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commit 20bb5a1df9a5925490f902697e8b39114ba43405
Author: Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 11 08:44:58 2026 -0400

    Javadoc
---
 .../commons/digester3/AbstractMethodRule.java      |  6 +-
 .../org/apache/commons/digester3/Digester.java     | 88 +++++++++++-----------
 .../commons/digester3/ObjectCreationFactory.java   |  4 +-
 .../org/apache/commons/digester3/RegexRules.java   |  2 +-
 .../java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Rule.java    |  4 +-
 .../java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RuleSet.java |  2 +-
 .../java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Rules.java   |  4 +-
 .../commons/digester3/SimpleRegexMatcher.java      |  2 +-
 .../org/apache/commons/digester3/StackAction.java  |  4 +-
 .../org/apache/commons/digester3/Substitutor.java  |  2 +-
 .../annotations/reflect/MethodArgument.java        |  4 +-
 .../annotations/utils/AnnotationUtils.java         |  8 +-
 .../binder/AbstractBackToLinkedRuleBuilder.java    |  2 +-
 .../commons/digester3/binder/AddAliasBuilder.java  |  2 +-
 .../commons/digester3/binder/DigesterLoader.java   |  8 +-
 .../digester3/binder/FromBinderRuleSet.java        |  2 +-
 .../digester3/binder/NestedPropertiesBuilder.java  |  2 +-
 .../digester3/binder/SetPropertiesBuilder.java     |  2 +-
 .../commons/digester3/plugins/PluginContext.java   | 10 +--
 .../commons/digester3/plugins/PluginException.java |  2 +-
 .../commons/digester3/plugins/PluginRules.java     | 18 ++---
 .../digester3/substitution/VariableExpander.java   |  2 +-
 .../digester3/xmlrules/WithMemoryRulesBinder.java  |  4 +-
 .../digester3/ExtendedBaseRulesTestCase.java       |  2 +-
 .../commons/digester3/RulesBaseTestCase.java       |  2 +-
 .../apache/commons/digester3/binder/Entity.java    |  2 +-
 26 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)

diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/AbstractMethodRule.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/AbstractMethodRule.java
index c6949cc5..8a9c26b0 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/AbstractMethodRule.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/AbstractMethodRule.java
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractMethodRule
     /**
      * Returns the argument object of method has to be invoked.
      *
-     * @return the argument object of method has to be invoked.
+     * @return The argument object of method has to be invoked.
      */
     protected abstract Object getChild();
 
     /**
      * Returns the target object of method has to be invoked.
      *
-     * @return the target object of method has to be invoked.
+     * @return The target object of method has to be invoked.
      */
     protected abstract Object getParent();
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMethodRule
      * Returns the flag this rule be invoked when {@link #begin(String, 
String, Attributes)} (true)
      * or {@link #end(String, String)} (false) methods are invoked, false by 
default.
      *
-     * @return the flag this rule be invoked when {@link #begin(String, 
String, Attributes)} (true)
+     * @return The flag this rule be invoked when {@link #begin(String, 
String, Attributes)} (true)
      * or {@link #end(String, String)} (false) methods are invoked, false by 
default.
      */
     public boolean isFireOnBegin()
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Digester.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Digester.java
index a27251c3..d54c89d7 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Digester.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Digester.java
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ public class Digester
      * Create a SAX exception which also understands about the location in the 
digester file where the exception occurs
      *
      * @param e the exception cause
-     * @return the new SAX exception
+     * @return The new SAX exception
      */
     public SAXException createSAXException( Exception e )
     {
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ public class Digester
      * Create a SAX exception which also understands about the location in the 
digester file where the exception occurs
      *
      * @param message the custom SAX exception message
-     * @return the new SAX exception
+     * @return The new SAX exception
      */
     public SAXException createSAXException( final String message )
     {
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param message the custom SAX exception message
      * @param e the exception cause
-     * @return the new SAX exception
+     * @return The new SAX exception
      */
     public SAXException createSAXException( final String message, Exception e )
     {
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ public class Digester
      * These mappings come and go dynamically as the document is parsed.
