Please review: JDK-8178725: provide way to link to external documentation

Wed Apr 19 11:26:03 UTC 2017

On 2017-04-18 19:44, Kumar Srinivasan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As explained in the JBS issue [1], this new taglet enables API documents
> to contain the extLink tag to link external sources.
>
> Please review the webrev [2].
Changes looks good.

Just a reflection: This is heavily biased to Oracle documentation. Even 
if it's possible to override the URL via a system property, it assumes 
the Oracle URL format and id name. Just wondering a bit how that fits 
with the OpenJDK philosophy.

/Magnus

>
> Thanks
> Kumar
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8178725
> [2] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ksrini/8178725/webrev.00/