Interface DocCommentTree

All Superinterfaces:
DocTree
public interface DocCommentTree extends DocTree
The top-level representation of a documentation comment. 
    first-sentence body block-tags
Since:
1.8

  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested classes/interfaces declared in interface com.sun.source.doctree.DocTree

    DocTree.Kind

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    List<? extends DocTree>
    getBlockTags()
    Returns the block tags for a documentation comment.
    List<? extends DocTree>
    getBody()
    Returns the body of a documentation comment, appearing after the first sentence, and before any block tags.
    List<? extends DocTree>
    getFirstSentence()
    Returns the first sentence of a documentation comment.
    default List<? extends DocTree>
    getFullBody()
    Returns the entire body of a documentation comment, appearing before any block tags, including the first sentence.
    default List<? extends DocTree>
    getPostamble()
    Returns a list of trees containing the content (if any) following the content of the documentation comment.
    default List<? extends DocTree>
    getPreamble()
    Returns a list of trees containing the content (if any) preceding the content of the documentation comment.

    Methods declared in interface com.sun.source.doctree.DocTree

    accept, getKind

  • Method Details

    • getFirstSentence

      List<? extends DocTree> getFirstSentence()
      Returns the first sentence of a documentation comment.
      Returns:
      the first sentence of a documentation comment

    • getFullBody

      default List<? extends DocTree> getFullBody()
      Returns the entire body of a documentation comment, appearing before any block tags, including the first sentence.
      Returns:
      body of a documentation comment first sentence inclusive
      Since:
      9

    • getBody

      List<? extends DocTree> getBody()
      Returns the body of a documentation comment, appearing after the first sentence, and before any block tags.
      Returns:
      the body of a documentation comment

    • getBlockTags

      List<? extends DocTree> getBlockTags()
      Returns the block tags for a documentation comment.
      Returns:
      the block tags of a documentation comment

    • getPreamble

      default List<? extends DocTree> getPreamble()
      Returns a list of trees containing the content (if any) preceding the content of the documentation comment. When the DocCommentTree has been read from a documentation comment in a Java source file, the list will be empty. When the DocCommentTree has been read from an HTML file, this represents the content from the beginning of the file up to and including the <body> tag.
      Implementation Requirements:
      This implementation returns an empty list.
      Returns:
      the list of trees
      Since:
      10

    • getPostamble

      default List<? extends DocTree> getPostamble()
      Returns a list of trees containing the content (if any) following the content of the documentation comment. When the DocCommentTree has been read from a documentation comment in a Java source file, the list will be empty. When DocCommentTree has been read from an HTML file, this represents the content from the </body> tag to the end of file.
      Implementation Requirements:
      This implementation returns an empty list.
      Returns:
      the list of trees
      Since:
      10