Bug ID: JDK-6183723 Constant field values page is not displayed correctly if values are XML tags.

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1.4.2Resolved

FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.2_04"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_04-b05)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows 2000 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Constant field values page is non displayed correctly if constant values are XML tags ("<!--" or "-->" and so on) because they collide with HTML tags generated by javadoc tools for aforesaid page.


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Create a class with costants with xml values such as "<!--" or "-->" or "</HTML>", generate the javadoc for this class, load the constant-values.html file into a browser.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
I would prefer to see the constants value page correctly displayed into browser.
ACTUAL -
The constant-values.html page is not correctly displayed into browser.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
package test;
public class testCase
{
    public static final String OPEN_CDATA = "<![CDATA[";
    public static final String CLOSE_CDATA = "]]>";
    public static final String XML_START_COMMENT_TAG = "<!--";
    public static final String XML_END_COMMENT_TAG = "-->";
    public static final String START_HTML_TAG = "<HTML>";
    public static final String END_HTML_TAG = "</HTML>";
}

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