7132338: Use @code friendly idiom for '\' in javadoc

Reviewed-by: alanb

src/share/classes/java/io/DataInput.java

 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 package java.io;
 
 /**
- * The <code>DataInput</code> interface provides
+ * The {@code DataInput} interface provides
  * for reading bytes from a binary stream and
  * reconstructing from them data in any of
  * the Java primitive types. There is also
  * a
- * facility for reconstructing a <code>String</code>
+ * facility for reconstructing a {@code String}
  * from data in
  * <a href="#modified-utf-8">modified UTF-8</a>
  * format.
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ package java.io;
  * It is generally true of all the reading
  * routines in this interface that if end of
  * file is reached before the desired number
- * of bytes has been read, an <code>EOFException</code>
- * (which is a kind of <code>IOException</code>)
+ * of bytes has been read, an {@code EOFException}
+ * (which is a kind of {@code IOException})
  * is thrown. If any byte cannot be read for
- * any reason other than end of file, an <code>IOException</code>
- * other than <code>EOFException</code> is
- * thrown. In particular, an <code>IOException</code>
+ * any reason other than end of file, an {@code IOException}
+ * other than {@code EOFException} is
+ * thrown. In particular, an {@code IOException}
  * may be thrown if the input stream has been
  * closed.
  *
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ package java.io;
  * Note that in the following tables, the most significant bit appears in the
  * far left-hand column.
  * <p>
- * All characters in the range <code>'&#92;u0001'</code> to
- * <code>'&#92;u007F'</code> are represented by a single byte:
+ * All characters in the range {@code '\u005Cu0001'} to
+ * {@code '\u005Cu007F'} are represented by a single byte:
  *
  * <blockquote>
  *   <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" width="50%"
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ package java.io;
  * </blockquote>
  *
  * <p>
- * The null character <code>'&#92;u0000'</code> and characters in the
- * range <code>'&#92;u0080'</code> to <code>'&#92;u07FF'</code> are
+ * The null character {@code '\u005Cu0000'} and characters in the
+ * range {@code '\u005Cu0080'} to {@code '\u005Cu07FF'} are
  * represented by a pair of bytes:
  *
  * <blockquote>
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ package java.io;
  *  </blockquote>
  *
  * <br>
- * <code>char</code> values in the range <code>'&#92;u0800'</code> to
- * <code>'&#92;uFFFF'</code> are represented by three bytes:
+ * {@code char} values in the range {@code '\u005Cu0800'} to
+ * {@code '\u005CuFFFF'} are represented by three bytes:
  *
  * <blockquote>
  *   <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" width="50%"
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ package java.io;
  * The differences between this format and the
  * standard UTF-8 format are the following:
  * <ul>
- * <li>The null byte <code>'&#92;u0000'</code> is encoded in 2-byte format
+ * <li>The null byte {@code '\u005Cu0000'} is encoded in 2-byte format
  *     rather than 1-byte, so that the encoded strings never have
  *     embedded nulls.
  * <li>Only the 1-byte, 2-byte, and 3-byte formats are used.
@@ -195,36 +195,36 @@ interface DataInput {
     /**
      * Reads some bytes from an input
      * stream and stores them into the buffer
-     * array <code>b</code>. The number of bytes
+     * array {@code b}. The number of bytes
      * read is equal
-     * to the length of <code>b</code>.
+     * to the length of {@code b}.
      * <p>
      * This method blocks until one of the
      * following conditions occurs:<p>
      * <ul>
-     * <li><code>b.length</code>
+     * <li>{@code b.length}
      * bytes of input data are available, in which
      * case a normal return is made.
      *
      * <li>End of
-     * file is detected, in which case an <code>EOFException</code>
+     * file is detected, in which case an {@code EOFException}
      * is thrown.
      *
      * <li>An I/O error occurs, in
-     * which case an <code>IOException</code> other
-     * than <code>EOFException</code> is thrown.
+     * which case an {@code IOException} other
+     * than {@code EOFException} is thrown.
      * </ul>
      * <p>
-     * If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>,
-     * a <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.
-     * If <code>b.length</code> is zero, then
+     * If {@code b} is {@code null},
+     * a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown.
+     * If {@code b.length} is zero, then
      * no bytes are read. Otherwise, the first
-     * byte read is stored into element <code>b[0]</code>,
-     * the next one into <code>b[1]</code>, and
+     * byte read is stored into element {@code b[0]},
+     * the next one into {@code b[1]}, and
      * so on.
      * If an exception is thrown from
      * this method, then it may be that some but
-     * not all bytes of <code>b</code> have been
+     * not all bytes of {@code b} have been
      * updated with data from the input stream.
      *
      * @param     b   the buffer into which the data is read.
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ interface DataInput {
 
