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package javax.lang.model.util;

import javax.lang.model.element.*;

import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;

import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;

import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;

/**

 * A visitor of program elements based on their {@linkplain

 * ElementKind kind} with default behavior appropriate for the {@link

 * SourceVersion#RELEASE_8 RELEASE_8} source version.  For {@linkplain

 * Element elements} <tt><i>XYZ</i></tt> that may have more than one

 * kind, the <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> methods in this class delegate

 * to the <tt>visit<i>XYZKind</i></tt> method corresponding to the

 * first argument's kind.  The <tt>visit<i>XYZKind</i></tt> methods

 * call {@link #defaultAction defaultAction}, passing their arguments

 * to {@code defaultAction}'s corresponding parameters.

 *

 * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their

 * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete

 * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help

 * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.

 *

 * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code ElementVisitor} interface

 * implemented by this class may have methods added to it or the

 * {@code ElementKind} {@code enum} used in this case may have

 * constants added to it in the future to accommodate new, currently

 * unknown, language structures added to future versions of the

 * Java™ programming language.  Therefore, methods whose names

 * begin with {@code "visit"} may be added to this class in the

 * future; to avoid incompatibilities, classes which extend this class

 * should not declare any instance methods with names beginning with

 * {@code "visit"}.

 *

 * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default

 * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link

 * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new abstract element kind

 * visitor class will also be introduced to correspond to the new

 * language level; this visitor will have different default behavior

 * for the visit method in question.  When the new visitor is

 * introduced, all or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.

 *

 * <p>Note that adding a default implementation of a new visit method

 * in a visitor class will occur instead of adding a <em>default

 * method</em> directly in the visitor interface since a Java SE 8

 * language feature cannot be used to this version of the API since

 * this version is required to be runnable on Java SE 7

 * implementations.  Future versions of the API that are only required

 * to run on Java SE 8 and later may take advantage of default methods

 * in this situation.

 *

 * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link

 *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.

 * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's

 *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an

 *            additional parameter.

 *

 * @see ElementKindVisitor6

 * @see ElementKindVisitor7

 * @see ElementKindVisitor9

 * @since 1.8

 */

@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)

public class ElementKindVisitor8<R, P> extends ElementKindVisitor7<R, P> {

    /**

     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the

     * default value.

     */

    protected ElementKindVisitor8() {

        super(null);

    }

    /**

     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the

     * default value.

     *

     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}

     */

    protected ElementKindVisitor8(R defaultValue) {

        super(defaultValue);

    }

}