com.google.gwt.core.ext.typeinfo

## Interface HasMetaData

- All Known Subinterfaces:
    JAbstractMethod, JAnnotationMethod, JAnnotationType, JArrayType, JClassType, JConstructor, JEnumConstant, JEnumType, JField, JGenericType, JMethod, JParameter, JParameterizedType, JRawType, JRealClassType, JTypeParameter, JWildcardType

  Deprecated.
  Formerly used to manage Javadoc-comment style metadata. Replaced by Java 1.5 annotations. All implementations now return empty arrays. This interface and all implementations methods will be removed in a future release.

      @Deprecated
      public interface HasMetaData

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `java.lang.String[][]` | `getMetaData(java.lang.String tagName)` Deprecated. Javadoc comment metadata has been deprecated in favor of proper Java annotations. See `HasAnnotations.getAnnotation(Class)` for equivalent functionality.
    `java.lang.String[]` | `getMetaDataTags()` Deprecated. Javadoc comment metadata has been deprecated in favor of proper Java annotations. The `HasAnnotations` interface does not support a mechanism to enumerate all of the annotations on a member; the type of the desired annotation must be known.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getMetaData

          @Deprecated
          java.lang.String[][] getMetaData(java.lang.String tagName)

      Deprecated. Javadoc comment metadata has been deprecated in favor of proper Java annotations. See `HasAnnotations.getAnnotation(Class)` for equivalent functionality.
      Gets each list of metadata for the specified tag name.

    - #### getMetaDataTags

          @Deprecated
          java.lang.String[] getMetaDataTags()

      Deprecated. Javadoc comment metadata has been deprecated in favor of proper Java annotations. The `HasAnnotations` interface does not support a mechanism to enumerate all of the annotations on a member; the type of the desired annotation must be known.
      Gets the name of available metadata tags.