--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:45.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:45.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2011, 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
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
  * @author Peter von der Ahé
  *
  * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor7
+ * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8
  * @since 1.6
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:45.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:45.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 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
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
  * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods.
  *
  * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6
+ * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8
  * @since 1.7
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_7)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractElementVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:46.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractElementVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:46.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2011, 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
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
  *
  * @see AbstractElementVisitor7
+ * @see AbstractElementVisitor8
  * @since 1.6
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractElementVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:46.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractElementVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:46.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 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
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
  *            additional parameter.
  *
  * @see AbstractElementVisitor6
+ * @see AbstractElementVisitor8
  * @since 1.7
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_7)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractTypeVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:46.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractTypeVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:46.000000000 -0700
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
  *
  * @see AbstractTypeVisitor7
+ * @see AbstractTypeVisitor8
  * @since 1.6
  */
 public abstract class AbstractTypeVisitor6<R, P> implements TypeVisitor<R, P> {
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractTypeVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:47.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractTypeVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:47.000000000 -0700
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
  *            additional parameter.
  *
  * @see AbstractTypeVisitor6
+ * @see AbstractTypeVisitor8
  * @since 1.7
  */
 public abstract class AbstractTypeVisitor7<R, P> extends AbstractTypeVisitor6<R, P> {
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementKindVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:47.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementKindVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:47.000000000 -0700
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
  *
  * @see ElementKindVisitor7
+ * @see ElementKindVisitor8
  * @since 1.6
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementKindVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:48.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementKindVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:48.000000000 -0700
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
  *            additional parameter.
  *
  * @see ElementKindVisitor6
+ * @see ElementKindVisitor8
  * @since 1.7
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_7)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementScanner6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:48.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementScanner6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:48.000000000 -0700
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
  *
  * @see ElementScanner7
+ * @see ElementScanner8
  * @since 1.6
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementScanner7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:49.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementScanner7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:48.000000000 -0700
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
  *            additional parameter.
  *
  * @see ElementScanner6
+ * @see ElementScanner8
  * @since 1.7
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_7)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:49.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:49.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2011, 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
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
  *
  * @see SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor7
+ * @see SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor8
  * @since 1.6
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:49.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:49.000000000 -0700
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
  * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods.
  *
  * @see SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor6
+ * @see SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor8
  * @since 1.7
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_7)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleElementVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:50.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleElementVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:50.000000000 -0700
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
  *
  * @see SimpleElementVisitor7
+ * @see SimpleElementVisitor8
  * @since 1.6
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleElementVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:50.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleElementVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:50.000000000 -0700
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
  *              for visitors that do not need an additional parameter.
  *
  * @see SimpleElementVisitor6
+ * @see SimpleElementVisitor8
  * @since 1.7
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_7)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleTypeVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:50.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleTypeVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:50.000000000 -0700
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
  *
  * @see SimpleTypeVisitor7
+ * @see SimpleTypeVisitor8
  * @since 1.6
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleTypeVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:51.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleTypeVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
  *            additional parameter.
  *
  * @see SimpleTypeVisitor6
+ * @see SimpleTypeVisitor8
  * @since 1.7
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_7)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/TypeKindVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:51.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/TypeKindVisitor6.java	2011-06-02 20:34:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2011, 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
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
  *
  * @see TypeKindVisitor7
+ * @see TypeKindVisitor8
  * @since 1.6
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/TypeKindVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:52.000000000 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/TypeKindVisitor7.java	2011-06-02 20:34:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
  *            additional parameter.
  *
  * @see TypeKindVisitor6
+ * @see TypeKindVisitor8
  * @since 1.7
  */
 @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_7)
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8.java	2011-06-02 20:34:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+
+import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+
+/**
+ * A skeletal visitor for annotation values with default behavior
+ * appropriate for the {@link SourceVersion#RELEASE_8 RELEASE_8}
+ * source version.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code AnnotationValueVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
+ * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
+ * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new abstract annotation
+ * value visitor class will also be introduced to correspond to the
+ * new language level; this visitor will have different default
+ * behavior for the visit method in question.  When the new visitor is
+ * introduced, all or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods.
