29 | import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion; |
| darcy@1054 | 30 | import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion; |
| darcy@1054 | 31 | |
| darcy@1054 | 32 | /** |
| darcy@1054 | 33 | * A skeletal visitor for annotation values with default behavior |
| darcy@1054 | 34 | * appropriate for the {@link SourceVersion#RELEASE_8 RELEASE_8} |
| darcy@1054 | 35 | * source version. |
| darcy@1054 | 36 | * |
| darcy@1054 | 37 | * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code AnnotationValueVisitor} interface |
| darcy@1054 | 38 | * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the |
| darcy@1054 | 39 | * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures |
| darcy@1054 | 40 | * added to future versions of the Java™ programming language. |
| darcy@1054 | 41 | * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be |
| darcy@1054 | 42 | * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities, |
| darcy@1054 | 43 | * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance |
| darcy@1054 | 44 | * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}. |
| darcy@1054 | 45 | * |
| darcy@1054 | 46 | * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default |
| darcy@1054 | 47 | * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link |
| darcy@1054 | 48 | * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method. A new abstract annotation |
| darcy@1054 | 49 | * value visitor class will also be introduced to correspond to the |
| darcy@1054 | 50 | * new language level; this visitor will have different default |
| darcy@1054 | 51 | * behavior for the visit method in question. When the new visitor is |
| darcy@1054 | 52 | * introduced, all or portions of this visitor may be deprecated. |
| darcy@1054 | 53 | * |
| darcy@1522 | 54 | * <p>Note that adding a default implementation of a new visit method |
| darcy@1522 | 55 | * in a visitor class will occur instead of adding a <em>default |
| darcy@1522 | 56 | * method</em> directly in the visitor interface since a Java SE 8 |
| darcy@1522 | 57 | * language feature cannot be used to this version of the API since |
| darcy@1522 | 58 | * this version is required to be runnable on Java SE 7 |
| darcy@1522 | 59 | * implementations. Future versions of the API that are only required |
| darcy@1522 | 60 | * to run on Java SE 8 and later may take advantage of default methods |
| darcy@1522 | 61 | * in this situation. |
| darcy@1522 | 62 | * |
| darcy@1054 | 63 | * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods |
| darcy@1054 | 64 | * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods. |
| darcy@1054 | 65 | * |
| darcy@1054 | 66 | * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6 |
| darcy@1054 | 67 | * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor7 |
| darcy@1054 | 68 | * @since 1.8 |
| darcy@1054 | 69 | */ |
| darcy@1054 | 70 | @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8) |
| darcy@1054 | 71 | public abstract class AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8<R, P> extends AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor7<R, P> { |
| darcy@1054 | 72 | |
| darcy@1054 | 73 | /** |
| darcy@1054 | 74 | * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call. |
| darcy@1054 | 75 | */ |
| darcy@1054 | 76 | protected AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8() { |
| darcy@1054 | 77 | super(); |
| darcy@1054 | 78 | } |
| darcy@1054 | 79 | } |
