Bug ID: JDK-4034752 javadoc: allow user-specified footers on all generated pages

Type: Enhancement
Component: tools
Sub-Component: javadoc(tool)
Affected Version: 1.1

Priority: P4
Status: Closed
Resolution: Fixed
OS: solaris_2.5.1
CPU: generic

Submitted: 1997-02-26
Updated: 2014-05-05
Resolved: 1999-01-19

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1.2.0 1.2beta2Fixed

For improved end-user customization and to promote style consistency, it would be helpful if javadoc had a feature to insert user-specified text that would appear at the bottom of every javadoc-generated output page.

For example, Sun's standard copyright notice could appear as:

    <hr>
    <font size=-2><a href="../relnotes/SMICopyright.html">Copyright &#169;</a>
    1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2550 Garcia Ave., Mtn. View, CA 94043-1100 USA.
    All rights reserved.</font><br>
   <font size=-1><em>February 26, 1997</em></font>

CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: generic FIXED IN: 1.2beta2 INTEGRATED IN: 1.2beta2 VERIFIED IN: 1.2beta4
14-06-2004
WORK AROUND
11-06-2004
SUGGESTED FIX Since it's likely the user would want the same footer on every generated page, probably the simpliest implementation of this feature is a new option, such as "-footer <filename>", where <filename> contains the HTML text to be inserted at the bottom of each javadoc-generated output page.
11-06-2004
PUBLIC COMMENTS Tested in JDK1.2Beta4-G. -footer option is implemented in standard doclet and works well too. dianne.jiao@East 1998-05-26
26-05-1998
EVALUATION A '-footer <html-code>' option was added to the new doclet based javadoc in JDK 1.2 beta 2. robert.field@Eng 1997-11-25
25-11-1997

Relates :	JDK-4034280 - Allow package-level comments in topmost packages.html file
Relates :	JDK-1226555 - javadoc template: Add option for header to identify document on each HTML page