JDK-6462392 : Java document has a lot of HTML errors by HTML validater.
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javadoc(tool)
  • Affected Version: 5.0u7
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2006-08-22
  • Updated: 2014-05-05
  • Resolved: 2009-08-08
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-6851834 - Javadoc doclet needs a structured approach to generate the output HTML.
Description
Java API document has too much warnings and errors  HTML chackers(tidy/jtidy) detected.

As to specific result, please see the attached files.

  - JTidy (04aug2000r7-dev) : 
     jtidy_index-7.html.txt   : resutt of docs\api\index-files\index-7.html   
     jtidy_Component.html.txt : resutt of docs\api\java\awt\Component.html

  - tidy (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/int64/tidy-060405-exe.zip) 
     tidy_index-7.html.txt   : resutt of docs\api\index-files\index-7.html   
     tidy_Component.html.txt : resutt of docs\api\java\awt\Component.html

REQUEST :
   To improve the HTML quality of JDK documentation for future releases like JavaSE 6.0 and 7.0

NOTE :
    In order to accomplish the above request,  it is recommended  by the customer 
    to add HTML syntax checker to stddoclet and output corrected HTML document.
Comments
EVALUATION This will be addressed as a part of 6851834. This will be a part of a larger fix in which we are planning to fix HTML validation and accessibility issues with implementing new styles for the output.
08-08-2009
EVALUATION The generated javadoc should be squeaky-clean html, and pass the various html validation tools.
19-11-2006