diff -r 024ed9c9ed13 -r 83c19f00452c langtools/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/com/sun/javadoc/SeeTag.java --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/langtools/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/com/sun/javadoc/SeeTag.java Sun Aug 17 15:52:32 2014 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +/* + * Copyright (c) 1998, 2014, 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. + */ + +package com.sun.javadoc; + +/** + * Represents a user-defined cross-reference to related documentation. + * The tag can reference a package, class or member, or can hold + * plain text. (The plain text might be a reference + * to something not online, such as a printed book, or be a hard-coded + * HTML link.) The reference can either be inline with the comment, + * using {@code {@link}}, or a separate block comment, + * using {@code @see}. + * Method {@code name()} returns "@link" (no curly braces) or + * "@see", depending on the tag. + * Method {@code kind()} returns "@see" for both tags. + * + * @author Kaiyang Liu (original) + * @author Robert Field (rewrite) + * @author Atul M Dambalkar + * + */ +public interface SeeTag extends Tag { + + /** + * Get the label of the {@code @see} tag. + * Return null if no label is present. + * For example, for: + *

+ *   {@code @see String#trim() the trim method} + *

+ * return "the trim method". + * + * @return "the trim method". + */ + String label(); + + /** + * Get the package doc when {@code @see} references only a package. + * Return null if the package cannot be found, or if + * {@code @see} references any other element (class, + * interface, field, constructor, method) or non-element. + * For example, for: + *

+ *   {@code @see java.lang} + *

+ * return the {@code PackageDoc} for {@code java.lang}. + * + * @return the {@code PackageDoc} for {@code java.lang}. + */ + public PackageDoc referencedPackage(); + + /** + * Get the class or interface name of the {@code @see} reference. + * The name is fully qualified if the name specified in the + * original {@code @see} tag was fully qualified, or if the class + * or interface can be found; otherwise it is unqualified. + * If {@code @see} references only a package name, then return + * the package name instead. + * For example, for: + *

+ *   {@code @see String#valueOf(java.lang.Object)} + *

+ * return "java.lang.String". + * For "{@code @see java.lang}", return "java.lang". + * Return null if {@code @see} references a non-element, such as + * {@code @see }. + * + * @return null if {@code @see} references a non-element, such as + * {@code @see }. + */ + String referencedClassName(); + + /** + * Get the class doc referenced by the class name part of @see. + * Return null if the class cannot be found. + * For example, for: + *

+ *   {@code @see String#valueOf(java.lang.Object)} + *

+ * return the {@code ClassDoc} for {@code java.lang.String}. + * + * @return the {@code ClassDoc} for {@code java.lang.String}. + */ + ClassDoc referencedClass(); + + /** + * Get the field, constructor or method substring of the {@code @see} + * reference. Return null if the reference is to any other + * element or to any non-element. + * References to member classes (nested classes) return null. + * For example, for: + *

+ *   {@code @see String#startsWith(String)} + *

+ * return "startsWith(String)". + * + * @return "startsWith(String)". + */ + String referencedMemberName(); + + /** + * Get the member doc for the field, constructor or method + * referenced by {@code @see}. Return null if the member cannot + * be found or if the reference is to any other element or to any + * non-element. + * References to member classes (nested classes) return null. + * For example, for: + *

+ *   {@code @see String#startsWith(java.lang.String)} + *

+ * return the {@code MethodDoc} for {@code startsWith}. + * + * @return the {@code MethodDoc} for {@code startsWith}. + */ + MemberDoc referencedMember(); +}