RFR: 8356555: Incorrect use of {@link} in BigDecimal

[Joe Darcy]

On Fri, 9 May 2025 10:32:27 GMT, Nizar Benalla <nbenalla at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I just noticed there are a couple more javadoc tags that need to be fixed in this class, I still see two more warnings. I should have included these in the JBS issue when filling it.
> 
> ```
> src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java:363: warning: reference to non-visible type: BigDecimal.scale (use -protected or -private options to document non-public types)
>      * The scale of this BigDecimal, as returned by {@link #scale}.
>                                                     ^
> src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java:366: warning: reference to non-visible type: BigDecimal.scale (use -protected or -private options to document non-public types)
>      * @see #scale
>        ^
>        ```
> ```

Okay; I'll add a fix for that, although the javadoc text is one a private field so is not generated by default.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25131#issuecomment-2867109531