[jdom-interest] Javadoc suggestion for Element.java
Jools Enticknap
jools at jools.org
Tue Jun 13 06:46:51 PDT 2000
Here is a short text which I feel might be of use to programmers who
might want to subclass Element.
If this seems reasonable, perhaps a small peice of text for the other
default constrcutors might be helpfull too.
/**
* <p>
* This constructor is supplied specifically for use by users who need to
* implement their own Element.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* It should be noted by implementors that simply calling super() in
* classes dirived from <code>Element</code> will not initialize any
* of the instance variables which will cause many of the method to
* throw a <code>{@link NullPointerException>}</code>.
* It is therefore suggested that the implementor calls one of the
* no-default constructors in order to guarantee a spec compliant
* <code>Element<code>.
*
* If it is not possible to call one of the non-default constructors
* it is suggest that the implementor read the code for the
* <code>@link{Element( String, Namespace)}</code> constructor.
* </p?
*/
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