Module java.compiler
Package javax.lang.model.util

## Class SimpleElementVisitor8<R,P>

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.lang.model.util.AbstractElementVisitor6<R,P>
  - - javax.lang.model.util.SimpleElementVisitor6<R,P>
    - - javax.lang.model.util.SimpleElementVisitor7<R,P>
      - - javax.lang.model.util.SimpleElementVisitor8<R,P>

- Type Parameters:
    `R` - the return type of this visitor's methods. Use `Void` for visitors that do not need to return results.
    `P` - the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods. Use `Void` for visitors that do not need an additional parameter.
  All Implemented Interfaces:
    `ElementVisitor<R,P>`
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    `SimpleElementVisitor9`

      @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_8)
      public class SimpleElementVisitor8<R,P>
      extends SimpleElementVisitor7<R,P>

  A simple visitor of program elements with default behavior appropriate for the `RELEASE_8` source version. Visit methods corresponding to `RELEASE_8` and earlier language constructs call `defaultAction`, passing their arguments to `defaultAction`'s corresponding parameters.

  Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their general contract. Note that annotating methods in concrete subclasses with `@Override` will help ensure that methods are overridden as intended.

  WARNING: The `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 `"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 `"visit"`.

  When such a new visit method is added, the default implementation in this class will be to call the `visitUnknown` method. A new simple element 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.

  Since:
    1.8
  See Also:
    `SimpleElementVisitor6`, `SimpleElementVisitor7`, `SimpleElementVisitor9`

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class javax.lang.model.util.SimpleElementVisitor6

      `DEFAULT_VALUE`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `protected` | `SimpleElementVisitor8​()` | Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses `null` for the default value.
    `protected` | `SimpleElementVisitor8​(R defaultValue)` | Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the default value.

  - ### Method Summary

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.lang.model.util.AbstractElementVisitor6

      `visit, visit, visitModule, visitUnknown`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.lang.model.util.SimpleElementVisitor6

      `defaultAction, visitExecutable, visitPackage, visitType, visitTypeParameter`

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.lang.model.util.SimpleElementVisitor7

      `visitVariable`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### SimpleElementVisitor8

          protected SimpleElementVisitor8​()

      Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses `null` for the default value.

    - #### SimpleElementVisitor8

          protected SimpleElementVisitor8​(R defaultValue)

      Constructor for concrete subclasses; uses the argument for the default value.
      Parameters:
        `defaultValue` - the value to assign to `SimpleElementVisitor6.DEFAULT_VALUE`