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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8249634

doclint should report implicit constructor as missing javadoc comments

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • P3
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      If a class has an explicit constructor with no javadoc comments, then running "javadoc -Xdoclint:missing" will produce a warning regarding the missing comments. If, however, no constructor is defined in the source file, which will cause an implicit no-arg constructor to be generated, no warning is generated. Since the implicit constructor will not have any documentation (same as in the explicit case), it would be nice to produce a warning.

      To reproduce this, run the attached program as follows:

      javadoc -d build --source-path src -Xdoclint:missing pkg

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              jjg Jonathan Gibbons
              kcr Kevin Rushforth
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