src/share/classes/com/sun/javadoc/SerialFieldTag.java

Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:17:37 -0800

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ksrini
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Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:17:37 -0800
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8029230: Update copyright year to match last edit in jdk8 langtools repository for 2013
Reviewed-by: ksrini
Contributed-by: steve.sides@oracle.com

duke@1 1 /*
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duke@1 25
duke@1 26 package com.sun.javadoc;
duke@1 27
duke@1 28 /**
duke@1 29 * Documents a Serializable field defined by an ObjectStreamField.
duke@1 30 * <pre>
duke@1 31 * The class parses and stores the three serialField tag parameters:
duke@1 32 *
duke@1 33 * - field name
duke@1 34 * - field type name
duke@1 35 * (fully-qualified or visible from the current import context)
duke@1 36 * - description of the valid values for the field
duke@1 37
duke@1 38 * </pre>
duke@1 39 * This tag is only allowed in the javadoc for the special member
duke@1 40 * serialPersistentFields.
duke@1 41 *
duke@1 42 * @author Joe Fialli
duke@1 43 *
duke@1 44 * @see java.io.ObjectStreamField
duke@1 45 */
duke@1 46 public interface SerialFieldTag extends Tag, Comparable<Object> {
duke@1 47
duke@1 48 /**
jjg@1372 49 * Return the serializable field name.
duke@1 50 */
duke@1 51 public String fieldName();
duke@1 52
duke@1 53 /**
duke@1 54 * Return the field type string.
duke@1 55 */
duke@1 56 public String fieldType();
duke@1 57
duke@1 58 /**
duke@1 59 * Return the ClassDoc for field type.
duke@1 60 *
duke@1 61 * @return null if no ClassDoc for field type is visible from
duke@1 62 * containingClass context.
duke@1 63 */
duke@1 64 public ClassDoc fieldTypeDoc();
duke@1 65
duke@1 66 /**
duke@1 67 * Return the field comment. If there is no serialField comment, return
duke@1 68 * javadoc comment of corresponding FieldDoc.
duke@1 69 */
duke@1 70 public String description();
duke@1 71
duke@1 72 /**
duke@1 73 * Compares this Object with the specified Object for order. Returns a
duke@1 74 * negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this Object is less
duke@1 75 * than, equal to, or greater than the given Object.
duke@1 76 * <p>
duke@1 77 * Included to make SerialFieldTag items java.lang.Comparable.
duke@1 78 *
duke@1 79 * @param obj the <code>Object</code> to be compared.
duke@1 80 * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this Object
duke@1 81 * is less than, equal to, or greater than the given Object.
duke@1 82 * @exception ClassCastException the specified Object's type prevents it
duke@1 83 * from being compared to this Object.
duke@1 84 * @since 1.2
duke@1 85 */
duke@1 86 public int compareTo(Object obj);
duke@1 87 }

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