jdk8-mips64-public/langtools: src/share/classes/com/sun/javadoc/SerialFieldTag.java@998b10c43157

8029230: Update copyright year to match last edit in jdk8 langtools repository for 2013
Reviewed-by: ksrini
Contributed-by: steve.sides@oracle.com

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    26 package com.sun.javadoc;

    28 /**

    29  * Documents a Serializable field defined by an ObjectStreamField.

    30  * <pre>

    31  * The class parses and stores the three serialField tag parameters:

    32  *

    33  * - field name

    34  * - field type name

    35  *      (fully-qualified or visible from the current import context)

    36  * - description of the valid values for the field

    38  * </pre>

    39  * This tag is only allowed in the javadoc for the special member

    40  * serialPersistentFields.

    41  *

    42  * @author Joe Fialli

    43  *

    44  * @see java.io.ObjectStreamField

    45  */

    46 public interface SerialFieldTag extends Tag, Comparable<Object> {

    48     /**

    49      * Return the serializable field name.

    50      */

    51     public String fieldName();

    53     /**

    54      * Return the field type string.

    55      */

    56     public String fieldType();

    58     /**

    59      * Return the ClassDoc for field type.

    60      *

    61      * @return null if no ClassDoc for field type is visible from

    62      *         containingClass context.

    63      */

    64     public ClassDoc fieldTypeDoc();

    66     /**

    67      * Return the field comment. If there is no serialField comment, return

    68      * javadoc comment of corresponding FieldDoc.

    69      */

    70     public String description();

    72     /**

    73      * Compares this Object with the specified Object for order.  Returns a

    74      * negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this Object is less

    75      * than, equal to, or greater than the given Object.

    76      * <p>

    77      * Included to make SerialFieldTag items java.lang.Comparable.

    78      *

    79      * @param   obj the <code>Object</code> to be compared.

    80      * @return  a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this Object

    81      *          is less than, equal to, or greater than the given Object.

    82      * @exception ClassCastException the specified Object's type prevents it

    83      *            from being compared to this Object.

    84      * @since 1.2

    85      */

    86     public int compareTo(Object obj);

    87 }

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