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Interface Doc

All Known Subinterfaces:
ClassDoc, ConstructorDoc, ExecutableMemberDoc, FieldDoc, MemberDoc, MethodDoc, PackageDoc, ProgramElementDoc, RootDoc
public abstract interface Doc
extends java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable

abstract base class of all Doc classes. Doc item's are representations of java language constructs (class, package, method,...) which have comments and have been processed by this run of javadoc. All Doc items are unique, that is, they are == comparable.

Since:
JDK1.2

Fields inherited from class java.io.Serializable
serialVersionUID
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String commentText()
          Return the text of the comment for this doc item.
 int compareTo(java.lang.Object obj)
          Compares this Object with the specified Object for order.
 Tag[] firstSentenceTags()
          Return the first sentence of the comment as tags.
 java.lang.String getRawCommentText()
          Return the full unprocessed text of the comment.
 Tag[] inlineTags()
          Return comment as tags.
 boolean isClass()
          Is this Doc item a class.
 boolean isConstructor()
          Is this Doc item a constructor? False until overridden.
 boolean isError()
          Is this Doc item a error class? False until overridden.
 boolean isException()
          Is this Doc item a exception class? False until overridden.
 boolean isField()
          Is this Doc item a field? False until overridden.
 boolean isIncluded()
          return true if this Doc is include in the active set.
 boolean isInterface()
          Is this Doc item a interface? False until overridden.
 boolean isMethod()
          Is this Doc item a simple method (i.e.
 boolean isOrdinaryClass()
          Is this Doc item a ordinary class (i.e.
 java.lang.String name()
          Returns the name of this Doc item.
 SeeTag[] seeTags()
          Return the see also tags in this Doc item.
 void setRawCommentText(java.lang.String rawDocumentation)
          Set the full unprocessed text of the comment.
 Tag[] tags()
          Return all tags in this Doc item.
 Tag[] tags(java.lang.String tagname)
          Return tags of the specified kind in this Doc item.
 

Method Detail

commentText

public java.lang.String commentText()
Return the text of the comment for this doc item. Tags have been removed.

tags

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

tags

public Tag[] tags(java.lang.String tagname)
Return tags of the specified kind in this Doc item.
Parameters:
tagname - name of the tag kind to search for.
Returns:
an array of Tag containing all tags whose 'kind()' matches 'tagname'.

seeTags

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

inlineTags

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

firstSentenceTags

public Tag[] firstSentenceTags()
Return the first sentence of the comment as tags. Includes inline tags (i.e. {@link reference} tags) but not regular tags. Each section of plain text is represented as a Tag of kind "Text". Inline tags are represented as a SeeTag of kind "link". First sentence is determined by java.text.BreakIterator#getSentenceInstance(Locale).
Returns:
an array of Tags representing the first sentence of the comment

getRawCommentText

public java.lang.String getRawCommentText()
Return the full unprocessed text of the comment. Tags are included as text. Used mainly for store and retrieve operations like internalization.

setRawCommentText

public void setRawCommentText(java.lang.String rawDocumentation)
Set the full unprocessed text of the comment. Tags are included as text. Used mainly for store and retrieve operations like internalization.

name

public java.lang.String name()
Returns the name of this Doc item.
Returns:
the name

compareTo

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

Included so that Doc item are java.lang.Comparable.

Specified by:
compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable
Parameters:
o - 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

public boolean isField()
Is this Doc item a field? False until overridden.
Returns:
true if it represents a field

isMethod

public boolean isMethod()
Is this Doc item a simple method (i.e. not a constructor)? False until overridden.
Returns:
true is it represents a method, false if it is anything else, including constructor, field, class, ...

isConstructor

public boolean isConstructor()
Is this Doc item a constructor? False until overridden.
Returns:
true is it represents a constructor

isInterface

public boolean isInterface()
Is this Doc item a interface? False until overridden.
Returns:
true is it represents a interface

isException

public boolean isException()
Is this Doc item a exception class? False until overridden.
Returns:
true is it represents a exception

isError

public boolean isError()
Is this Doc item a error class? False until overridden.
Returns:
true is it represents a error

isOrdinaryClass

public boolean isOrdinaryClass()
Is this Doc item a ordinary class (i.e. not an interface, exception, or error)? False until overridden.
Returns:
true is it represents a class

isClass

public boolean isClass()
Is this Doc item a class. Note: interfaces are not classes. False until overridden.
Returns:
true is it represents a class

isIncluded

public boolean isIncluded()
return true if this Doc is include in the active set.