+ *
+ * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6
+ * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor7
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public abstract class AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8<R, P> extends AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor7<R, P> {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call.
+     */
+    protected AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8() {
+        super();
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractElementVisitor8.java	2011-06-02 20:34:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.*;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+
+
+/**
+ * A skeletal visitor of program elements with default behavior
+ * appropriate for the {@link SourceVersion#RELEASE_8 RELEASE_8}
+ * source version.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code ElementVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
+ * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
+ * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new abstract element visitor
+ * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
+ * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
+ * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
+ * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see AbstractElementVisitor6
+ * @see AbstractElementVisitor7
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public abstract class AbstractElementVisitor8<R, P> extends AbstractElementVisitor7<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call.
+     */
+    protected AbstractElementVisitor8(){
+        super();
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractTypeVisitor8.java	2011-06-02 20:34:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.type.*;
+
+/**
+ * A skeletal visitor of types with default behavior appropriate for
+ * the {@link javax.lang.model.SourceVersion#RELEASE_8 RELEASE_8}
+ * source version.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code TypeVisitor} interface implemented
+ * by this class may have methods added to it in the future to
+ * accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures added to
+ * future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new abstract type visitor
+ * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
+ * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
+ * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
+ * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see AbstractTypeVisitor6
+ * @see AbstractTypeVisitor7
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractTypeVisitor8<R, P> extends AbstractTypeVisitor7<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call.
+     */
+    protected AbstractTypeVisitor8() {
+        super();
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementKindVisitor8.java	2011-06-02 20:34:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+
+/**
+ * A visitor of program elements based on their {@linkplain
+ * ElementKind kind} with default behavior appropriate for the {@link
+ * SourceVersion#RELEASE_8 RELEASE_8} source version.  For {@linkplain
+ * Element elements} <tt><i>XYZ</i></tt> that may have more than one
+ * kind, the <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> methods in this class delegate
+ * to the <tt>visit<i>XYZKind</i></tt> method corresponding to the
+ * first argument's kind.  The <tt>visit<i>XYZKind</i></tt> methods
+ * call {@link #defaultAction defaultAction}, passing their arguments
+ * to {@code defaultAction}'s corresponding parameters.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code ElementVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it or the
+ * {@code ElementKind} {@code enum} used in this case may have
+ * constants added to it in the future to accommodate new, currently
+ * unknown, language structures added to future versions of the
+ * Java&trade; programming language.  Therefore, methods whose names
+ * begin with {@code "visit"} may be added to this class in the
+ * future; to avoid incompatibilities, classes which extend this class
+ * should not declare any instance methods with names beginning with
+ * {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new abstract element kind
+ * visitor class will also be introduced to correspond to the new
+ * language level; this visitor will have different default behavior
+ * for the visit method in question.  When the new visitor is
+ * introduced, all or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see ElementKindVisitor6
+ * @see ElementKindVisitor7
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class ElementKindVisitor8<R, P> extends ElementKindVisitor7<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected ElementKindVisitor8() {
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the
+     * default value.
+     *
+     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}
+     */
+    protected ElementKindVisitor8(R defaultValue) {
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementScanner8.java	2011-06-02 20:34:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+
+
+/**
+ * A scanning visitor of program elements with default behavior
+ * appropriate for the {@link SourceVersion#RELEASE_8 RELEASE_8}
+ * source version.  The <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> methods in this
+ * class scan their component elements by calling {@code scan} on
+ * their {@linkplain Element#getEnclosedElements enclosed elements},
+ * {@linkplain ExecutableElement#getParameters parameters}, etc., as
+ * indicated in the individual method specifications.  A subclass can
+ * control the order elements are visited by overriding the
+ * <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> methods.  Note that clients of a scanner
+ * may get the desired behavior be invoking {@code v.scan(e, p)} rather
+ * than {@code v.visit(e, p)} on the root objects of interest.
