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2024.3

Unnecessary Javadoc link

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Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports Javadoc @see, {@link}, and {@linkplain} tags that refer to the method owning the comment, the super method of the method owning the comment, or the class containing the comment.

Such links are unnecessary and can be safely removed with this inspection's quick-fix. The quick-fix will remove the entire Javadoc comment if the tag is its only content.

Example:

After the quick-fix is applied:

Use the checkbox below to ignore inline links ({@link} and {@linkplain}) to super methods. Although a link to all super methods is automatically added by the Javadoc tool, an inline link to the super method may sometimes be needed in texts of the Javadoc comments.