com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractMemberBuilder.build(AbstractMemberBuilder.java:56)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.buildMethodDetails(ClassBuilder.java:301)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.invokeMethod(ClassBuilder.java:85)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.buildClassDoc(ClassBuilder.java:108)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.invokeMethod(ClassBuilder.java:85)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.build(ClassBuilder.java:92)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.generateClassFiles(HtmlDoclet.java:155)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:177)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:161)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration(AbstractDoclet.java:107)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractDoclet.java:64)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:42)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:16)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:211)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:91)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:333)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:127)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:41)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:31)
Generating javadoc\com/jshift/monique/\package-frame.html...
Generating javadoc\com/jshift/monique/\package-summary.html...
Generating javadoc\com/jshift/monique/\package-tree.html...
Generating javadoc\constant-values.html...
Building index for all the packages and classes...
Generating javadoc\overview-tree.html...
Generating javadoc\index-all.html...
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: start > end
        at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.replace(AbstractStringBuilder.java:743)
        at java.lang.StringBuffer.replace(StringBuffer.java:430)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getAnchor(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1245)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getDocLink(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1227)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getDocLink(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1208)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.printDocLink(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1178)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.AbstractIndexWriter.printDescription(AbstractIndexWriter.java:163)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.AbstractIndexWriter.generateContents(AbstractIndexWriter.java:89)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.SingleIndexWriter.generateIndexFile(SingleIndexWriter.java:76)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.SingleIndexWriter.generate(SingleIndexWriter.java:52)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.generateOtherFiles(HtmlDoclet.java:103)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration(AbstractDoclet.java:122)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractDoclet.java:64)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:42)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:16)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:211)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:91)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:333)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:127)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:41)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:31)

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
package com.jshift.monique;

import java.util.*;

public class CompositePruner {
public int prune(
Map<Integer,SortedMap<? extends Comparable,Character>> x,
Set<Set<Integer>> y
) {
return 0;
}
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------
(Incident Review ID: 260534)
======================================================================


Name: rmT116609 Date: 05/03/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Javadoc throws exception when operating on methods with complex generic arguments.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Create java file and run javadoc:

javadoc -source 1.5 -d javadoc src\java\com\jshift\monique\*.java

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Expected successful generation of javadoc HTML or at least a graceful termination with a coherent explanation.
ACTUAL -
D:\jshift\monique>javadoc -source 1.5 -d javadoc src\java\com\jshift\monique\*.java
Loading source file src\java\com\jshift\monique\CompositePruner.java...
Constructing Javadoc information...
Standard Doclet version 1.5.0-beta
Building tree for all the packages and classes...
Generating javadoc\com/jshift/monique/\CompositePruner.html...

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
D:\jshift\monique>ant
Buildfile: build.xml

