JDK-8154482 : javadoc tool must support legacy doclet and taglet
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javadoc(tool)
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2016-04-18
  • Updated: 2017-05-17
  • Resolved: 2016-04-29
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JDK 9
9 b117Fixed
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Description
The new doclet should support old taglets.
Comments
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/javadoc-dev/2016-April/000215.html
26-04-2016

Also fix the nits outlined in JDK-8152375.
22-04-2016

Supporting the old Taglet API *may* be problematic, because it relies on using the old Tag API, which in turn brings in the old Doc API
18-04-2016