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1 /* |
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2 * Copyright 1998-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. |
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4 * |
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5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it |
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6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as |
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7 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this |
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8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided |
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9 * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. |
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10 * |
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11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT |
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12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or |
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13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License |
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14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that |
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15 * accompanied this code). |
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16 * |
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17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version |
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18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, |
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19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. |
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20 * |
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21 * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, |
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22 * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or |
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23 * have any questions. |
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24 */ |
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25 |
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26 package com.sun.javadoc; |
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27 |
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28 /** |
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29 * Documents a Serializable field defined by an ObjectStreamField. |
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30 * <pre> |
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31 * The class parses and stores the three serialField tag parameters: |
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32 * |
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33 * - field name |
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34 * - field type name |
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35 * (fully-qualified or visible from the current import context) |
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36 * - description of the valid values for the field |
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37 |
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38 * </pre> |
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39 * This tag is only allowed in the javadoc for the special member |
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40 * serialPersistentFields. |
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41 * |
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42 * @author Joe Fialli |
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43 * |
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44 * @see java.io.ObjectStreamField |
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45 */ |
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46 public interface SerialFieldTag extends Tag, Comparable<Object> { |
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47 |
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48 /** |
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49 * Return the serialziable field name. |
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50 */ |
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51 public String fieldName(); |
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52 |
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53 /** |
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54 * Return the field type string. |
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55 */ |
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56 public String fieldType(); |
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57 |
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58 /** |
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59 * Return the ClassDoc for field type. |
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60 * |
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61 * @return null if no ClassDoc for field type is visible from |
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62 * containingClass context. |
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63 */ |
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64 public ClassDoc fieldTypeDoc(); |
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65 |
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66 /** |
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67 * Return the field comment. If there is no serialField comment, return |
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68 * javadoc comment of corresponding FieldDoc. |
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69 */ |
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70 public String description(); |
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71 |
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72 /** |
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73 * Compares this Object with the specified Object for order. Returns a |
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74 * negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this Object is less |
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75 * than, equal to, or greater than the given Object. |
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76 * <p> |
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77 * Included to make SerialFieldTag items java.lang.Comparable. |
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78 * |
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79 * @param obj the <code>Object</code> to be compared. |
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80 * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this Object |
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81 * is less than, equal to, or greater than the given Object. |
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82 * @exception ClassCastException the specified Object's type prevents it |
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83 * from being compared to this Object. |
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84 * @since 1.2 |
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85 */ |
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86 public int compareTo(Object obj); |
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87 } |