     /**
      *
-     * Reads <code>len</code>
+     * Reads {@code len}
      * bytes from
      * an input stream.
      * <p>
@@ -244,32 +244,32 @@ interface DataInput {
      * blocks until one of the following conditions
      * occurs:<p>
      * <ul>
-     * <li><code>len</code> bytes
+     * <li>{@code len} bytes
      * of input data are available, in which case
      * a normal return is made.
      *
      * <li>End of file
-     * is detected, in which case an <code>EOFException</code>
+     * is detected, in which case an {@code EOFException}
      * is thrown.
      *
      * <li>An I/O error occurs, in
-     * which case an <code>IOException</code> other
-     * than <code>EOFException</code> is thrown.
+     * which case an {@code IOException} other
+     * than {@code EOFException} is thrown.
      * </ul>
      * <p>
-     * If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>,
-     * a <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.
-     * If <code>off</code> is negative, or <code>len</code>
-     * is negative, or <code>off+len</code> is
-     * greater than the length of the array <code>b</code>,
-     * then an <code>IndexOutOfBoundsException</code>
+     * If {@code b} is {@code null},
+     * a {@code NullPointerException} is thrown.
+     * If {@code off} is negative, or {@code len}
+     * is negative, or {@code off+len} is
+     * greater than the length of the array {@code b},
+     * then an {@code IndexOutOfBoundsException}
      * is thrown.
-     * If <code>len</code> is zero,
+     * If {@code len} is zero,
      * then no bytes are read. Otherwise, the first
-     * byte read is stored into element <code>b[off]</code>,
-     * the next one into <code>b[off+1]</code>,
+     * byte read is stored into element {@code b[off]},
+     * the next one into {@code b[off+1]},
      * and so on. The number of bytes read is,
-     * at most, equal to <code>len</code>.
+     * at most, equal to {@code len}.
      *
      * @param     b   the buffer into which the data is read.
      * @param off  an int specifying the offset into the data.
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ interface DataInput {
 
     /**
      * Makes an attempt to skip over
-     * <code>n</code> bytes
+     * {@code n} bytes
      * of data from the input
      * stream, discarding the skipped bytes. However,
      * it may skip
@@ -290,10 +290,10 @@ interface DataInput {
      * bytes, possibly zero. This may result from
      * any of a
      * number of conditions; reaching
-     * end of file before <code>n</code> bytes
+     * end of file before {@code n} bytes
      * have been skipped is
      * only one possibility.
-     * This method never throws an <code>EOFException</code>.
+     * This method never throws an {@code EOFException}.
      * The actual
      * number of bytes skipped is returned.
      *
@@ -305,13 +305,13 @@ interface DataInput {
 
     /**
      * Reads one input byte and returns
-     * <code>true</code> if that byte is nonzero,
-     * <code>false</code> if that byte is zero.
+     * {@code true} if that byte is nonzero,
+     * {@code false} if that byte is zero.
      * This method is suitable for reading
-     * the byte written by the <code>writeBoolean</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * the byte written by the {@code writeBoolean}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>boolean</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code boolean} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -321,11 +321,11 @@ interface DataInput {
     /**
      * Reads and returns one input byte.
      * The byte is treated as a signed value in
-     * the range <code>-128</code> through <code>127</code>,
+     * the range {@code -128} through {@code 127},
      * inclusive.
      * This method is suitable for
-     * reading the byte written by the <code>writeByte</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * reading the byte written by the {@code writeByte}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
      * @return     the 8-bit value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
@@ -336,16 +336,16 @@ interface DataInput {
 
