src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractElementVisitor6.java

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:11:07 -0800

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darcy
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Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:11:07 -0800
changeset 1522
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8006264: Add explanation of why default methods cannot be used in JDK 8 javax.lang.model
Reviewed-by: jjg

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    26 package javax.lang.model.util;
    28 import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
    29 import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
    30 import javax.lang.model.element.*;
    31 import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
    34 /**
    35  * A skeletal visitor of program elements with default behavior
    36  * appropriate for the {@link SourceVersion#RELEASE_6 RELEASE_6}
    37  * source version.
    38  *
    39  * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code ElementVisitor} interface
    40  * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
    41  * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
    42  * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
    43  * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
    44  * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
    45  * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
    46  * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
    47  *
    48  * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
    49  * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
    50  * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new abstract element visitor
    51  * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
    52  * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
    53  * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
    54  * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
    55  *
    56  * <p>Note that adding a default implementation of a new visit method
    57  * in a visitor class will occur instead of adding a <em>default
    58  * method</em> directly in the visitor interface since a Java SE 8
    59  * language feature cannot be used to this version of the API since
    60  * this version is required to be runnable on Java SE 7
    61  * implementations.  Future versions of the API that are only required
    62  * to run on Java SE 8 and later may take advantage of default methods
    63  * in this situation.
    64  *
    65  * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
    66  *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
    67  * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
    68  *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
    69  *            additional parameter.
    70  *
    71  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
    72  * @author Scott Seligman
    73  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
    74  *
    75  * @see AbstractElementVisitor7
    76  * @see AbstractElementVisitor8
    77  * @since 1.6
    78  */
    79 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
    80 public abstract class AbstractElementVisitor6<R, P> implements ElementVisitor<R, P> {
    81     /**
    82      * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call.
    83      */
    84     protected AbstractElementVisitor6(){}
    86     /**
    87      * Visits any program element as if by passing itself to that
    88      * element's {@link Element#accept accept} method.  The invocation
    89      * {@code v.visit(elem)} is equivalent to {@code elem.accept(v,
    90      * p)}.
    91      *
    92      * @param e  the element to visit
    93      * @param p  a visitor-specified parameter
    94      * @return a visitor-specified result
    95      */
    96     public final R visit(Element e, P p) {
    97         return e.accept(this, p);
    98     }
   100     /**
   101      * Visits any program element as if by passing itself to that
   102      * element's {@link Element#accept accept} method and passing
   103      * {@code null} for the additional parameter.  The invocation
   104      * {@code v.visit(elem)} is equivalent to {@code elem.accept(v,
   105      * null)}.
   106      *
   107      * @param e  the element to visit
   108      * @return a visitor-specified result
   109      */
   110     public final R visit(Element e) {
   111         return e.accept(this, null);
   112     }
   114     /**
   115      * {@inheritDoc}
   116      *
   117      * <p> The default implementation of this method in
   118      * {@code AbstractElementVisitor6} will always throw
   119      * {@code UnknownElementException}.
   120      * This behavior is not required of a subclass.
   121      *
   122      * @param e  the element to visit
   123      * @param p  a visitor-specified parameter
   124      * @return a visitor-specified result
   125      * @throws UnknownElementException
   126      *          a visitor implementation may optionally throw this exception
   127      */
   128     public R visitUnknown(Element e, P p) {
   129         throw new UnknownElementException(e, p);
   130     }
   131 }

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