isSynthetic: unhelpful generalization

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • Priority: P4
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    • Affects Version/s: 5.0
    • Component/s: tools
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      Name: eaC66865 Date: 09/05/2003


           Says it returns true for objects generated by the
           compiler. But that only helps the compiler developer.
           I thought it might return true for ConstructorDoc objects
           on default constructors, but apparently not. Neal says
           "The only time I can think of that synthetic methods
            should be visible to javadoc is when you use -source 1.4
            and there are bridge methods." (I don't know what a
            bridge method is, so the doc should fill in the blank
            in the phrase, "and there are bridge methods that ___.)

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            Assignee:
            Kumar Srinivasan
            Reporter:
            Eric Armstrong (Inactive)
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