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025
026 package com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders;
027
028 import com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.*;
029 import com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.util.*;
030 import java.util.*;
031
032 /**
033 * The superclass for all member builders. Member builders are only executed
034 * within Class Builders. They essentially build sub-components. For example,
035 * method documentation is a sub-component of class documentation.
036 *
037 * This code is not part of an API.
038 * It is implementation that is subject to change.
039 * Do not use it as an API
040 *
041 * @author Jamie Ho
042 * @since 1.5
043 */
044 public abstract class AbstractMemberBuilder extends AbstractBuilder {
045
046 /**
047 * Construct a SubBuilder.
048 * @param configuration the configuration used in this run
049 * of the doclet.
050 */
051 public AbstractMemberBuilder(Configuration configuration) {
052 super(configuration);
053 }
054
055 /**
056 * This method is not supported by sub-builders.
057 *
058 * @throws DocletAbortException this method will always throw a
059 * DocletAbortException because it is not supported.
060 */
061 public void build() throws DocletAbortException {
062 //You may not call the build method in a subbuilder.
063 throw new DocletAbortException();
064 }
065
066
067 /**
068 * Build the sub component if there is anything to document.
069 *
070 * @param elements {@inheritDoc}
071 */
072 public void build(List<?> elements) {
073 if (hasMembersToDocument()) {
074 super.build(elements);
075 }
076 }
077
078 /**
079 * Return true if this subbuilder has anything to document.
080 *
081 * @return true if this subbuilder has anything to document.
082 */
083 public abstract boolean hasMembersToDocument();
084 }