+ *
+ * <p>When a subclass overrides a <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> method, the
+ * new method can cause the enclosed elements to be scanned in the
+ * default way by calling <tt>super.visit<i>XYZ</i></tt>.  In this
+ * fashion, the concrete visitor can control the ordering of traversal
+ * over the component elements with respect to the additional
+ * processing; for example, consistently calling
+ * <tt>super.visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> at the start of the overridden
+ * methods will yield a preorder traversal, etc.  If the component
+ * elements should be traversed in some other order, instead of
+ * calling <tt>super.visit<i>XYZ</i></tt>, an overriding visit method
+ * should call {@code scan} with the elements in the desired order.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code ElementVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
+ * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
+ * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new element scanner visitor
+ * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
+ * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
+ * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
+ * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see ElementScanner6
+ * @see ElementScanner7
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class ElementScanner8<R, P> extends ElementScanner7<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected ElementScanner8(){
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected ElementScanner8(R defaultValue){
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/LatestAbstractAnnotationValueVisitor.java	2011-06-02 20:34:54.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+
+import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+
+/**
+ * A skeletal visitor for annotation values with default behavior
+ * appropriate for the {@linkplain SourceVersion#latest latest} source
+ * version.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code AnnotationValueVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
+ * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
+ * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new abstract annotation
+ * value visitor class will also be introduced to correspond to the
+ * new language level; this visitor will have different default
+ * behavior for the visit method in question.  When the new visitor is
+ * introduced, all or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods.
+ *
+ * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6
+ * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor7
+ * @see AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public abstract class LatestAbstractAnnotationValueVisitor<R, P> extends AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8<R, P> {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call.
+     */
+    protected LatestAbstractAnnotationValueVisitor() {
+        super();
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/LatestAbstractElementVisitor.java	2011-06-02 20:34:54.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.*;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+
+
+/**
+ * A skeletal visitor of program elements with default behavior
+ * appropriate for the {@linkplain SourceVersion#latest latest} source
+ * version.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code ElementVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
+ * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
+ * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new abstract element visitor
+ * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
+ * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
+ * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
+ * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see AbstractElementVisitor6
+ * @see AbstractElementVisitor7
+ * @see AbstractElementVisitor8
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public abstract class LatestAbstractElementVisitor<R, P> extends AbstractElementVisitor8<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call.
+     */
+    protected LatestAbstractElementVisitor(){
+        super();
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/LatestAbstractTypeVisitor.java	2011-06-02 20:34:54.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.type.*;
+
+/**
+ * A skeletal visitor of types with default behavior appropriate for
+ * the {@linkplain javax.lang.model.SourceVersion#latest() latest}
+ * source version.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code TypeVisitor} interface implemented
+ * by this class may have methods added to it in the future to
+ * accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures added to
+ * future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new abstract type visitor
+ * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
+ * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
+ * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
+ * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see AbstractTypeVisitor6
+ * @see AbstractTypeVisitor7
+ * @see AbstractTypeVisitor8
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+public abstract class LatestAbstractTypeVisitor<R, P> extends AbstractTypeVisitor8<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call.
+     */
+    protected LatestAbstractTypeVisitor() {
+        super();
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/LatestElementKindVisitor.java	2011-06-02 20:34:55.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+
+/**
+ * A visitor of program elements based on their {@linkplain
+ * ElementKind kind} with default behavior appropriate for the
+ * {@linkplain SourceVersion#latest latest} source version.  For
+ * {@linkplain Element elements} <tt><i>XYZ</i></tt> that may have
+ * more than one kind, the <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> methods in this
+ * class delegate to the <tt>visit<i>XYZKind</i></tt> method
+ * corresponding to the first argument's kind.  The
+ * <tt>visit<i>XYZKind</i></tt> methods call {@link #defaultAction
+ * defaultAction}, passing their arguments to {@code defaultAction}'s
+ * corresponding parameters.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code ElementVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it or the
+ * {@code ElementKind} {@code enum} used in this case may have
+ * constants added to it in the future to accommodate new, currently
+ * unknown, language structures added to future versions of the
+ * Java&trade; programming language.  Therefore, methods whose names
+ * begin with {@code "visit"} may be added to this class in the
+ * future; to avoid incompatibilities, classes which extend this class
+ * should not declare any instance methods with names beginning with
+ * {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new abstract element kind
+ * visitor class will also be introduced to correspond to the new
+ * language level; this visitor will have different default behavior
+ * for the visit method in question.  When the new visitor is
+ * introduced, all or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see ElementKindVisitor6
+ * @see ElementKindVisitor7
+ * @see ElementKindVisitor8
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class LatestElementKindVisitor<R, P> extends ElementKindVisitor8<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected LatestElementKindVisitor() {
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the
+     * default value.
