On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:14:48 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hann...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/DocFilesHandlerImpl.java
>> line 201:
>>
>>> 199:
>>> 200: HtmlDocletWriter docletWriter = new
>>> DocFileWriter(configuration, dfilePath, element, pkg);
>>> 201: configuration.messages.notice("doclet.Generating_0",
>>> docletWriter.filename.getPath());
>>
>> I guess this is to prevent duplicate output. It could probably have been
>> solved by printing the HTML file's whole path (`docletWriter.filename` just
>> contains the base name), or including the destination path. But I'm not
>> convinced we need to generate a message for each and every file we copy, so
>> it's probably fine as it is.
>
> Please ignore that comment, I just saw there's already a message with the
> full path.
FWIW, based on other recent experiences, I think there is the potential to have
more versatile control of which messages to suppress. `-quiet` just does
everything. But this is another discussion.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2652
