ThrowsTag.java revision 0
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0N/Apackage com.sun.javadoc;
0N/A
0N/A/**
0N/A * Represents a @throws or @exception documentation tag.
0N/A * Parses and holds the exception name and exception comment.
0N/A * Note: @exception is a backwards compatible synonymy for @throws.
0N/A *
0N/A * @author Robert Field
0N/A * @author Atul M Dambalkar
0N/A * @see ExecutableMemberDoc#throwsTags()
0N/A *
0N/A */
0N/Apublic interface ThrowsTag extends Tag {
0N/A
0N/A /**
0N/A * Return the name of the exception
0N/A * associated with this <code>ThrowsTag</code>.
0N/A *
0N/A * @return name of the exception.
0N/A */
0N/A String exceptionName();
0N/A
0N/A /**
0N/A * Return the exception comment
0N/A * associated with this <code>ThrowsTag</code>.
0N/A *
0N/A * @return exception comment.
0N/A */
0N/A String exceptionComment();
0N/A
0N/A /**
0N/A * Return a <code>ClassDoc</code> that represents the exception.
0N/A * If the type of the exception is a type variable, return the
0N/A * <code>ClassDoc</code> of its erasure.
0N/A *
0N/A * <p> <i>This method cannot accommodate certain generic type
0N/A * constructs. The <code>exceptionType</code> method
0N/A * should be used instead.</i>
0N/A *
0N/A * @return <code>ClassDoc</code> that represents the exception.
0N/A * @see #exceptionType
0N/A */
0N/A ClassDoc exception();
0N/A
0N/A /**
0N/A * Return the type of the exception
0N/A * associated with this <code>ThrowsTag</code>.
0N/A * This may be a <code>ClassDoc</code> or a <code>TypeVariable</code>.
0N/A *
0N/A * @return the type of the exception.
0N/A * @since 1.5
0N/A */
0N/A Type exceptionType();
0N/A}