On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:18:12 GMT, Roger Riggs <rri...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>>> The @implNote is more appropriate for an internal comment. It is not needed >>> to be in the published javadoc; its only useful to someone viewing the >>> source code. >> >> Is it a comment to me or to the author? If it's the former, then I note, >> that if one bothers to mark up a comment, that markup should be valid. > > I would change this to be an non-javadoc comment. (Change /** to /*) > An there is no need for javadoc \implNote or @link javadoc markup. > There is very little value in being able to generate javadoc for --private. > (In part because most private implementations are not documented to javadoc > standards). Yes, it is a bit strange to see @implNote here as this is a private field that isn't going to show up in the javadoc. The javadoc for non-transient fields in Serializable classes does show up in the Serialized Form page but this Enum which is special. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13491#discussion_r1168909665