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

## Class AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6<R,P>

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.lang.model.util.AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6<R,P>

- Type Parameters:
    `R` - the return type of this visitor's methods
    `P` - the type of the additional parameter to this visitor's methods.
  All Implemented Interfaces:
    `AnnotationValueVisitor<R,P>`
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    `AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor7`, `SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor6`

      @SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
      public abstract class AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6<R,P>
      extends Object
      implements AnnotationValueVisitor<R,P>

  A skeletal visitor for annotation values with default behavior appropriate for the `RELEASE_6` source version.

  WARNING: The `AnnotationValueVisitor` 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 abstract annotation value 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:
    1.6
  See Also:
    `AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor7`, `AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor8`, `AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor9`

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `protected` | `AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6​()` | Deprecated. Release 6 is obsolete; update to a visitor for a newer release level.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `R` | `visit​(AnnotationValue av)` | Visits an annotation value as if by passing itself to that value's `accept` method passing `null` for the additional parameter.
    `R` | `visit​(AnnotationValue av, P p)` | Visits any annotation value as if by passing itself to that value's `accept`.
    `R` | `visitUnknown​(AnnotationValue av, P p)` | Visits an unknown kind of annotation value.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationValueVisitor

      `visitAnnotation, visitArray, visitBoolean, visitByte, visitChar, visitDouble, visitEnumConstant, visitFloat, visitInt, visitLong, visitShort, visitString, visitType`

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

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6

          @Deprecated
          protected AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6​()

      Deprecated. Release 6 is obsolete; update to a visitor for a newer release level.
      Constructor for concrete subclasses to call.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### visit

          public final R visit​(AnnotationValue av,
                               P p)

      Visits any annotation value as if by passing itself to that value's `accept`. The invocation `v.visit(av, p)` is equivalent to `av.accept(v, p)`.
      Specified by:
        `visit` in interface `AnnotationValueVisitor<R,P>`
      Parameters:
        `av` - the value to visit
        `p` - a visitor-specified parameter
      Returns:
        a visitor-specified result

    - #### visit

          public final R visit​(AnnotationValue av)

      Visits an annotation value as if by passing itself to that value's `accept` method passing `null` for the additional parameter. The invocation `v.visit(av)` is equivalent to `av.accept(v, null)`.
      Specified by:
        `visit` in interface `AnnotationValueVisitor<R,P>`
      Parameters:
        `av` - the value to visit
      Returns:
        a visitor-specified result

    - #### visitUnknown

          public R visitUnknown​(AnnotationValue av,
                                P p)

      Visits an unknown kind of annotation value. This can occur if the language evolves and new kinds of value can be stored in an annotation.
      Specified by:
        `visitUnknown` in interface `AnnotationValueVisitor<R,P>`
      Implementation Requirements:
        The default implementation of this method in `AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor6` will always throw `new UnknownAnnotationValueException(av, p)`. This behavior is not required of a subclass.
      Parameters:
        `av` - the unknown value being visited
        `p` - a visitor-specified parameter
      Returns:
        the result of the visit