How do I workaround the new restriction in 1.4 that HTML tags cannot be used around parameter names?
Prior to 1.4, the Javadoc tool support HTML around parameter names in a method comment: /** * @param values the value to get */ public void setValue(int value) { } Now that the standard doclet supports taglets, if a user wants all parameter names to be italic or bold, in the long run it would make more sense for them to write a taglet to do that, as it eliminates having to type HTML tags for every parameter. The the above comment would look like: /** * @param values the value to get */ public void setValue(int value) { } However, if users don’t want to change existing source code, they can use this ParamTaglet which allows the use of HTML around parameter names. Put the compiled class in a directory named