compile:
    [javac] Compiling 1 source file to D:\jshift\monique\lib

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
  Total time: 3 seconds
D:\jshift\monique>javadoc -source 1.5 -private -d javadoc src\java\com\jshift\monique\*.java
Loading source file src\java\com\jshift\monique\CompositePruner.java...
Constructing Javadoc information...
Standard Doclet version 1.5.0-beta
Building tree for all the packages and classes...
Generating javadoc\com/jshift/monique/\CompositePruner.html...
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: start > end
        at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.replace(AbstractStringBuilder.java:743)
        at java.lang.StringBuffer.replace(StringBuffer.java:430)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getAnchor(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1245)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getDocLink(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1227)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.printDocLink(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1194)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.AbstractExecutableMemberWriter.writeSummaryLink(AbstractExecutableMemberWriter.java:73)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.AbstractMemberWriter.writeMemberSummary(AbstractMemberWriter.java:397)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MemberSummaryBuilder.buildSummary(MemberSummaryBuilder.java:309)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MemberSummaryBuilder.buildMethodsSummary(MemberSummaryBuilder.java:260)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MemberSummaryBuilder.invokeMethod(MemberSummaryBuilder.java:172)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractMemberBuilder.build(AbstractMemberBuilder.java:56)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.buildMemberSummary(ClassBuilder.java:258)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.invokeMethod(ClassBuilder.java:85)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.buildClassDoc(ClassBuilder.java:108)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.invokeMethod(ClassBuilder.java:85)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.build(ClassBuilder.java:92)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.generateClassFiles(HtmlDoclet.java:155)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:177)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:161)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration(AbstractDoclet.java:107)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractDoclet.java:64)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:42)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:16)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:211)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:91)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:333)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:127)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:41)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:31)
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: start > end
        at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.replace(AbstractStringBuilder.java:743)
        at java.lang.StringBuffer.replace(StringBuffer.java:430)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getAnchor(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1245)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.anchor(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1239)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.MethodWriterImpl.writeMethodHeader(MethodWriterImpl.java:131)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MethodBuilder.buildMethodHeader(MethodBuilder.java:167)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MethodBuilder.invokeMethod(MethodBuilder.java:109)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractMemberBuilder.build(AbstractMemberBuilder.java:56)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MethodBuilder.buildMethodDoc(MethodBuilder.java:150)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MethodBuilder.invokeMethod(MethodBuilder.java:109)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractMemberBuilder.build(AbstractMemberBuilder.java:56)

D:\jshift\monique>ver

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

D:\jshift\monique>java -version
java version "1.5.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c, mixed mode)

D:\jshift\monique>javadoc -source 1.5 -d javadoc src\java\com\jshift\monique\*.java
Loading source file src\java\com\jshift\monique\CompositePruner.java...
Constructing Javadoc information...
Standard Doclet version 1.5.0-beta
Building tree for all the packages and classes...
Generating javadoc\com/jshift/monique/\CompositePruner.html...
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: start > end
        at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.replace(AbstractStringBuilder.java:743)
        at java.lang.StringBuffer.replace(StringBuffer.java:430)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getAnchor(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1245)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getDocLink(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1227)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.printDocLink(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1194)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.AbstractExecutableMemberWriter.writeSummaryLink(AbstractExecutableMemberWriter.java:73)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.AbstractMemberWriter.writeMemberSummary(AbstractMemberWriter.java:397)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MemberSummaryBuilder.buildSummary(MemberSummaryBuilder.java:309)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MemberSummaryBuilder.buildMethodsSummary(MemberSummaryBuilder.java:260)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MemberSummaryBuilder.invokeMethod(MemberSummaryBuilder.java:172)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractMemberBuilder.build(AbstractMemberBuilder.java:56)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.buildMemberSummary(ClassBuilder.java:258)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.invokeMethod(ClassBuilder.java:85)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.buildClassDoc(ClassBuilder.java:108)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.invokeMethod(ClassBuilder.java:85)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.ClassBuilder.build(ClassBuilder.java:92)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.generateClassFiles(HtmlDoclet.java:155)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:177)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.generateClassFiles(AbstractDoclet.java:161)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.startGeneration(AbstractDoclet.java:107)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.AbstractDoclet.start(AbstractDoclet.java:64)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDoclet.start(HtmlDoclet.java:42)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.standard.Standard.start(Standard.java:16)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:211)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:91)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:333)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:127)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:41)
        at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:31)
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: start > end
        at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.replace(AbstractStringBuilder.java:743)
        at java.lang.StringBuffer.replace(StringBuffer.java:430)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.getAnchor(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1245)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.HtmlDocletWriter.anchor(HtmlDocletWriter.java:1239)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.formats.html.MethodWriterImpl.writeMethodHeader(MethodWriterImpl.java:131)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MethodBuilder.buildMethodHeader(MethodBuilder.java:167)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MethodBuilder.invokeMethod(MethodBuilder.java:109)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractBuilder.build(AbstractBuilder.java:90)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.AbstractMemberBuilder.build(AbstractMemberBuilder.java:56)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MethodBuilder.buildMethodDoc(MethodBuilder.java:150)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:494)
        at com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.builders.MethodBuilder.invokeMethod(MethodBuilder.java:109)
        at