+     *
+     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}
+     */
+    protected LatestElementKindVisitor(R defaultValue) {
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/LatestElementScanner.java	2011-06-02 20:34:55.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+
+
+/**
+ * A scanning visitor of program elements with default behavior
+ * appropriate for the {@linkplain SourceVersion#latest latest}
+ * source version.  The <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> methods in this
+ * class scan their component elements by calling {@code scan} on
+ * their {@linkplain Element#getEnclosedElements enclosed elements},
+ * {@linkplain ExecutableElement#getParameters parameters}, etc., as
+ * indicated in the individual method specifications.  A subclass can
+ * control the order elements are visited by overriding the
+ * <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> methods.  Note that clients of a scanner
+ * may get the desired behavior be invoking {@code v.scan(e, p)} rather
+ * than {@code v.visit(e, p)} on the root objects of interest.
+ *
+ * <p>When a subclass overrides a <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> method, the
+ * new method can cause the enclosed elements to be scanned in the
+ * default way by calling <tt>super.visit<i>XYZ</i></tt>.  In this
+ * fashion, the concrete visitor can control the ordering of traversal
+ * over the component elements with respect to the additional
+ * processing; for example, consistently calling
+ * <tt>super.visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> at the start of the overridden
+ * methods will yield a preorder traversal, etc.  If the component
+ * elements should be traversed in some other order, instead of
+ * calling <tt>super.visit<i>XYZ</i></tt>, an overriding visit method
+ * should call {@code scan} with the elements in the desired order.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code ElementVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
+ * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
+ * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new element scanner visitor
+ * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
+ * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
+ * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
+ * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see ElementScanner6
+ * @see ElementScanner7
+ * @see ElementScanner8
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class LatestElementScanner<R, P> extends ElementScanner8<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected LatestElementScanner(){
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected LatestElementScanner(R defaultValue){
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/LatestSimpleAnnotationValueVisitor.java	2011-06-02 20:34:55.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+
+import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+
+/**
+ * A simple visitor for annotation values with default behavior
+ * appropriate for the {@linkplain SourceVersion#latest latest}
+ * source version.  Visit methods call {@link #defaultAction
+ * defaultAction} passing their arguments to {@code defaultAction}'s
+ * corresponding parameters.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code AnnotationValueVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
+ * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
+ * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new simple annotation
+ * value visitor class will also be introduced to correspond to the
+ * new language level; this visitor will have different default
+ * behavior for the visit method in question.  When the new visitor is
+ * introduced, all or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods.
+ *
+ * @see SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor6
+ * @see SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor7
+ * @see SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor8
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class LatestSimpleAnnotationValueVisitor<R, P> extends SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor8<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected LatestSimpleAnnotationValueVisitor() {
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the
+     * default value.
+     *
+     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}
+     */
+    protected LatestSimpleAnnotationValueVisitor(R defaultValue) {
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/LatestSimpleElementVisitor.java	2011-06-02 20:34:56.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+
+/**
+ * A simple visitor of program elements with default behavior
+ * appropriate for the {@linkplain SourceVersion#latest latest}
+ * source version.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code ElementVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
+ * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
+ * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new simple element visitor
+ * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
+ * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
+ * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
+ * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@code Void}
+ *             for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods.  Use {@code Void}
+ *              for visitors that do not need an additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see SimpleElementVisitor6
+ * @see SimpleElementVisitor7
+ * @see SimpleElementVisitor8
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class LatestSimpleElementVisitor<R, P> extends SimpleElementVisitor8<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected LatestSimpleElementVisitor(){
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the
+     * default value.
