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Version: DocBook V4.5

methodsynopsis

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.

Children

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

Attributes

language

Identifies the programming language of the method.