src/share/classes/com/sun/javadoc/ThrowsTag.java

Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:17:37 -0800

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ksrini
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Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:17:37 -0800
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8029230: Update copyright year to match last edit in jdk8 langtools repository for 2013
Reviewed-by: ksrini
Contributed-by: steve.sides@oracle.com

     1 /*
     2  * Copyright (c) 1998, 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
     3  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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    26 package com.sun.javadoc;
    28 /**
    29  * Represents a @throws or @exception documentation tag.
    30  * Parses and holds the exception name and exception comment.
    31  * Note: @exception is a backwards compatible synonymy for @throws.
    32  *
    33  * @author Robert Field
    34  * @author Atul M Dambalkar
    35  * @see ExecutableMemberDoc#throwsTags()
    36  *
    37  */
    38 public interface ThrowsTag extends Tag {
    40     /**
    41      * Return the name of the exception
    42      * associated with this <code>ThrowsTag</code>.
    43      *
    44      * @return name of the exception.
    45      */
    46     String exceptionName();
    48     /**
    49      * Return the exception comment
    50      * associated with this <code>ThrowsTag</code>.
    51      *
    52      * @return exception comment.
    53      */
    54     String exceptionComment();
    56     /**
    57      * Return a <code>ClassDoc</code> that represents the exception.
    58      * If the type of the exception is a type variable, return the
    59      * <code>ClassDoc</code> of its erasure.
    60      *
    61      * <p> <i>This method cannot accommodate certain generic type
    62      * constructs.  The <code>exceptionType</code> method
    63      * should be used instead.</i>
    64      *
    65      * @return <code>ClassDoc</code> that represents the exception.
    66      * @see #exceptionType
    67      */
    68     ClassDoc exception();
    70     /**
    71      * Return the type of the exception
    72      * associated with this <code>ThrowsTag</code>.
    73      * This may be a <code>ClassDoc</code> or a <code>TypeVariable</code>.
    74      *
    75      * @return the type of the exception.
    76      * @since 1.5
    77      */
    78     Type exceptionType();
    79 }

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