> '--ignore-source-errors' allows generating Javadoc for the packages that
> contain compilation errors.
>
> jdk.javadoc.internal.doclets.toolkit.util.ClassTree generates a type
> hierarchy for javadoc that may include error types such as
>
> class Foo extends Bar {
> }
> ```
> where Bar is undefined.
>
> The user still wants to generate documentation for Foo and have Bar as a text
> label.
>
> For the unknown class Bar it is impossible to detect the enclosing class/file
> and javadoc crashes with exception.
>
> This PR returns Kind.OTHER for the error types, avoiding the javadoc crash.
Vladimir Petko has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional
commits since the last revision:
- rename test classes as per review comments
- move test comments into method's javadoc comment
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Changes:
- all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17435/files
- new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17435/files/7b810b23..f30c7b5d
Webrevs:
- full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=17435&range=01
- incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=17435&range=00-01
Stats: 20 lines in 1 file changed: 9 ins; 6 del; 5 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17435.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/17435/head:pull/17435
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17435
