JDK-8251124 : doclint errors about missing accessibility support in HTML files.
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Affected Version: 16
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2020-08-04
  • Updated: 2024-11-20
  • Resolved: 2020-08-16
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JDK 16
16 b13Fixed
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Description
Some improvements in doclint have identified several doclint accessibility related HTML errors in the html files in the desktop module.

/Volumes/J2GWork/jdk/jdk.ref/open/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/doc-files/DesktopProperties.html:81: error: no summary or caption for table
</table>
^
/Volumes/J2GWork/jdk/jdk.ref/open/src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/imageio/metadata/doc-files/tiff_metadata.html:377: error: no summary or caption for table
</table>
^
/Volumes/J2GWork/jdk/jdk.ref/open/src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/imageio/metadata/doc-files/tiff_metadata.html:893: error: no summary or caption for table
</table>
^
/Volumes/J2GWork/jdk/jdk.ref/open/src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/swing/plaf/synth/doc-files/componentProperties.html:1345: error: no summary or caption for table
</table>
^
4 errors
Comments
URL: https://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/rev/b4e32fb345c5 User: psadhukhan Date: 2020-08-22 04:56:29 +0000
22-08-2020

URL: https://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/client/rev/b4e32fb345c5 User: pbansal Date: 2020-08-16 06:25:22 +0000
16-08-2020

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05-08-2020

Given that we now only use HTML5 in javadoc, the part about "summary" in the message can be ignored. It is the `<caption>` element that is missing.
04-08-2020