Javadoc for default methods of an interface

[Behrooz N]

Thanks for your examples and explanations.


On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Mike Duigou <mike.duigou at oracle.com> wrote:

> The new tags are used in JDK docs but aren't standard javadoc tags. It's
> necessary to use the -tag option to define them so that javadoc tool will
> recognize then in source outside the JDK.
>
>
>
> On 2014-02-05, at 11:42, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> > There are some new javadoc tags to let you separate normative from
> non-normative, and how it applies separately to the interface vs the
> default implementation.  They are:
> >
> > @implSpec -- *specification* about what the default implementation does,
> such as "the default implementation throws UOE".  This can be counted on by
> subclasses to make decisions about "should I override this or not".
> >
> > @implNote -- non-normative notes about the implementation, which
> historically have been prefaced by "implementation note".
> >
> > @apiNote -- non-normative notes about the API, such as examples of how
> to use it.
> >
> > The fourth quadrant, normative spec about the interface, needs no tag
> since that's what the spec is for.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/5/2014 12:42 PM, Behrooz N wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I was wondering if there is a way to specify the "default" value
> returned
> >> by a defender method of an interface that would be processed
> specifically
> >> by javadoc of Java 8? And, how fair this expectation is or what is the
> >> argument not to have it?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Behrooz
> >>
>



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