      *
      * @param prefix Prefix to look up
-     * @return the currently mapped namespace URI for the specified prefix
+     * @return The currently mapped namespace URI for the specified prefix
      */
     public String findNamespaceURI( final String prefix )
     {
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ public class Digester
      * <li>The class loader used to load the Digester class itself.</li>
      * </ul>
      *
-     * @return the class loader to be used for instantiating application 
objects.
+     * @return The class loader to be used for instantiating application 
objects.
      */
     public ClassLoader getClassLoader()
     {
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the current depth of the element stack.
      *
-     * @return the current depth of the element stack.
+     * @return The current depth of the element stack.
      */
     public int getCount()
     {
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the name of the XML element that is currently being processed.
      *
-     * @return the name of the XML element that is currently being processed.
+     * @return The name of the XML element that is currently being processed.
      */
     public String getCurrentElementName()
     {
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * returns the custom SAX ContentHandler where events are redirected.
      *
-     * @return the custom SAX ContentHandler where events are redirected.
+     * @return The custom SAX ContentHandler where events are redirected.
      * @see #setCustomContentHandler(ContentHandler)
      * @since 1.7
      */
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the document locator associated with our parser.
      *
-     * @return the Locator supplied by the document parser
+     * @return The Locator supplied by the document parser
      */
     public Locator getDocumentLocator()
     {
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the Entity Resolver used by the SAX parser.
      *
-     * @return the Entity Resolver used by the SAX parser.
+     * @return The Entity Resolver used by the SAX parser.
      */
     public EntityResolver getEntityResolver()
     {
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the error handler for this Digester.
      *
-     * @return the error handler for this Digester.
+     * @return The error handler for this Digester.
      */
     public ErrorHandler getErrorHandler()
     {
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Returns the executor service used to run asynchronous parse method.
      *
-     * @return the executor service used to run asynchronous parse method
+     * @return The executor service used to run asynchronous parse method
      * @since 3.1
      */
     public ExecutorService getExecutorService()
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the SAXParserFactory we will use, creating one if necessary.
      *
-     * @return the SAXParserFactory we will use, creating one if necessary.
+     * @return The SAXParserFactory we will use, creating one if necessary.
      */
     public SAXParserFactory getFactory()
     {
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the current Logger associated with this instance of the Digester
      *
-     * @return the current Logger associated with this instance of the Digester
+     * @return The current Logger associated with this instance of the Digester
      */
     public Log getLogger()
     {
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the current rule match path
      *
-     * @return the current rule match path
+     * @return The current rule match path
      */
     public String getMatch()
     {
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the "namespace aware" flag for parsers we create.
      *
-     * @return the "namespace aware" flag for parsers we create.
+     * @return The "namespace aware" flag for parsers we create.
      */
     public boolean getNamespaceAware()
     {
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * If there is a problem creating the parser, return {@code null}.
      *
-     * @return the SAXParser we will use to parse the input stream
+     * @return The SAXParser we will use to parse the input stream
      */
     public SAXParser getParser()
     {
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@ public class Digester
      * properties.
      *
      * @param property Property name to be retrieved
-     * @return the current value of the specified property for the underlying 
{@code XMLReader} implementation.
+     * @return The current value of the specified property for the underlying 
{@code XMLReader} implementation.
      * @throws SAXNotRecognizedException if the property name is not recognized
      * @throws SAXNotSupportedException if the property name is recognized but 
not supported
      */
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the public identifier of the DTD we are currently parsing under, 
if any.
      *
-     * @return the public identifier of the DTD we are currently parsing 
under, if any.
+     * @return The public identifier of the DTD we are currently parsing 
under, if any.
      */
     public String getPublicId()
     {
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the set of DTD URL registrations, keyed by public identifier. 
NOTE: the returned map is in read-only mode.
