On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:26:00 GMT, Jan Lahoda <[email protected]> wrote:
> The attribution of javadoc links fails with an NPE if the link is like
> `{@link double.NAN Bad}` - it tries to dereference the `double`, which
> obviously cannot work.
>
> This PR mostly just adds checks that will stop the attribution, and return
> `null`.
>
> Note that for `{@link double Class}` the existing code does not crash and
> returns the internal a `TypeElement` corresponding to the `double`. This is a
> weird quirk of this API, and is preserved with this PR (although a test is
> added for it into `test/langtools/tools/javac/doctree/ReferenceTest.java`).
This pull request has now been integrated.
Changeset: 5d3e73b9
Author: Jan Lahoda <[email protected]>
URL:
https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/5d3e73b9e512b55cdf554158b19a4ec642dc1f1a
Stats: 33 lines in 3 files changed: 30 ins; 0 del; 3 mod
8371248: Crash in -Xdoclint with invalid @link
Reviewed-by: hannesw, vromero
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28272
