RFR: 8288660: JavaDoc should be more helpful if it doesn't recognize a tag [v4]

Jonathan Gibbons jjg at openjdk.org
Tue Sep 5 22:21:27 UTC 2023


On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 22:15:28 GMT, Pavel Rappo <prappo at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR makes JavaDoc and DocLint produce more helpful diagnostic output when encounter an unknown tag.
>> 
>> Before:
>> 
>> 
>> MyClass.java:4: warning: no main description
>>  * @implSpite {@linkpain Object#hashCode}}
>>    ^
>> MyClass.java:4: error: unknown tag: implSpite
>>  * @implSpite {@linkpain Object#hashCode}}
>>    ^
>> MyClass.java:4: error: unknown tag: linkpain
>>  * @implSpite {@linkpain Object#hashCode}}
>>               ^
>> MyClass.java:5: error: unknown tag: danger
>>  * @danger
>>    ^
>> 
>> 
>> After:
>> 
>> 
>>  * @implSpite {@linkpain Object#hashCode}}
>>    ^
>> MyClass.java:4: error: unknown tag: implSpite; the most similar tags are: implSpec, implNote
>>  * @implSpite {@linkpain Object#hashCode}}
>>    ^
>> Note: An unknown tag has been reported. Mistyped? Forgot to add a custom tag or register a taglet?
>> MyClass.java:4: error: unknown tag: linkpain; the most similar tags are: linkplain
>>  * @implSpite {@linkpain Object#hashCode}}
>>               ^
>> MyClass.java:5: error: unknown tag: danger
>>  * @danger
>>    ^
>> 
>> 
>> As you can see, the output has changed in two ways. Firstly, the tags that are similar to the unknown tag might be suggested. Secondly, an auxiliary note to help troubleshoot the unknown tag is provided. That note is provided once, close to the first reported unknown tag. This is done to not clutter the output in case multiple tags are reported.
>> 
>> For details, see the actual change.
>
> Pavel Rappo has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Name locale-specific resources better

Marked as reviewed by jjg (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15494#pullrequestreview-1612020741


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