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src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFField.java
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@@ -841,14 +841,13 @@
/**
* Returns the {@code TIFFField} as a node named either
* <tt>"TIFFField"</tt> or <tt>"TIFFIFD"</tt> as described in the
* TIFF native image metadata specification. The node will be named
- * <tt>"TIFFIFD"</tt> if and only if the field's data object is an
- * instance of {@link TIFFDirectory} or equivalently
- * {@link TIFFTag#isIFDPointer getTag.isIFDPointer()} returns
- * {@code true}.
+ * <tt>"TIFFIFD"</tt> if and only if {@link #hasDirectory()} returns
+ * {@code true} and the field's type is either {@link TIFFTag#TIFF_LONG}
+ * or {@link TIFFTag#TIFF_IFD_POINTER}.
*
* @return a {@code Node} named <tt>"TIFFField"</tt> or
* <tt>"TIFFIFD"</tt>.
*/
public Node getAsNativeNode() {
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