     /**
      * Reads one input byte, zero-extends
-     * it to type <code>int</code>, and returns
+     * it to type {@code int}, and returns
      * the result, which is therefore in the range
-     * <code>0</code>
-     * through <code>255</code>.
+     * {@code 0}
+     * through {@code 255}.
      * This method is suitable for reading
-     * the byte written by the <code>writeByte</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>
-     * if the argument to <code>writeByte</code>
+     * the byte written by the {@code writeByte}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}
+     * if the argument to {@code writeByte}
      * was intended to be a value in the range
-     * <code>0</code> through <code>255</code>.
+     * {@code 0} through {@code 255}.
      *
      * @return     the unsigned 8-bit value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ interface DataInput {
 
     /**
      * Reads two input bytes and returns
-     * a <code>short</code> value. Let <code>a</code>
-     * be the first byte read and <code>b</code>
+     * a {@code short} value. Let {@code a}
+     * be the first byte read and {@code b}
      * be the second byte. The value
      * returned
      * is:
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ interface DataInput {
      * </code></pre>
      * This method
      * is suitable for reading the bytes written
-     * by the <code>writeShort</code> method of
-     * interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * by the {@code writeShort} method of
+     * interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
      * @return     the 16-bit value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
@@ -377,19 +377,19 @@ interface DataInput {
 
     /**
      * Reads two input bytes and returns
-     * an <code>int</code> value in the range <code>0</code>
-     * through <code>65535</code>. Let <code>a</code>
+     * an {@code int} value in the range {@code 0}
+     * through {@code 65535}. Let {@code a}
      * be the first byte read and
-     * <code>b</code>
+     * {@code b}
      * be the second byte. The value returned is:
      * <p><pre><code>(((a &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 8) | (b &amp; 0xff))
      * </code></pre>
      * This method is suitable for reading the bytes
-     * written by the <code>writeShort</code> method
-     * of interface <code>DataOutput</code>  if
-     * the argument to <code>writeShort</code>
+     * written by the {@code writeShort} method
+     * of interface {@code DataOutput}  if
+     * the argument to {@code writeShort}
      * was intended to be a value in the range
-     * <code>0</code> through <code>65535</code>.
+     * {@code 0} through {@code 65535}.
      *
      * @return     the unsigned 16-bit value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
@@ -399,19 +399,19 @@ interface DataInput {
     int readUnsignedShort() throws IOException;
 
     /**
-     * Reads two input bytes and returns a <code>char</code> value.
-     * Let <code>a</code>
-     * be the first byte read and <code>b</code>
+     * Reads two input bytes and returns a {@code char} value.
+     * Let {@code a}
+     * be the first byte read and {@code b}
      * be the second byte. The value
      * returned is:
      * <p><pre><code>(char)((a &lt;&lt; 8) | (b &amp; 0xff))
      * </code></pre>
      * This method
      * is suitable for reading bytes written by
-     * the <code>writeChar</code> method of interface
-     * <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * the {@code writeChar} method of interface
+     * {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>char</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code char} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -420,18 +420,17 @@ interface DataInput {
 
     /**
      * Reads four input bytes and returns an
-     * <code>int</code> value. Let <code>a-d</code>
+     * {@code int} value. Let {@code a-d}
      * be the first through fourth bytes read. The value returned is:
-     * <p><pre>
-     * <code>
+     * <p><pre><code>
      * (((a &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 24) | ((b &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 16) |
      * &#32;((c &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 8) | (d &amp; 0xff))
      * </code></pre>
      * This method is suitable
-     * for reading bytes written by the <code>writeInt</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * for reading bytes written by the {@code writeInt}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>int</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code int} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -440,10 +439,10 @@ interface DataInput {
 
     /**
      * Reads eight input bytes and returns
-     * a <code>long</code> value. Let <code>a-h</code>
+     * a {@code long} value. Let {@code a-h}
      * be the first through eighth bytes read.
      * The value returned is:
-     * <p><pre> <code>
+     * <p><pre><code>
      * (((long)(a &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 56) |
      *  ((long)(b &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 48) |
      *  ((long)(c &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 40) |
@@ -455,10 +454,10 @@ interface DataInput {
      * </code></pre>
      * <p>
      * This method is suitable
-     * for reading bytes written by the <code>writeLong</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * for reading bytes written by the {@code writeLong}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>long</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code long} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -467,18 +466,18 @@ interface DataInput {
 
