1.1 --- a/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/element/AnnotationValueVisitor.java Wed Jan 23 13:27:24 2013 -0800
1.2 +++ b/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/element/AnnotationValueVisitor.java Wed Jan 23 20:11:07 2013 -0800
1.3 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
1.4 /*
1.5 - * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
1.6 + * Copyright (c) 2005, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
1.7 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
1.8 *
1.9 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
1.10 @@ -61,6 +61,18 @@
1.11 * parameters, return type, etc. rather than one of the abstract
1.12 * classes.
1.13 *
1.14 + * <p>Note that methods to accommodate new language constructs could
1.15 + * be added in a source <em>compatible</em> way if they were added as
1.16 + * <em>default methods</em>. However, default methods are only
1.17 + * available on Java SE 8 and higher releases and the {@code
1.18 + * javax.lang.model.*} packages bundled in Java SE 8 are required to
1.19 + * also be runnable on Java SE 7. Therefore, default methods
1.20 + * <em>cannot</em> be used when extending {@code javax.lang.model.*}
1.21 + * to cover Java SE 8 language features. However, default methods may
1.22 + * be used in subsequent revisions of the {@code javax.lang.model.*}
1.23 + * packages that are only required to run on Java SE 8 and higher
1.24 + * platform versions.
1.25 + *
1.26 * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods
1.27 * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods.
1.28 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
