stddoclet: Create factory objects for general doclet mechanisms

Name: rl43681 Date: 03/19/2001


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0, mixed mode)


The standard Doclet has methods for many generic things such as printing a class
link. However, because these methods are defined in the inheritance hierarchy
and not in a factory object delivered by the Standard Doclet, any changes to
these methods have to be implemented in many classes to change the behavior of
the class link across the documentation. I would like to see a factory object
that provides the general mechanisms of the Standard Doclet. When I change the
behavior of the Standard Doclet for DJavadoc (see,
www.ida.liu.se/~eribe/djavadoc) this was often a problem.
(Review ID: 113786)
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