      *
-     * @return the read-only Map of DTD URL registrations.
+     * @return The read-only Map of DTD URL registrations.
      */
     Map<String, URL> getRegistrations()
     {
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ public class Digester
      * created after parsing has completed.
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
-     * @return the root object that has been created after parsing or null if 
the digester has not parsed any XML yet.
+     * @return The root object that has been created after parsing or null if 
the digester has not parsed any XML yet.
      */
     public <T> T getRoot()
     {
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added 
{@code Rule} objects.
      *
-     * @return the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently 
added {@code Rule} objects.
+     * @return The namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently 
added {@code Rule} objects.
      */
     public String getRuleNamespaceURI()
     {
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ public class Digester
      * Gets the {@code Rules} implementation object containing our rules 
collection and associated matching
      * policy. If none has been established, a default implementation will be 
created and returned.
      *
-     * @return the {@code Rules} implementation object.
+     * @return The {@code Rules} implementation object.
      */
     public Rules getRules()
     {
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the logger used for logging SAX-related information. 
<strong>Note</strong> the output is finely grained.
      *
-     * @return the logger used for logging SAX-related information
+     * @return The logger used for logging SAX-related information
      * @since 1.6
      */
     public Log getSAXLogger()
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ public class Digester
      * Gets the callback object which is invoked whenever an object is pushed 
onto a digester object stack,
      * or popped off one.
      *
-     * @return the callback object which is invoked whenever an object is 
pushed onto a digester object stack,
+     * @return The callback object which is invoked whenever an object is 
pushed onto a digester object stack,
      *         or popped off one.
      * @see #setStackAction(StackAction)
      * @since 1.8
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the {@code Substitutor} used to convert attributes and body text.
      *
-     * @return the {@code Substitutor} used to convert attributes and body 
text,
+     * @return The {@code Substitutor} used to convert attributes and body 
text,
      *         null if not substitutions are to be performed.
      */
     public Substitutor getSubstitutor()
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ public class Digester
     /**
      * Gets the validating parser flag.
      *
-     * @return the validating parser flag.
+     * @return The validating parser flag.
      */
     public boolean getValidating()
     {
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * FIXME: there is a bug in JAXP/XERCES that prevent the use of a parser 
that contains a schema with a DTD.
      *
-     * @return the XMLReader to be used for parsing the input document.
+     * @return The XMLReader to be used for parsing the input document.
      * @throws SAXException if no XMLReader can be instantiated
      */
     public XMLReader getXMLReader()
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param <T> The type the input object has to be cast.
      * @param obj the object has to be cast.
-     * @return the casted object, if input object is not null, null otherwise.
+     * @return The casted object, if input object is not null, null otherwise.
      * @since 3.0
      */
     private <T> T npeSafeCast( final Object obj )
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
      * @param file File containing the XML data to be parsed
-     * @return the root element from the object stack (if any)
+     * @return The root element from the object stack (if any)
      * @throws IOException if an input/output error occurs
      * @throws SAXException if a parsing exception occurs
      */
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
      * @param input Input source containing the XML data to be parsed
-     * @return the root element from the object stack (if any)
+     * @return The root element from the object stack (if any)
      * @throws IOException if an input/output error occurs
      * @throws SAXException if a parsing exception occurs
      */
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
      * @param input Input stream containing the XML data to be parsed
-     * @return the root element from the object stack (if any)
+     * @return The root element from the object stack (if any)
      * @throws IOException if an input/output error occurs
      * @throws SAXException if a parsing exception occurs
      */
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
      * @param reader Reader containing the XML data to be parsed
-     * @return the root element from the object stack (if any)
+     * @return The root element from the object stack (if any)
      * @throws IOException if an input/output error occurs
      * @throws SAXException if a parsing exception occurs
      */
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
      * @param uri URI containing the XML data to be parsed
-     * @return the root element from the object stack (if any)
+     * @return The root element from the object stack (if any)
      * @throws IOException if an input/output error occurs
      * @throws SAXException if a parsing exception occurs
      */
@@ -2125,7 +2125,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
      * @param url URL containing the XML data to be parsed
-     * @return the root element from the object stack (if any)
+     * @return The root element from the object stack (if any)
      * @throws IOException if an input/output error occurs
      * @throws SAXException if a parsing exception occurs
      * @since 1.8
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ public class Digester
      * If there are no objects on the stack, return {@code null}.
