Compiler tree API

The compiler tree API is in the com.sun.source.doctree package. It provides several interfaces to document source-level comments. These APIs are represented as Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs).

There are two enums:

  • AttributeTree.ValueKind with the following constants:
    • DOUBLE
    • EMPTY
    • SINGLE
    • UNQUOTED
  • DocTree.Kind with the following constants:
    • ATTRIBUTE
    • AUTHOR
    • CODE
    • COMMENT
    • DEPRECATED
    • DOC_COMMENT
    • DOC_ROOT
    • END_ELEMENT
    • ENTITY
    • ERRONEOUS
    • EXCEPTION
    • IDENTIFIER
    • INHERIT_DOC
    • LINK
    • LINK_PLAIN
    • LITERAL
    • OTHER
    • PARAM
    • REFERENCE
    • RETURN
    • SEE
    • SERIAL
    • SERIAL_DATA
    • SERIAL_FIELD
    • SINCE
    • START_ELEMENT
    • TEXT
    • THROWS
    • UNKNOWN_BLOCK_TAG
    • UNKNOWN_INLINE_TAG
    • VALUE
    • VERSION

The com.sun.source.doctree package contains several interfaces. They are detailed in the ...

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