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Bug 67659 - Javadoc tooltip does not copy down description from super
Summary: Javadoc tooltip does not copy down description from super
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 15462
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Text (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: JDT-Text-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2004-06-17 11:45 EDT by Randy Hudson CLA
Modified: 2004-06-18 03:20 EDT (History)
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Description Randy Hudson CLA 2004-06-17 11:45:00 EDT
When overriding a method, incorrect javadoc is displayed
If you use:
/*
 * @see MySuperclass#theMethodName()
 */

Then the tooltips will display the superclass' Javadoc.  But, if you use:
/**
 * @see MySuperclass#theMethodName()
 */

Then no description is displayed. This is the incorrect behavior because 
javadoc.exe will copy down the description from the superclass when it is empty.

The reason we are using the latter form is that our code-auditing program 
requires some form of javadoc to be present.  See also bug 24227, since an 
empty description is essentially an implicit {@inheritdoc}.
Comment 1 Dani Megert CLA 2004-06-18 03:20:37 EDT

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 15462 ***