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
-     * @return the top object on the stack without removing it.
+     * @return The top object on the stack without removing it.
      */
     public <T> T peek()
     {
@@ -2168,7 +2168,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
      * @param n Index of the desired element, where 0 is the top of the stack, 
1 is the next element down, and so on.
-     * @return the n'th object down the stack
+     * @return The n'th object down the stack
      */
     public <T> T peek( final int n )
     {
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
      * @param stackName the name of the stack to be peeked
-     * @return the top {@code Object} on the stack or null if the stack is 
either empty or has not been created yet
+     * @return The top {@code Object} on the stack or null if the stack is 
either empty or has not been created yet
      * @since 1.6
      */
     public <T> T peek( final String stackName )
@@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ public class Digester
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
      * @param stackName the name of the stack to be peeked
      * @param n Index of the desired element, where 0 is the top of the stack, 
1 is the next element down, and so on.
-     * @return the specified {@code Object} on the stack.
+     * @return The specified {@code Object} on the stack.
      * @since 1.6
      */
     public <T> T peek( final String stackName, final int n )
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@ public class Digester
      * The parameters stack is used to store {@code CallMethodRule} 
parameters. See {@link #params}.
      * </p>
      *
-     * @return the top object on the parameters stack without removing it.
+     * @return The top object on the parameters stack without removing it.
      */
     public Object[] peekParams()
     {
@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ public class Digester
      * </p>
      *
      * @param n Index of the desired element, where 0 is the top of the stack, 
1 is the next element down, and so on.
-     * @return the n'th object down the parameters stack
+     * @return The n'th object down the parameters stack
      */
     public Object[] peekParams( final int n )
     {
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ public class Digester
      * {@code null}.
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
-     * @return the top object popped off of the stack
+     * @return The top object popped off of the stack
      */
     public <T> T pop()
     {
@@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@ public class Digester
      *
      * @param <T> The type used to auto-cast the returned object to the 
assigned variable type
      * @param stackName the name of the stack from which the top value is to 
be popped.
-     * @return the top {@code Object} on the stack or throws {@code 
EmptyStackException}
+     * @return The top {@code Object} on the stack or throws {@code 
EmptyStackException}
      *         if the stack is either empty or has not been created yet
      * @since 1.6
      */
@@ -2369,7 +2369,7 @@ public class Digester
      * The parameters stack is used to store {@code CallMethodRule} 
parameters. See {@link #params}.
      * </p>
      *
-     * @return the top object popped off of the parameters stack
+     * @return The top object popped off of the parameters stack
      */
     public Object[] popParams()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ObjectCreationFactory.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ObjectCreationFactory.java
index 6b2ee370..8c4d8fa6 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ObjectCreationFactory.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ObjectCreationFactory.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public interface ObjectCreationFactory<T>
      * Factory method called by {@link FactoryCreateRule} to supply an object 
based on the element's attributes.
      *
      * @param attributes the element's attributes
-     * @return the object to be pushed onto the {@code Digester} stack
+     * @return The object to be pushed onto the {@code Digester} stack
      * @throws Exception any exception thrown will be propagated upwards
      */
     T createObject( Attributes attributes )
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public interface ObjectCreationFactory<T>
     /**
      * Returns the {@link Digester} that was set by the {@link 
FactoryCreateRule} upon initialization.
