Module jdk.javadoc

Interface Doc

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      String commentText()
      Deprecated.
      Return the text of the comment for this doc item.
      int compareTo​(Object obj)
      Deprecated.
      Compares this doc object with the specified object for order.
      Tag[] firstSentenceTags()
      Deprecated.
      Return the first sentence of the comment as an array of tags.
      String getRawCommentText()
      Deprecated.
      Return the full unprocessed text of the comment.
      Tag[] inlineTags()
      Deprecated.
      Return comment as an array of tags.
      boolean isAnnotationType()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item an annotation type?
      boolean isAnnotationTypeElement()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item an annotation type element?
      boolean isClass()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item a class (and not an interface or annotation type)?
      boolean isConstructor()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item a constructor?
      boolean isEnum()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item an enum type?
      boolean isEnumConstant()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item an enum constant?
      boolean isError()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item an error class?
      boolean isException()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item an exception class?
      boolean isField()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item a field (but not an enum constant)?
      boolean isIncluded()
      Deprecated.
      Return true if this Doc item is included in the result set.
      boolean isInterface()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item an interface (but not an annotation type)?
      boolean isMethod()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item a method (but not a constructor or annotation type element)?
      boolean isOrdinaryClass()
      Deprecated.
      Is this Doc item an ordinary class?
      String name()
      Deprecated.
      Returns the non-qualified name of this Doc item.
      SourcePosition position()
      Deprecated.
      Return the source position of the first line of the corresponding declaration, or null if no position is available.
      SeeTag[] seeTags()
      Deprecated.
      Return the see also tags in this Doc item.
      void setRawCommentText​(String rawDocumentation)
      Deprecated.
      Set the full unprocessed text of the comment.
      Tag[] tags()
      Deprecated.
      Return all tags in this Doc item.
      Tag[] tags​(String tagname)
      Deprecated.
      Return tags of the specified kind in this Doc item.
    • Method Detail

      • commentText

        String commentText()
        Deprecated.
        Return the text of the comment for this doc item. Tags have been removed.
        Returns:
        the text of the comment for this doc item.
      • tags

        Tag[] tags()
        Deprecated.
        Return all tags in this Doc item.
        Returns:
        an array of Tag objects containing all tags on this Doc item.
      • tags

        Tag[] tags​(String tagname)
        Deprecated.
        Return tags of the specified kind in this Doc item. For example, if 'tagname' has value "@serial", all tags in this Doc item of kind "@serial" will be returned.
        Parameters:
        tagname - name of the tag kind to search for.
        Returns:
        an array of Tag containing all tags whose 'kind()' matches 'tagname'.
      • seeTags

        SeeTag[] seeTags()
        Deprecated.
        Return the see also tags in this Doc item.
        Returns:
        an array of SeeTag containing all @see tags.
      • inlineTags

        Tag[] inlineTags()
        Deprecated.
        Return comment as an array of tags. Includes inline tags (i.e. {@link reference} tags) but not block tags. Each section of plain text is represented as a Tag of kind "Text". Inline tags are represented as a SeeTag of kind "@see" and name "@link".
        Returns:
        an array of Tags representing the comment
      • firstSentenceTags

        Tag[] firstSentenceTags()
        Deprecated.
        Return the first sentence of the comment as an array of tags. Includes inline tags (i.e. {@link reference} tags) but not block tags. Each section of plain text is represented as a Tag of kind "Text". Inline tags are represented as a SeeTag of kind "@see" and name "@link".

        If the locale is English language, the first sentence is determined by the rules described in the Java Language Specification (first version): "This sentence ends at the first period that is followed by a blank, tab, or line terminator or at the first tagline.", in addition a line will be terminated by block HTML tags: <p> </p> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr> <pre> or </pre>. If the locale is not English, the sentence end will be determined by BreakIterator.getSentenceInstance(Locale).

        Returns:
        an array of Tags representing the first sentence of the comment
      • getRawCommentText

        String getRawCommentText()
        Deprecated.
        Return the full unprocessed text of the comment. Tags are included as text. Used mainly for store and retrieve operations like internalization.
        Returns:
        the full unprocessed text of the comment.
      • setRawCommentText

        void setRawCommentText​(String rawDocumentation)
        Deprecated.
        Set the full unprocessed text of the comment. Tags are included as text. Used mainly for store and retrieve operations like internalization.
        Parameters:
        rawDocumentation - A String containing the full unprocessed text of the comment.
      • name

        String name()
        Deprecated.
        Returns the non-qualified name of this Doc item.
        Returns:
        the name
      • compareTo

        int compareTo​(Object obj)
        Deprecated.
        Compares this doc object with the specified object for order. Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this doc object is less than, equal to, or greater than the given object.

        This method satisfies the Comparable interface.

        Specified by:
        compareTo in interface Comparable<Object>
        Parameters:
        obj - the Object to be compared.
        Returns:
        a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this Object is less than, equal to, or greater than the given Object.
        Throws:
        ClassCastException - the specified Object's type prevents it from being compared to this Object.
      • isField

        boolean isField()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item a field (but not an enum constant)?
        Returns:
        true if it represents a field
      • isEnumConstant

        boolean isEnumConstant()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item an enum constant?
        Returns:
        true if it represents an enum constant
        Since:
        1.5
      • isConstructor

        boolean isConstructor()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item a constructor?
        Returns:
        true if it represents a constructor
      • isMethod

        boolean isMethod()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item a method (but not a constructor or annotation type element)?
        Returns:
        true if it represents a method
      • isAnnotationTypeElement

        boolean isAnnotationTypeElement()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item an annotation type element?
        Returns:
        true if it represents an annotation type element
        Since:
        1.5
      • isInterface

        boolean isInterface()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item an interface (but not an annotation type)?
        Returns:
        true if it represents an interface
      • isException

        boolean isException()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item an exception class?
        Returns:
        true if it represents an exception
      • isError

        boolean isError()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item an error class?
        Returns:
        true if it represents a error
      • isEnum

        boolean isEnum()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item an enum type?
        Returns:
        true if it represents an enum type
        Since:
        1.5
      • isAnnotationType

        boolean isAnnotationType()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item an annotation type?
        Returns:
        true if it represents an annotation type
        Since:
        1.5
      • isOrdinaryClass

        boolean isOrdinaryClass()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item an ordinary class? (i.e. not an interface, annotation type, enum, exception, or error)?
        Returns:
        true if it represents an ordinary class
      • isClass

        boolean isClass()
        Deprecated.
        Is this Doc item a class (and not an interface or annotation type)? This includes ordinary classes, enums, errors and exceptions.
        Returns:
        true if it represents a class
      • isIncluded

        boolean isIncluded()
        Deprecated.
        Return true if this Doc item is included in the result set.
        Returns:
        true if this Doc item is included in the result set.
      • position

        SourcePosition position()
        Deprecated.
        Return the source position of the first line of the corresponding declaration, or null if no position is available. A default constructor returns null because it has no location in the source file.
        Returns:
        the source positino of the first line of the corresponding declaration, or null if no position is available. A default constructor returns null because it has no location in the source file.
        Since:
        1.4