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src/java.compiler/share/classes/javax/lang/model/util/ElementScanner6.java
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/*
! * Copyright (c) 2005, 2019, 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
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/*
! * 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
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
* published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
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* methods will yield a preorder traversal, etc. If the component
* elements should be traversed in some other order, instead of
* calling <code>super.visit<i>Xyz</i></code>, 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™ 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
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* methods will yield a preorder traversal, etc. If the component
* elements should be traversed in some other order, instead of
* calling <code>super.visit<i>Xyz</i></code>, an overriding visit method
* should call {@code scan} with the elements in the desired order.
*
! * @apiNote
! * Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their
! * general contract.
*
! * <p id=note_for_subclasses><strong>WARNING:</strong> 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"}.</p>
*
* <p>When such a new visit method is added, the default
! * implementation in this class will be to directly or indirectly 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 a new visitor is introduced,
! * portions of this visitor class may be deprecated, including its constructors.
*
* @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
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