      *
-     * @return the {@link Digester} that was set by the {@link 
FactoryCreateRule} upon initialization
+     * @return The {@link Digester} that was set by the {@link 
FactoryCreateRule} upon initialization
      */
     default Digester getDigester()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RegexRules.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RegexRules.java
index b3d97b55..cdba9df2 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RegexRules.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RegexRules.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class RegexRules
     /**
      * Gets the current regex matching strategy.
      *
-     * @return the current regex matching strategy.
+     * @return The current regex matching strategy.
      */
     public RegexMatcher getRegexMatcher()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Rule.java 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Rule.java
index 16f82c51..0b4fb723 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Rule.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Rule.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
     /**
      * Gets the Digester with which this Rule is associated.
      *
-     * @return the Digester with which this Rule is associated
+     * @return The Digester with which this Rule is associated
      */
     public Digester getDigester()
     {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
     /**
      * Gets the namespace URI for which this Rule is relevant, if any.
      *
-     * @return the namespace URI for which this Rule is relevant, if any
+     * @return The namespace URI for which this Rule is relevant, if any
      */
     public String getNamespaceURI()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RuleSet.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RuleSet.java
index 62daa245..b4f09a64 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RuleSet.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RuleSet.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public interface RuleSet
     /**
      * Gets the namespace URI that will be applied to all Rule instances 
created from this RuleSet.
      *
-     * @return the namespace URI that will be applied to all Rule instances 
created from this RuleSet
+     * @return The namespace URI that will be applied to all Rule instances 
created from this RuleSet
      */
     String getNamespaceURI();
 
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Rules.java 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Rules.java
index 82c91000..af362f36 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Rules.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Rules.java
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ public interface Rules
     /**
      * Gets the Digester instance with which this Rules instance is associated.
      *
-     * @return the Digester instance with which this Rules instance is 
associated
+     * @return The Digester instance with which this Rules instance is 
associated
      */
     Digester getDigester();
 
     /**
      * Gets the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added 
{@code Rule} objects.
      *
-     * @return the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently 
added {@code Rule} objects.
+     * @return The namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently 
added {@code Rule} objects.
      */
     String getNamespaceURI();
 
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/SimpleRegexMatcher.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/SimpleRegexMatcher.java
index c9fbb83e..fef8c376 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/SimpleRegexMatcher.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/SimpleRegexMatcher.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class SimpleRegexMatcher
     /**
      * Gets the {@code Log} implementation.
      *
-     * @return the {@code Log} implementation.
+     * @return The {@code Log} implementation.
      */
     public Log getLog()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/StackAction.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/StackAction.java
index 88d8b691..df8711f4 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/StackAction.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/StackAction.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public interface StackAction
      * @param stackName is the name of the stack from which the object has 
been popped. Null is passed to indicate the
      *            default stack.
      * @param o is the object that has just been popped.
-     * @return the object to be returned to the called. Normally, parameter o 
is returned but this method could return
+     * @return The object to be returned to the called. Normally, parameter o 
is returned but this method could return
      *         an alternate object.
      */
     <T> T onPop( Digester d, String stackName, T o );
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public interface StackAction
      *            default stack.
      * @param o is the object that has just been pushed. Calling peek on the 
specified stack will return
      *        the same object.
-     * @return the object to be pushed. Normally, parameter o is returned but 
this method could return an alternate
+     * @return The object to be pushed. Normally, parameter o is returned but 
this method could return an alternate
      *         object to be pushed instead (eg a proxy for the provided 
object).
      */
     <T> T onPush( Digester d, String stackName, T o );
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Substitutor.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Substitutor.java
index fc9a32a7..f6fd98f2 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Substitutor.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/Substitutor.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public abstract class Substitutor
      * parses.
      *
      * @param bodyText the body text (as passed to {@code Digester})
-     * @return the body text to be passed to the {@code Rule} implementations
+     * @return The body text to be passed to the {@code Rule} implementations
      */
     public abstract String substitute( String bodyText );
 
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/reflect/MethodArgument.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/reflect/MethodArgument.java
index f975b054..8507cc00 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/reflect/MethodArgument.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/reflect/MethodArgument.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public final class MethodArgument
     /**
      * Returns the method argument index.
