FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.8.0_102"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_102-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.102-b14, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When compiling JavaDoc in JDK 8, doclint reports an occurrence of greater than ('>') as an error in the properly escaped statement below:

    <enumeration value="numeric"/>

This in turn breaks the processing of Java enumeration classes generated by the JAX-B compiler (javax.xml). The workaround requires disabling doclint for all JavaDoc processing, meaning actual HTML errors go uncaught.

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 7u80

ADDITIONAL REGRESSION INFORMATION:
java version "1.8.0_102"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_102-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.102-b14, mixed mode)

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1) Define an xml schema that includes an enumeration
2) Compile it with the JAX-B compiler to generate Java classes
3) Attempt to generate JavaDoc for the resulting project

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
I expected output from JavaDoc that would probably have included warnings and errors from JavaDoc I wrote that violated the HTML 4 standard.
ACTUAL -
"error bad use of '>'"

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
"error bad use of '>'"

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
           xmlns:jxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
           xmlns:rep = "http://dixbo.manifoldeye.com/xmp"
           targetNamespace = "http://dixbo.manifoldeye.com/xmp"
          elementFormDefault="qualified"
           jxb:version="2.0">
  <xs:element name="repository">
     <xs:complexType>
        <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="value" type="rep:DataCategory" />

        </xs:sequence>

     </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element> <!-- end of repository (root element) -->

  <xs:simpleType name="DataCategory">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
            <xs:enumeration value="numeric" />
<xs:enumeration value="temporal" />
<xs:enumeration value="string" />
</xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
 
</xs:schema>
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
I can avoid the problem by disabling doclint, but at the cost of turning off all Java document verification