methodsynopsis

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$Date: 2003/12/23 15:16:02 $

methodsynopsis — A syntax summary for a method

Synopsis

Content Model

methodsynopsis ::=
(modifier*,
 (type|void)?,
 methodname,
 (methodparam+|void?),
 exceptionname*,modifier*)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name	Type	Default
language	CDATA	None

Description

A MethodSynopsis contains the syntax summary of a method (generally speaking, methods in the object-oriented programming language sense).

This is one of the few places where DocBook attempts to model as well as describe. Unlike FuncSynopsis which was designed with C language function prototypes in mind, the content model of MethodSynopsis was designed to capture a wide range of semantics.

Processing expectations

For the most part, the processing application is expected to generate all of the parenthesis, semicolons, commas, and so on. required in the rendered synopsis.

Parents

These elements contain methodsynopsis: answer, appendix, application, article, attribution, bibliodiv, bibliography, bibliomisc, blockquote, callout, caution, chapter, citation, citetitle, classsynopsis, constraintdef, emphasis, entry, example, figure, firstterm, footnote, foreignphrase, glossary, glossdef, glossdiv, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm, important, index, indexdiv, informalexample, informalfigure, itemizedlist, lineannotation, link, listitem, literallayout, lotentry, member, msgaud, msgexplan, msgtext, note, olink, orderedlist, para, partintro, phrase, preface, procedure, productname, programlisting, qandadiv, qandaset, question, quote, refentrytitle, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, remark, revdescription, screen, screeninfo, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, seg, setindex, sidebar, simpara, simplesect, step, synopsis, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, td, term, th, tip, tocback, tocentry, tocfront, ulink, variablelist, warning.

Children

The following elements occur in methodsynopsis: exceptionname, methodname, methodparam, modifier, type, void.

Attributes

language: Identifies the programming language of the method.