      *
-     * @return the method argument index.
+     * @return The method argument index.
      */
     public int getIndex()
     {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public final class MethodArgument
     /**
      * Returns the method argument type.
      *
-     * @return the method argument type.
+     * @return The method argument type.
      */
     public Class<?> getParameterType()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/utils/AnnotationUtils.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/utils/AnnotationUtils.java
index f52713df..b2c16fc1 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/utils/AnnotationUtils.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/annotations/utils/AnnotationUtils.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class AnnotationUtils
      * Extract the {@code pattern()} from annotation.
      *
      * @param annotation the annotation has to be introspected.
-     * @return the annotation {@code pattern()}.
+     * @return The annotation {@code pattern()}.
      */
     public static String getAnnotationPattern( final Annotation annotation )
     {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class AnnotationUtils
      * Extract the Annotations array {@code value()} from annotation if 
present, nul otherwise.
      *
      * @param annotation the annotation has to be introspected.
-     * @return the annotation {@code value()} as Annotations array.
+     * @return The annotation {@code value()} as Annotations array.
      */
     public static Annotation[] getAnnotationsArrayValue( final Annotation 
annotation )
     {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class AnnotationUtils
      * Extract the {@code value()} from annotation.
      *
      * @param annotation the annotation has to be introspected.
-     * @return the annotation {@code value()}.
+     * @return The annotation {@code value()}.
      */
     public static Object getAnnotationValue( final Annotation annotation )
     {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class AnnotationUtils
      *
      * @param annotation the annotation has to be introspected.
      * @param method the method name to execute.
-     * @return the annotation method value, null if any error occurs.
+     * @return The annotation method value, null if any error occurs.
      */
     private static Object invokeAnnotationMethod( final Annotation annotation, 
final String method )
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/AbstractBackToLinkedRuleBuilder.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/AbstractBackToLinkedRuleBuilder.java
index 4d3a6331..af0382a8 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/AbstractBackToLinkedRuleBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/AbstractBackToLinkedRuleBuilder.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ abstract class AbstractBackToLinkedRuleBuilder<R extends Rule>
     /**
      * Come back to the main {@link LinkedRuleBuilder}.
      *
-     * @return the main {@link LinkedRuleBuilder}
+     * @return The main {@link LinkedRuleBuilder}
      */
     public final LinkedRuleBuilder then()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/AddAliasBuilder.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/AddAliasBuilder.java
index fa1fea80..46fb9598 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/AddAliasBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/AddAliasBuilder.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public final class AddAliasBuilder<B>
      * Allows expressing the input property name alias.
      *
      * @param propertyName The Java bean property to be assigned the value
-     * @return the parent builder to chain.
+     * @return The parent builder to chain.
      */
     public B forProperty( /*@Nullable*/ final String propertyName )
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/DigesterLoader.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/DigesterLoader.java
index 6e520406..862f2f61 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/DigesterLoader.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/DigesterLoader.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public final class DigesterLoader
     /**
      * Gets the document locator associated with our parser.
      *
-     * @return the Locator supplied by the document parser
+     * @return The Locator supplied by the document parser
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public Locator getDocumentLocator()
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public final class DigesterLoader
     /**
      * Gets the error handler for this Digester.
      *
-     * @return the error handler for this Digester.
+     * @return The error handler for this Digester.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public ErrorHandler getErrorHandler()
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public final class DigesterLoader
     /**
      * Returns the executor service used to run asynchronous parse method.
      *
-     * @return the executor service used to run asynchronous parse method
+     * @return The executor service used to run asynchronous parse method
      * @since 3.1
      */
     public ExecutorService getExecutorService()
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public final class DigesterLoader
     /**
      * Gets the set of DTD URL registrations, keyed by public identifier.
      *
-     * @return the set of DTD URL registrations.
+     * @return The set of DTD URL registrations.
