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package com.sun.source.doctree;

A tree node for a reference to a Java language element.
   package.class#field
   package.class#method(arg-types)
Since:1.8
/** * A tree node for a reference to a Java language element. * * <pre> * package.class#field * package.class#method(<i>arg-types</i>) * </pre> * * @since 1.8 */
public interface ReferenceTree extends DocTree {
Returns the signature of the Java language element being referenced, as found in @see and similar nodes.
Returns:the signature
/** * Returns the signature of the Java language element being referenced, * as found in {@code @see} and similar nodes. * @return the signature */
String getSignature(); }