[icedtea-web] RFC: More javadoc fixes for Java 8

[Jacob Wisor]

On 05/12/2014 07:11 AM Jiri Vanek wrote:
> On 05/10/2014 04:07 AM, Jacob Wisor wrote:
>> On 5/10/2014 2:14 AM Omair Majid wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I recently tried compiling icedtea-web with java 8 and ran into more
>>> javadoc issues. Apparently, self-enclosing tags (<br/>) are now not
>>> allowed either.
>
> I thought that itw javadoc can be generated in jdk8. How come it is not anymore?
>>
>> Self-enclosing elements are actually required by the XML specification, hence
>> also by XHTML. Please
>> do not remove them.
>>
>
> Then  perhaps get rid of br at all, and use <p></p> or <div></div>

Good thought, but br has different semantics than p and div, so I guess it 
cannot be easily substituted. ;-)

Jacob