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JavadocHtmlLint

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2025.3-rc-2492 B
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Reports the same HTML issues in the Javadoc comments that have been reported by DocLint since Java 8.

The inspection detects the following issues:

  • Self-closed, unclosed, unknown, misplaced, or empty tag
  • Unknown or wrong attribute
  • Misplaced text

Example:

/**
 * Unknown tag: List<String>
 * Unclosed tag: error</b>
 * Misplaced text or tag: <ul><li>one</li>, <li>two</li></ul>
 * Wrong or empty attribute: <a href=""></a>
 * Self-closed tag: 

 * ...
 */
void sample(){ }