      */
     public Map<String, URL> getRegistrations()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/FromBinderRuleSet.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/FromBinderRuleSet.java
index 79668945..a920ba12 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/FromBinderRuleSet.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/FromBinderRuleSet.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ final class FromBinderRuleSet
      * @param keyPattern the rule pattern
      * @param namespaceURI the namespace URI (can be null)
      * @param type the rule builder type the client is looking for
-     * @return the rule builder of input type, if any
+     * @return The rule builder of input type, if any
      */
     public <R extends Rule, RB extends AbstractBackToLinkedRuleBuilder<R>> RB 
getProvider( final String keyPattern,
     /* @Nullable */final String namespaceURI, final Class<RB> type )
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/NestedPropertiesBuilder.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/NestedPropertiesBuilder.java
index 28f77b5e..edeab5f7 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/NestedPropertiesBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/NestedPropertiesBuilder.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public final class NestedPropertiesBuilder
      * Allows element2property mapping to be overridden.
      *
      * @param elementName The child XML element to match
-     * @return the property alias builder
+     * @return The property alias builder
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public AddAliasBuilder<NestedPropertiesBuilder> addAlias( final String 
elementName )
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/SetPropertiesBuilder.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/SetPropertiesBuilder.java
index deadd8b6..51e4ad14 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/SetPropertiesBuilder.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/SetPropertiesBuilder.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public final class SetPropertiesBuilder
      * Add an additional attribute name to property name mapping.
      *
      * @param attributeName The attribute to match
-     * @return the property alias builder
+     * @return The property alias builder
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public AddAliasBuilder<SetPropertiesBuilder> addAlias( final String 
attributeName )
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginContext.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginContext.java
index 6fe98e80..5a652938 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginContext.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginContext.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class PluginContext
      * <p>
      * The return value is never null.
      *
-     * @return the namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which class 
is to be plugged in.
+     * @return The namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which class 
is to be plugged in.
      */
     public String getPluginClassAttr()
     {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class PluginContext
      * <p>
      * May be null (in fact, normally will be).
      *
-     * @return the namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which class 
is to be plugged in.
+     * @return The namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which class 
is to be plugged in.
      */
     public String getPluginClassAttrNs()
     {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class PluginContext
      * <p>
      * The return value is never null.
      *
-     * @return the namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which 
previous plugin declaration should be used.
+     * @return The namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which 
previous plugin declaration should be used.
      */
     public String getPluginIdAttr()
     {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class PluginContext
      * <p>
      * May be null (in fact, normally will be).
      *
-     * @return the namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which 
previous plugin declaration should be used.
+     * @return The namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which 
previous plugin declaration should be used.
      */
     public String getPluginIdAttrNs()
     {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class PluginContext
      * <p>
      * It is explicitly permitted for the caller to modify this list by 
inserting or removing RuleFinder objects.
      *
-     * @return the list of RuleFinder objects
+     * @return The list of RuleFinder objects
      */
     public List<RuleFinder> getRuleFinders()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginException.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginException.java
index 745cea65..a0c03206 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginException.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginException.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class PluginException
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the underlying exception that caused this to be thrown
+     * @return The underlying exception that caused this to be thrown
      */
     @Override
     public Throwable getCause()
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginRules.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginRules.java
index 1f1f5280..ac5af452 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginRules.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/plugins/PluginRules.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public class PluginRules
     /**
      * Gets the Digester instance with which this instance is associated.
      *
-     * @return the Digester instance with which this instance is associated.
+     * @return The Digester instance with which this instance is associated.
      */
     @Override
     public Digester getDigester()
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public class PluginRules
     /**
      * Gets the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently added 
{@code Rule} objects.
      *
-     * @return the namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently 
added {@code Rule} objects.
+     * @return The namespace URI that will be applied to all subsequently 
added {@code Rule} objects.
      */
     @Override
     public String getNamespaceURI()
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class PluginRules
     /**
      * Gets the parent Rules object.
