--- old/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractTypeVisitor8.java 2013-01-23 19:10:51.000000000 -0800 +++ new/src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractTypeVisitor8.java 2013-01-23 19:10:51.000000000 -0800 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* - * Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. + * Copyright (c) 2011, 2013, 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 @@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ * visit method in question. When the new visitor is introduced, all * or portions of this visitor may be deprecated. * + *
Note that adding a default implementation of a new visit method
+ * in a visitor class will occur instead of adding a default
+ * method directly in the visitor interface since a Java SE 8
+ * language feature cannot be used to this version of the API since
+ * this version is required to be runnable on Java SE 7
+ * implementations. Future versions of the API that are only required
+ * to run on Java SE 8 and later may take advantage of default methods
+ * in this situation.
+ *
* @param the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's