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| package com.sun.javadoc; |
| |
| import java.text.BreakIterator; |
| import java.util.Locale; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents a simple documentation tag, such as @since, @author, @version. |
| * Given a tag (e.g. "@since 1.2"), holds tag name (e.g. "@since") |
| * and tag text (e.g. "1.2"). Tags with structure or which require |
| * special processing are handled by subclasses such as ParamTag |
| * (for @param), SeeTag (for @see and {@link}), and ThrowsTag |
| * (for @throws). |
| * |
| * @author Robert Field |
| * @author Atul M Dambalkar |
| * @see SeeTag |
| * @see ParamTag |
| * @see ThrowsTag |
| * @see SerialFieldTag |
| * @see Doc#tags() |
| * |
| * @deprecated |
| * The declarations in this package have been superseded by those |
| * in the package {@code jdk.javadoc.doclet}. |
| * For more information, see the <i>Migration Guide</i> in the documentation for that package. |
| */ |
| @Deprecated |
| public interface Tag { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the name of this tag. The name is the string |
| * starting with "@" that is used in a doc comment, such as |
| * {@code @return}. For inline tags, such as |
| * {@code {@link}}, the curly brackets |
| * are not part of the name, so in this example the name |
| * would be simply {@code @link}. |
| * |
| * @return the name of this tag |
| */ |
| String name(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the containing {@link Doc} of this Tag element. |
| * |
| * @return the containing {@link Doc} of this Tag element |
| */ |
| Doc holder(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the kind of this tag. |
| * For most tags, |
| * {@code kind() == name()}; |
| * the following table lists those cases where there is more |
| * than one tag of a given kind: |
| * |
| * <table class="striped"> |
| * <caption>Related Tags</caption> |
| * <thead> |
| * <tr><th scope="col">{@code name() } <th scope="col">{@code kind() } |
| * </thead> |
| * <tbody style="text-align:left"> |
| * <tr><th scope="row">{@code @exception } <td>{@code @throws } |
| * <tr><th scope="row">{@code @link } <td>{@code @see } |
| * <tr><th scope="row">{@code @linkplain } <td>{@code @see } |
| * <tr><th scope="row">{@code @see } <td>{@code @see } |
| * <tr><th scope="row">{@code @serial } <td>{@code @serial } |
| * <tr><th scope="row">{@code @serialData } <td>{@code @serial } |
| * <tr><th scope="row">{@code @throws } <td>{@code @throws } |
| * </tbody> |
| * </table> |
| * |
| * @return the kind of this tag. |
| */ |
| String kind(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the text of this tag, that is, the portion beyond tag name. |
| * |
| * @return the text of this tag |
| */ |
| String text(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Convert this object to a string. |
| */ |
| String toString(); |
| |
| /** |
| * For a documentation comment with embedded {@code {@link}} |
| * tags, return an array of {@code Tag} objects. The entire |
| * doc comment is broken down into strings separated by |
| * {@code {@link}} tags, where each successive element |
| * of the array represents either a string or |
| * {@code {@link}} tag, in order, from start to end. |
| * Each string is represented by a {@code Tag} object of |
| * name "Text", where {@link #text()} returns the string. Each |
| * {@code {@link}} tag is represented by a |
| * {@link SeeTag} of name "@link" and kind "@see". |
| * For example, given the following comment |
| * tag: |
| * <p> |
| * {@code This is a {@link Doc commentlabel} example.} |
| * <p> |
| * return an array of Tag objects: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li> tags[0] is a {@link Tag} with name "Text" and text consisting |
| * of "This is a " |
| * <li> tags[1] is a {@link SeeTag} with name "@link", referenced |
| * class {@code Doc} and label "commentlabel" |
| * <li> tags[2] is a {@link Tag} with name "Text" and text consisting |
| * of " example." |
| * </ul> |
| * |
| * @return Tag[] array of tags |
| * @see ParamTag |
| * @see ThrowsTag |
| */ |
| Tag[] inlineTags(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the first sentence of the comment as an array of tags. |
| * Includes inline tags |
| * (i.e. {@link <i>reference</i>} tags) but not |
| * block tags. |
| * Each section of plain text is represented as a {@link Tag} |
| * of kind "Text". |
| * Inline tags are represented as a {@link SeeTag} of kind "@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 paragraph and |
| * section terminating 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 |
| * {@link BreakIterator#getSentenceInstance(Locale)}. |
| * |
| * @return an array of {@link Tag} objects representing the |
| * first sentence of the comment |
| */ |
| Tag[] firstSentenceTags(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the source position of this tag. |
| * @return the source position of this tag. |
| */ |
| public SourcePosition position(); |
| } |