      *
-     * @return the parent Rules object.
+     * @return The parent Rules object.
      */
     public Rules getParent()
     {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public class PluginRules
     /**
      * See {@link PluginContext#getPluginClassAttr}.
      *
-     * @return the namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which class 
is to be plugged in.
+     * @return The namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which class 
is to be plugged in.
      */
     public String getPluginClassAttr()
     {
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public class PluginRules
     /**
      * See {@link PluginContext#getPluginClassAttrNs}.
      *
-     * @return the namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which class 
is to be plugged in.
+     * @return The namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which class 
is to be plugged in.
      */
     public String getPluginClassAttrNs()
     {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public class PluginRules
     /**
      * See {@link PluginContext#getPluginIdAttr}.
      *
-     * @return the namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which 
previous plugin declaration should be used.
+     * @return The namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which 
previous plugin declaration should be used.
      */
     public String getPluginIdAttr()
     {
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public class PluginRules
     /**
      * See {@link PluginContext#getPluginIdAttrNs}.
      *
-     * @return the namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which 
previous plugin declaration should be used.
+     * @return The namespace for the XML attribute which indicates which 
previous plugin declaration should be used.
      */
     public String getPluginIdAttrNs()
     {
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ public class PluginRules
     /**
      * See {@link PluginContext#getRuleFinders}.
      *
-     * @return the list of RuleFinder objects
+     * @return The list of RuleFinder objects
      */
     public List<RuleFinder> getRuleFinders()
     {
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public class PluginRules
     /**
      * Gets the rules factory object (or null if one has not been specified).
      *
-     * @return the rules factory object.
+     * @return The rules factory object.
      */
     public RulesFactory getRulesFactory()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/substitution/VariableExpander.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/substitution/VariableExpander.java
index 1c4d29a3..6d53b879 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/substitution/VariableExpander.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/substitution/VariableExpander.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public interface VariableExpander
      * the string, then the input parameter is returned unaltered.
      *
      * @param param the string containing variables to be replaced.
-     * @return the input string with any variables replaced by their 
corresponding value.
+     * @return The input string with any variables replaced by their 
corresponding value.
      */
     String expand( String param );
 
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/xmlrules/WithMemoryRulesBinder.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/xmlrules/WithMemoryRulesBinder.java
index 63307054..98381c26 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/xmlrules/WithMemoryRulesBinder.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/xmlrules/WithMemoryRulesBinder.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ final class WithMemoryRulesBinder
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the set of included files
+     * @return The set of included files
      */
     public Set<String> getIncludedFiles()
     {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ final class WithMemoryRulesBinder
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the pattern stack
+     * @return The pattern stack
      */
     public PatternStack getPatternStack()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ExtendedBaseRulesTestCase.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ExtendedBaseRulesTestCase.java
index 62e68295..2bd0c936 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ExtendedBaseRulesTestCase.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/ExtendedBaseRulesTestCase.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class ExtendedBaseRulesTestCase
      * <p>
      * This should be overridden by subclasses.
      *
-     * @return the matching rules to be tested.
+     * @return The matching rules to be tested.
      */
     @Override
     protected Rules createMatchingRulesForTest()
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RulesBaseTestCase.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RulesBaseTestCase.java
index e55c4ecf..01ba9d2e 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RulesBaseTestCase.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/RulesBaseTestCase.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class RulesBaseTestCase
      * <p>
      * This should be overridden by subclasses.
      *
-     * @return the matching rules to be tested.
+     * @return The matching rules to be tested.
      */
     protected Rules createMatchingRulesForTest()
     {
diff --git 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/Entity.java
 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/Entity.java
index d2fb2f20..b315bbd3 100644
--- 
a/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/Entity.java
+++ 
b/commons-digester3-core/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/digester3/binder/Entity.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class Entity
     private String author;
 
     /**
-     * @return the author.
+     * @return The author.
      */
     public String getAuthor()
     {


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