+     *
+     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}
+     */
+    protected LatestSimpleElementVisitor(R defaultValue){
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/LatestSimpleTypeVisitor.java	2011-06-02 20:34:56.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.type.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+
+/**
+ * A simple visitor of types with default behavior appropriate for the
+ * {@linkplain SourceVersion#latest latest} source version.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code TypeVisitor} interface implemented
+ * by this class may have methods added to it in the future to
+ * accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures added to
+ * future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new simple type visitor
+ * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
+ * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
+ * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
+ * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see SimpleTypeVisitor6
+ * @see SimpleTypeVisitor7
+ * @see SimpleTypeVisitor8
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class LatestSimpleTypeVisitor<R, P> extends SimpleTypeVisitor8<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected LatestSimpleTypeVisitor(){
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the
+     * default value.
+     *
+     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}
+     */
+    protected LatestSimpleTypeVisitor(R defaultValue){
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/LatestTypeKindVisitor.java	2011-06-02 20:34:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.type.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.*;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+
+/**
+ * A visitor of types based on their {@linkplain TypeKind kind} with
+ * default behavior appropriate for the {@linkplain
+ * SourceVersion#latest latest} source version.  For {@linkplain
+ * TypeMirror types} <tt><i>XYZ</i></tt> that may have more than one
+ * kind, the <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> methods in this class delegate
+ * to the <tt>visit<i>XYZKind</i></tt> method corresponding to the
+ * first argument's kind.  The <tt>visit<i>XYZKind</i></tt> methods
+ * call {@link #defaultAction defaultAction}, passing their arguments
+ * to {@code defaultAction}'s corresponding parameters.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code TypeVisitor} interface implemented
+ * by this class may have methods added to it in the future to
+ * accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures added to
+ * future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new type kind visitor class
+ * will also be introduced to correspond to the new language level;
+ * this visitor will have different default behavior for the visit
+ * method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all or
+ * portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see TypeKindVisitor6
+ * @see TypeKindVisitor7
+ * @see TypeKindVisitor8
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class LatestTypeKindVisitor<R, P> extends TypeKindVisitor8<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call; uses {@code null}
+     * for the default value.
+     */
+    protected LatestTypeKindVisitor() {
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call; uses the argument
+     * for the default value.
+     *
+     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}
+     */
+    protected LatestTypeKindVisitor(R defaultValue) {
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor8.java	2011-06-02 20:34:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+
+import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+
+/**
+ * A simple visitor for annotation values with default behavior
+ * appropriate for the {@link SourceVersion#RELEASE_8 RELEASE_8}
+ * source version.  Visit methods call {@link #defaultAction
+ * defaultAction} passing their arguments to {@code defaultAction}'s
+ * corresponding parameters.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code AnnotationValueVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
+ * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
+ * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new simple annotation
+ * value visitor class will also be introduced to correspond to the
+ * new language level; this visitor will have different default
+ * behavior for the visit method in question.  When the new visitor is
+ * introduced, all or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods.
+ *
+ * @see SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor6
+ * @see SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor7
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor8<R, P> extends SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor7<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor8() {
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the
+     * default value.
+     *
+     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}
+     */
+    protected SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor8(R defaultValue) {
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleElementVisitor8.java	2011-06-02 20:34:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+
+/**
+ * A simple visitor of program elements with default behavior
+ * appropriate for the {@link SourceVersion#RELEASE_8 RELEASE_8}
+ * source version.
+ *
+ * Visit methods corresponding to {@code RELEASE_7} and earlier
+ * language constructs call {@link #defaultAction defaultAction},
+ * passing their arguments to {@code defaultAction}'s corresponding
+ * parameters.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code ElementVisitor} interface
+ * implemented by this class may have methods added to it in the
+ * future to accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures
+ * added to future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new simple element visitor
+ * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
+ * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
+ * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
+ * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@code Void}
+ *             for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods.  Use {@code Void}
+ *              for visitors that do not need an additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see SimpleElementVisitor6
+ * @see SimpleElementVisitor7
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class SimpleElementVisitor8<R, P> extends SimpleElementVisitor7<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected SimpleElementVisitor8(){
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the
+     * default value.
