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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Interfaces used to model elements of the Java programming language.
+ *
+ * The term "element" in this package is used to refer to program
+ * elements, the declared entities that make up a program.  Elements
+ * include classes, interfaces, methods, constructors, and fields.
+ * The interfaces in this package do not model the structure of a
+ * program inside a method body; for example there is no
+ * representation of a {@code for} loop or {@code try}-{@code finally}
+ * block.  However, the interfaces can model some structures only
+ * appearing inside method bodies, such as local variables and
+ * anonymous classes.
+ *
+ * <p>When used in the context of annotation processing, an accurate
+ * model of the element being represented must be returned.  As this
+ * is a language model, the source code provides the fiducial
+ * (reference) representation of the construct in question rather than
+ * a representation in an executable output like a class file.
+ * Executable output may serve as the basis for creating a modeling
+ * element.  However, the process of translating source code to
+ * executable output may not permit recovering some aspects of the
+ * source code representation.  For example, annotations with
+ * {@linkplain java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy#SOURCE source}
+ * {@linkplain java.lang.annotation.Retention retention} cannot be
+ * recovered from class files and class files might not be able to
+ * provide source position information.
+ *
+ * Names of parameters may not be recoverable from class files.
+ *
+ * The {@linkplain javax.lang.model.element.Modifier modifiers} on an
+ * element may differ in some cases including:
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ * <li> {@code strictfp} on a class or interface
+ * <li> {@code final} on a parameter
+ * <li> {@code protected}, {@code private}, and {@code static} on classes and interfaces
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * Additionally, synthetic constructs in a class file, such as
+ * accessor methods used in implementing nested classes and bridge
+ * methods used in implementing covariant returns, are translation
+ * artifacts outside of this model.
+ *
+ * <p>During annotation processing, operating on incomplete or
+ * erroneous programs is necessary; however, there are fewer
+ * guarantees about the nature of the resulting model.  If the source
+ * code is not syntactically well-formed or has some other
+ * irrecoverable error that could not be removed by the generation of
+ * new types, a model may or may not be provided as a quality of
+ * implementation issue.
+ * If a program is syntactically valid but erroneous in some other
+ * fashion, any returned model must have no less information than if
+ * all the method bodies in the program were replaced by {@code "throw
+ * new RuntimeException();"}.  If a program refers to a missing type XYZ,
+ * the returned model must contain no less information than if the
+ * declaration of type XYZ were assumed to be {@code "class XYZ {}"},
+ * {@code "interface XYZ {}"}, {@code "enum XYZ {}"}, or {@code
+ * "@interface XYZ {}"}. If a program refers to a missing type {@code
+ * XYZ<K1, ... ,Kn>}, the returned model must contain no less
+ * information than if the declaration of XYZ were assumed to be
+ * {@code "class XYZ<T1, ... ,Tn> {}"} or {@code "interface XYZ<T1,
+ * ... ,Tn> {}"}
+ *
+ * <p> Unless otherwise specified in a particular implementation, the
+ * collections returned by methods in this package should be expected
+ * to be unmodifiable by the caller and unsafe for concurrent access.
+ *
+ * <p> Unless otherwise specified, methods in this package will throw
+ * a {@code NullPointerException} if given a {@code null} argument.
+ *
+ * @author Joseph D. Darcy
+ * @author Scott Seligman
+ * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+package javax.lang.model.element;