Summary

Uses of requires transitive java.base; (which is a preview feature under JEP 494) will get a warning box in the javadoc output.

Problem

Uses of requires transitive java.base;, as a preview feature, are not marked in the javadoc in any way.

Solution

When a module, JDK or user, will declare requires transitive java.base;, they will get a warning box in the javadoc output.

Specification

Sample javadoc output is uploaded as 8343752-v2.zip containing:

• 8343752/original/api/java.se/module-summary.html: is the module summary for java.se before this change, also available for convenience here: https://cr.openjdk.org/~jlahoda/8343752/original/api/java.se/module-summary.html
• 8343752/updated/api/java.se/module-summary.html: is the module summary for java.se after this change, also available for convenience here: https://cr.openjdk.org/~jlahoda/8343752/updated/api/java.se/module-summary.html
• 8343752/user.module contains the javadoc for a custom module using the feature, also available for convenience here: https://cr.openjdk.org/~jlahoda/8343752/user.module/test.module/module-summary.html