JDK-5025224 : RFE: Remove Javadoc's timestamp
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javadoc(tool)
  • Affected Version: 1.4.2
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: windows_98
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2004-04-01
  • Updated: 2014-05-05
  • Resolved: 2004-04-01
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Description

Name: rmT116609			Date: 04/01/2004


A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
Javadoc generates a timestamp in HTML files, e.g. :

<HEAD>
<!-- Generated by javadoc on Wed Feb 25 13:07:37 CET 2004 -->
<TITLE>

I would like to get rid of this timestamp, either by no output or an output like this :

<HEAD>
<!-- Generated by javadoc -->
<TITLE>


JUSTIFICATION :
Without postprocessing, all javadoc files are considered as modified in a CVS environment.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Provide a javadoc argument to avoid the timestamp's generation.
ACTUAL -
A timestamp is always generated as far as I know.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Postprocess the files using a regexp approach.
(Incident Review ID: 240413) 
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Comments
EVALUATION This has already been implemented in 1.5.0 as -notimestamp. It was implemented in earlier versions of javadoc as an -X option (something like -xnodate). ###@###.### 2004-04-01
01-04-2004