The <apiSyntaxText> element provides the representation in the programming language for the declared interface for the API item.
In the <apiDef> element, the <apiSyntaxText> element can supplement or replace the semantic declaration of the same interface. When a specialization provides a complete representation of the interface within a specialized <apiDef> element, the <apiSyntaxText> element can be omitted. The Java DITA API reference takes this approach.
<apiClassifier id="rational.xde" platform="vb"> <apiName>RXEAbstraction</apiName> <shortdesc>Represents a semantic mapping between elements that characterize the same concept.</shortdesc> <apiClassifierDetail > <apiSyntax> <apiSyntaxText>IRXEAbstraction</apiSyntaxText> </apiSyntax> </apiClassifier>
apiData, apiItemName, apiname, apiRelation, apiType, cmdname, draft-comment, fn, indexterm, indextermref, keyword, msgnum, option, parmname, required-cleanup, varname, wintitle
(text data or apiRelation or apiType or apiItemName or apiData or keyword or option or parmname or apiname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or draft-comment or required-cleanup or fn or indextermref or indexterm) (any number)