Polish Javadoc for @CrossOrigin

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/CrossOrigin.java

@@ -23,59 +23,71 @@ import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 
 /**
- * Marks the annotated method as permitting cross origin requests.
- * By default, all origins and headers are permitted.
+ * Marks the annotated method or type as permitting cross origin requests.
+ *
+ * <p>By default, all origins and headers are permitted.
  *
  * @author Russell Allen
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 4.2
  */
-@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
+@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE })
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 public @interface CrossOrigin {
 
 	/**
-	 * List of allowed origins. {@code "*"} means that all origins are allowed. These values
-	 * are placed in the {@code Access-Control-Allow-Origin} header of both the pre-flight
-	 * and actual responses. Default value is <b>"*"</b>.
+	 * List of allowed origins.
+	 * <p>These values are placed in the {@code Access-Control-Allow-Origin}
+	 * header of both the pre-flight response and the actual response.
+	 * <p>Defaults to {@code "*"} which means that all origins are allowed.
 	 */
 	String[] origin() default {"*"};
 
 	/**
-	 * Indicates which request headers can be used during the actual request. {@code "*"} means
-	 * that all headers asked by the client are allowed. This property controls the value of
-	 * pre-flight response's {@code Access-Control-Allow-Headers} header. Default value is
-	 * <b>"*"</b>.
+	 * List of request headers that can be used during the actual request.
+	 * <p>This property controls the value of the pre-flight response's
+	 * {@code Access-Control-Allow-Headers} header.
+	 * <p>Defaults to {@code "*"} which means that all headers requested
+	 * by the client are allowed.
 	 */
 	String[] allowedHeaders() default {"*"};
 
 	/**
-	 * List of response headers that the user-agent will allow the client to access. This property
-	 * controls the value of actual response's {@code Access-Control-Expose-Headers} header.
+	 * List of response headers that the user-agent will allow the client to access.
+	 * <p>This property controls the value of actual response's
+	 * {@code Access-Control-Expose-Headers} header.
+	 * <p>Defaults to an empty array.
 	 */
 	String[] exposedHeaders() default {};
 
 	/**
-	 * The HTTP request methods to allow: GET, POST, HEAD, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, TRACE.
-	 * Methods specified here overrides {@code RequestMapping} ones.
+	 * List of supported HTTP request methods.
+	 * <p>Methods specified here override those specified via {@code RequestMapping}.
+	 * <p>Defaults to an empty array.
 	 */
 	RequestMethod[] method() default {};
 
 	/**
-	 * Set to {@code "true"} if the the browser should include any cookies associated to the domain
-	 * of the request being annotated, or "false" if it should not. Empty string "" means undefined.
-	 * If true, the pre-flight response will include the header
-	 * {@code Access-Control-Allow-Credentials=true}. Default value is <b>"true"</b>.
+	 * Whether the browser should include any cookies associated with the
+	 * domain of the request being annotated.
+	 * <p>Set to {@code "false"} if such cookies should not included.
+	 * <p>An empty string ({@code ""}) means <em>undefined</em>.
+	 * <p>Defaults to {@code "true"} which means that the pre-flight
+	 * response will include the header
+	 * {@code Access-Control-Allow-Credentials=true}.
 	 */
 	String allowCredentials() default "true";
 
 	/**
-	 * Controls the cache duration for pre-flight responses. Setting this to a reasonable
-	 * value can reduce the number of pre-flight request/response interaction required by
-	 * the browser. This property controls the value of the {@code Access-Control-Max-Age header}
-	 * in the pre-flight response. Value set to -1 means undefined. Default value is
-	 * <b>1800</b> seconds, or 30 minutes.
+	 * The maximum age (in seconds) of the cache duration for pre-flight responses.
+	 * <p>This property controls the value of the {@code Access-Control-Max-Age}
+	 * header in the pre-flight response.
+	 * <p>A value of {@code -1} means <em>undefined</em>.
+	 * <p>Setting this to a reasonable value can reduce the number of pre-flight
+	 * request/response interactions required by the browser.
+	 * <p>Defaults to {@code 1800} seconds (i.e., 30 minutes).
 	 */
 	long maxAge() default 1800;