+     *
+     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}
+     */
+    protected SimpleElementVisitor8(R defaultValue){
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/SimpleTypeVisitor8.java	2011-06-02 20:34:58.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.type.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+
+/**
+ * A simple visitor of types with default behavior appropriate for the
+ * {@link SourceVersion#RELEASE_7 RELEASE_7} source version.
+ *
+ * Visit methods corresponding to {@code RELEASE_8} and earlier
+ * language constructs call {@link #defaultAction defaultAction},
+ * passing their arguments to {@code defaultAction}'s corresponding
+ * parameters.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code TypeVisitor} interface implemented
+ * by this class may have methods added to it in the future to
+ * accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures added to
+ * future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new simple type visitor
+ * class will also be introduced to correspond to the new language
+ * level; this visitor will have different default behavior for the
+ * visit method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all
+ * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see SimpleTypeVisitor6
+ * @see SimpleTypeVisitor7
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class SimpleTypeVisitor8<R, P> extends SimpleTypeVisitor7<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses {@code null} for the
+     * default value.
+     */
+    protected SimpleTypeVisitor8(){
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the
+     * default value.
+     *
+     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}
+     */
+    protected SimpleTypeVisitor8(R defaultValue){
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	2011-05-20 03:59:15.161965143 -0700
+++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/TypeKindVisitor8.java	2011-06-02 20:34:58.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.lang.model.util;
+
+import javax.lang.model.type.*;
+import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
+import static javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind.*;
+import static javax.lang.model.SourceVersion.*;
+import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
+
+/**
+ * A visitor of types based on their {@linkplain TypeKind kind} with
+ * default behavior appropriate for the {@link SourceVersion#RELEASE_8
+ * RELEASE_8} source version.  For {@linkplain
+ * TypeMirror types} <tt><i>XYZ</i></tt> that may have more than one
+ * kind, the <tt>visit<i>XYZ</i></tt> methods in this class delegate
+ * to the <tt>visit<i>XYZKind</i></tt> method corresponding to the
+ * first argument's kind.  The <tt>visit<i>XYZKind</i></tt> methods
+ * call {@link #defaultAction defaultAction}, passing their arguments
+ * to {@code defaultAction}'s corresponding parameters.
+ *
+ * <p> Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
+ * general contract.  Note that annotating methods in concrete
+ * subclasses with {@link java.lang.Override @Override} will help
+ * ensure that methods are overridden as intended.
+ *
+ * <p> <b>WARNING:</b> The {@code TypeVisitor} interface implemented
+ * by this class may have methods added to it in the future to
+ * accommodate new, currently unknown, language structures added to
+ * future versions of the Java&trade; programming language.
+ * Therefore, methods whose names begin with {@code "visit"} may be
+ * added to this class in the future; to avoid incompatibilities,
+ * classes which extend this class should not declare any instance
+ * methods with names beginning with {@code "visit"}.
+ *
+ * <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
+ * implementation in this class will be to call the {@link
+ * #visitUnknown visitUnknown} method.  A new type kind visitor class
+ * will also be introduced to correspond to the new language level;
+ * this visitor will have different default behavior for the visit
+ * method in question.  When the new visitor is introduced, all or
+ * portions of this visitor may be deprecated.
+ *
+ * @param <R> the return type of this visitor's methods.  Use {@link
+ *            Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.
+ * @param <P> the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's
+ *            methods.  Use {@code Void} for visitors that do not need an
+ *            additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @see TypeKindVisitor6
+ * @see TypeKindVisitor7
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
+public class TypeKindVisitor8<R, P> extends TypeKindVisitor7<R, P> {
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call; uses {@code null}
+     * for the default value.
+     */
+    protected TypeKindVisitor8() {
+        super(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for concrete subclasses to call; uses the argument
+     * for the default value.
+     *
+     * @param defaultValue the value to assign to {@link #DEFAULT_VALUE}
+     */
+    protected TypeKindVisitor8(R defaultValue) {
+        super(defaultValue);
+    }
+}