1.1 --- a/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/type/TypeVisitor.java Wed Jan 23 13:27:24 2013 -0800
1.2 +++ b/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/type/TypeVisitor.java Wed Jan 23 20:11:07 2013 -0800
1.3 @@ -52,6 +52,18 @@
1.4 * parameters, return type, etc. rather than one of the abstract
1.5 * classes.
1.6 *
1.7 + * <p>Note that methods to accommodate new language constructs could
1.8 + * be added in a source <em>compatible</em> way if they were added as
1.9 + * <em>default methods</em>. However, default methods are only
1.10 + * available on Java SE 8 and higher releases and the {@code
1.11 + * javax.lang.model.*} packages bundled in Java SE 8 are required to
1.12 + * also be runnable on Java SE 7. Therefore, default methods
1.13 + * <em>cannot</em> be used when extending {@code javax.lang.model.*}
1.14 + * to cover Java SE 8 language features. However, default methods may
1.15 + * be used in subsequent revisions of the {@code javax.lang.model.*}
1.16 + * packages that are only required to run on Java SE 8 and higher
1.17 + * platform versions.
1.18 + *
1.19 * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods. Use {@link
1.20 * Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
1.21 * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
