Module jdk.javadoc

Package com.sun.javadoc

Interface ThrowsTag

All Superinterfaces:

Tag

Deprecated.

The declarations in this package have been superseded by those in the package jdk.javadoc.doclet. For more information, see the Migration Guide in the documentation for that package.

@Deprecated
public interface ThrowsTag
extends Tag

Represents a @throws or @exception documentation tag. Parses and holds the exception name and exception comment. Note: @exception is a backwards compatible synonymy for @throws.

See Also:

ExecutableMemberDoc.throwsTags()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClassDoc	exception()	Deprecated. Return a ClassDoc that represents the exception.
String	exceptionComment()	Deprecated. Return the exception comment associated with this ThrowsTag.
String	exceptionName()	Deprecated. Return the name of the exception associated with this ThrowsTag.
Type	exceptionType()	Deprecated. Return the type of the exception associated with this ThrowsTag.

Methods inherited from interface com.sun.javadoc.Tag

firstSentenceTags, holder, inlineTags, kind, name, position, text, toString

Method Detail

exceptionName

String exceptionName()

Deprecated.

Return the name of the exception associated with this ThrowsTag.

Returns:

name of the exception.

exceptionComment

String exceptionComment()

Deprecated.

Return the exception comment associated with this ThrowsTag.

Returns:

exception comment.

exception

ClassDoc exception()

Deprecated.

Return a ClassDoc that represents the exception. If the type of the exception is a type variable, return the ClassDoc of its erasure.

This method cannot accommodate certain generic type constructs. The exceptionType method should be used instead.

Returns:

ClassDoc that represents the exception.

See Also:

exceptionType()

exceptionType

Type exceptionType()

Deprecated.

Return the type of the exception associated with this ThrowsTag. This may be a ClassDoc or a TypeVariable.

Returns:

the type of the exception.

Since:

1.5