Name: nt126004 Date: 01/29/2003


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
> java -version
java version "1.4.1_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_01-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_01-b01, mixed mode)


FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :
> rpm --query glibc
glibc-2.2.5-164
> uname -a
Linux jupiter 2.4.19-4GB #1 Fri Sep 13 13:19:15 UTC 2002
i686 unknown

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
{@inheritDoc} currently does not work on constructors. This is, of course, because constructors are not inherited. It is a feature of the Java language not to inherit constructors (as it is a feature of Perl to in fact inherit
constructors).

But sometimes, constructors are pseudo-inherited
constructors like this:

public class X {
    /** documentation */
    public X() {
    }
    /** documentation
     * @param a some parameter
     * @param b some other parameter
     */
    public X(int a, int b) {
    }
}

public class Y extends X implements Z {
    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public X() {
        super();
    }
    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public X(int a, int b) {
        super(a, b);
    }
}

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class X {
    /** documentation */
    public X() {
    }
    /** documentation
     * @param a some parameter
     * @param b some other parameter
     */
    public X(int a, int b) {
    }
}

public class Y extends X implements Z {
    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public X() {
        super();
    }
    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public X(int a, int b) {
        super(a, b);
    }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------
(Review ID: 180360)
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Duplicate bug 4743385 has a different justification for this feature:

Sometimes one wants to imherit documentation in
constructors, especially for Exceptions (they can be many in
the system and they often have several constructors).

Could we have a tag similar to inheritDoc (or could we make
inheritDoc work with constructors (even if the name is not
adapted).