Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:42:10 -0700
8027119: Cleanup javadoc comments for taglet API
Reviewed-by: mduigou
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26 package com.sun.javadoc;
28 /**
29 * Represents a user-defined cross-reference to related documentation.
30 * The tag can reference a package, class or member, or can hold
31 * plain text. (The plain text might be a reference
32 * to something not online, such as a printed book, or be a hard-coded
33 * HTML link.) The reference can either be inline with the comment,
34 * using <code>{@link}</code>, or a separate block comment,
35 * using <code>@see</code>.
36 * Method <code>name()</code> returns "@link" (no curly braces) or
37 * "@see", depending on the tag.
38 * Method <code>kind()</code> returns "@see" for both tags.
39 *
40 * @author Kaiyang Liu (original)
41 * @author Robert Field (rewrite)
42 * @author Atul M Dambalkar
43 *
44 */
45 public interface SeeTag extends Tag {
47 /**
48 * Get the label of the <code>@see</code> tag.
49 * Return null if no label is present.
50 * For example, for:
51 * <p>
52 * <code>@see String#trim() the trim method</code>
53 * </p>
54 * return "the trim method".
55 */
56 String label();
58 /**
59 * Get the package doc when <code>@see</code> references only a package.
60 * Return null if the package cannot be found, or if
61 * <code>@see</code> references any other element (class,
62 * interface, field, constructor, method) or non-element.
63 * For example, for:
64 * <p>
65 * <code>@see java.lang</code>
66 * </p>
67 * return the <code>PackageDoc</code> for <code>java.lang</code>.
68 */
69 public PackageDoc referencedPackage();
71 /**
72 * Get the class or interface name of the <code>@see</code> reference.
73 * The name is fully qualified if the name specified in the
74 * original <code>@see</code> tag was fully qualified, or if the class
75 * or interface can be found; otherwise it is unqualified.
76 * If <code>@see</code> references only a package name, then return
77 * the package name instead.
78 * For example, for:
79 * <p>
80 * <code>@see String#valueOf(java.lang.Object)</code>
81 * </p>
82 * return "java.lang.String".
83 * For "<code>@see java.lang</code>", return "java.lang".
84 * Return null if <code>@see</code> references a non-element, such as
85 * <code>@see <a href="java.sun.com"></code>.
86 */
87 String referencedClassName();
89 /**
90 * Get the class doc referenced by the class name part of @see.
91 * Return null if the class cannot be found.
92 * For example, for:
93 * <p>
94 * <code>@see String#valueOf(java.lang.Object)</code>
95 * </p>
96 * return the <code>ClassDoc</code> for <code>java.lang.String</code>.
97 */
98 ClassDoc referencedClass();
100 /**
101 * Get the field, constructor or method substring of the <code>@see</code>
102 * reference. Return null if the reference is to any other
103 * element or to any non-element.
104 * References to member classes (nested classes) return null.
105 * For example, for:
106 * <p>
107 * <code>@see String#startsWith(String)</code>
108 * </p>
109 * return "startsWith(String)".
110 */
111 String referencedMemberName();
113 /**
114 * Get the member doc for the field, constructor or method
115 * referenced by <code>@see</code>. Return null if the member cannot
116 * be found or if the reference is to any other element or to any
117 * non-element.
118 * References to member classes (nested classes) return null.
119 * For example, for:
120 * <p>
121 * <code>@see String#startsWith(java.lang.String)</code>
122 * </p>
123 * return the <code>MethodDoc</code> for <code>startsWith</code>.
124 */
125 MemberDoc referencedMember();
126 }