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package com.sun.tools.doclets;

import com.sun.javadoc.*;

/**

 * The interface for a custom tag used by Doclets. A custom

 * tag must implement this interface.

 *

 * <p style="font-style: italic; font-size:larger">

 * </p>

 *

 * To be loaded and used by

 * doclets at run-time, the taglet must have a static method called

 * <code>register</code> that accepts a {@link java.util.Map} as an

 * argument with the following signature:

 * <pre>

 *   public void register(Map map)

 * </pre>

 * This method should add an instance of the custom taglet to the map

 * with the name of the taglet as the key.  If overriding a taglet,

 * to avoid a name conflict, the overridden taglet must be deleted from

 * the map before an instance of the new taglet is added to the map.

 * <p>

 * It is recommended that the taglet throw an exception when it fails

 * to register itself.  The exception that it throws is up to the user.

 * <p>

 * Here are two sample taglets: <br>

 * <ul>

 *  <li><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/taglet/ToDoTaglet.java">ToDoTaglet.java</a>

 *         - Standalone taglet</li>

 *  <li><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/taglet/UnderlineTaglet.java">UnderlineTaglet.java</a>

 *         - Inline taglet</li>

 * </ul>

 * <p>

 * For more information on how to create your own Taglets, please see the

 * <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/taglet/overview.html">Taglet Overview</a>.

 *

 * @since 1.4

 * @author Jamie Ho

 *

 * @deprecated

 */

@Deprecated

public interface Taglet {

    /**

     * Return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in field documentation.  Set to

     * false for inline tags.

     * @return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in field documentation and false

     * otherwise.

     */

    public abstract boolean inField();

    /**

     * Return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in constructor documentation. Set to

     * false for inline tags.

     * @return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in constructor documentation and false

     * otherwise.

     */

    public abstract boolean inConstructor();

    /**

     * Return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in method documentation. Set to

     * false for inline tags.

     * @return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in method documentation and false

     * otherwise.

     */

    public abstract boolean inMethod();

    /**

     * Return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in overview documentation. Set to

     * false for inline tags.

     * @return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in method documentation and false

     * otherwise.

     */

    public abstract boolean inOverview();

    /**

     * Return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in package documentation. Set to

     * false for inline tags.

     * @return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in package documentation and false

     * otherwise.

     */

    public abstract boolean inPackage();

    /**

     * Return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in type documentation (classes or

     * interfaces). Set to false for inline tags.

     * @return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is used in type documentation and false

     * otherwise.

     */

    public abstract boolean inType();

    /**

     * Return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is an inline tag. Return false otherwise.

     * @return true if this <code>Taglet</code>

     * is an inline tag and false otherwise.

     */

    public abstract boolean isInlineTag();

    /**

     * Return the name of this custom tag.

     * @return the name of this custom tag.

     */

    public abstract String getName();

    /**

     * Given the <code>Tag</code> representation of this custom

     * tag, return its string representation, which is output

     * to the generated page.

     * @param tag the <code>Tag</code> representation of this custom tag.

     * @return the string representation of this <code>Tag</code>.

     */

    public abstract String toString(Tag tag);

    /**

     * Given an array of <code>Tag</code>s representing this custom

     * tag, return its string representation, which is output

     * to the generated page.  This method should

     * return null if this taglet represents an inline tag.

     * @param tags the array of <code>Tag</code>s representing of this custom tag.

     * @return the string representation of this <code>Tag</code>.

     */

    public abstract String toString(Tag[] tags);

}