--- old/src/java.compiler/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractElementVisitor6.java 2020-03-13 20:21:06.078000000 -0700 +++ new/src/java.compiler/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/AbstractElementVisitor6.java 2020-03-13 20:21:05.706000000 -0700 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* - * Copyright (c) 2005, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. + * Copyright (c) 2005, 2020, 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 @@ -36,22 +36,25 @@ * appropriate for the {@link SourceVersion#RELEASE_6 RELEASE_6} * source version. * - *

WARNING: 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™ 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"}. + * @apiNote + *

WARNING: 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™ programming language. Therefore, methods whose names + * begin with {@code "visit"} may be added to this class in the + * future; to avoid incompatibilities, classes and subclasses which + * extend this class should not declare any instance methods with + * names beginning with {@code "visit"}.

* *

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. + * implementation in this class will be to directly or indirectly 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 a new visitor is + * introduced, portions of this visitor class may be deprecated, + * including its constructors. * * @param the return type of this visitor's methods. Use {@link * Void} for visitors that do not need to return results.