src/java.xml.ws/share/classes/javax/xml/soap/SOAPFactory.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -148,10 +148,12 @@
      * @param localName a {@code String} giving the local name
      *                  for the new element
      * @param prefix the prefix for this {@code SOAPElement}
      * @param uri a {@code String} giving the URI of the
      *            namespace to which the new element belongs
+     * @return the new {@code SOAPElement} object that was
+     *         created
      *
      * @exception SOAPException if there is an error in creating the
      *            {@code SOAPElement} object
      */
     public abstract SOAPElement createElement(