     /**
      * Reads four input bytes and returns
-     * a <code>float</code> value. It does this
-     * by first constructing an <code>int</code>
+     * a {@code float} value. It does this
+     * by first constructing an {@code int}
      * value in exactly the manner
-     * of the <code>readInt</code>
-     * method, then converting this <code>int</code>
-     * value to a <code>float</code> in
-     * exactly the manner of the method <code>Float.intBitsToFloat</code>.
+     * of the {@code readInt}
+     * method, then converting this {@code int}
+     * value to a {@code float} in
+     * exactly the manner of the method {@code Float.intBitsToFloat}.
      * This method is suitable for reading
-     * bytes written by the <code>writeFloat</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * bytes written by the {@code writeFloat}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>float</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code float} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -487,18 +486,18 @@ interface DataInput {
 
     /**
      * Reads eight input bytes and returns
-     * a <code>double</code> value. It does this
-     * by first constructing a <code>long</code>
+     * a {@code double} value. It does this
+     * by first constructing a {@code long}
      * value in exactly the manner
-     * of the <code>readlong</code>
-     * method, then converting this <code>long</code>
-     * value to a <code>double</code> in exactly
-     * the manner of the method <code>Double.longBitsToDouble</code>.
+     * of the {@code readlong}
+     * method, then converting this {@code long}
+     * value to a {@code double} in exactly
+     * the manner of the method {@code Double.longBitsToDouble}.
      * This method is suitable for reading
-     * bytes written by the <code>writeDouble</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>.
+     * bytes written by the {@code writeDouble}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>double</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code double} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this stream reaches the end before reading
      *               all the bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -512,35 +511,35 @@ interface DataInput {
      * until it encounters a line terminator or
      * end of
      * file; the characters read are then
-     * returned as a <code>String</code>. Note
+     * returned as a {@code String}. Note
      * that because this
      * method processes bytes,
      * it does not support input of the full Unicode
      * character set.
      * <p>
      * If end of file is encountered
-     * before even one byte can be read, then <code>null</code>
+     * before even one byte can be read, then {@code null}
      * is returned. Otherwise, each byte that is
-     * read is converted to type <code>char</code>
-     * by zero-extension. If the character <code>'\n'</code>
+     * read is converted to type {@code char}
+     * by zero-extension. If the character {@code '\n'}
      * is encountered, it is discarded and reading
-     * ceases. If the character <code>'\r'</code>
+     * ceases. If the character {@code '\r'}
      * is encountered, it is discarded and, if
      * the following byte converts &#32;to the
-     * character <code>'\n'</code>, then that is
+     * character {@code '\n'}, then that is
      * discarded also; reading then ceases. If
      * end of file is encountered before either
-     * of the characters <code>'\n'</code> and
-     * <code>'\r'</code> is encountered, reading
-     * ceases. Once reading has ceased, a <code>String</code>
+     * of the characters {@code '\n'} and
+     * {@code '\r'} is encountered, reading
+     * ceases. Once reading has ceased, a {@code String}
      * is returned that contains all the characters
      * read and not discarded, taken in order.
      * Note that every character in this string
-     * will have a value less than <code>&#92;u0100</code>,
-     * that is, <code>(char)256</code>.
+     * will have a value less than {@code \u005Cu0100},
+     * that is, {@code (char)256}.
      *
      * @return the next line of text from the input stream,
-     *         or <CODE>null</CODE> if the end of file is
+     *         or {@code null} if the end of file is
      *         encountered before a byte can be read.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      */
@@ -550,15 +549,15 @@ interface DataInput {
      * Reads in a string that has been encoded using a
      * <a href="#modified-utf-8">modified UTF-8</a>
      * format.
-     * The general contract of <code>readUTF</code>
+     * The general contract of {@code readUTF}
      * is that it reads a representation of a Unicode
      * character string encoded in modified
      * UTF-8 format; this string of characters
-     * is then returned as a <code>String</code>.
+     * is then returned as a {@code String}.
      * <p>
      * First, two bytes are read and used to
      * construct an unsigned 16-bit integer in
-     * exactly the manner of the <code>readUnsignedShort</code>
+     * exactly the manner of the {@code readUnsignedShort}
      * method . This integer value is called the
      * <i>UTF length</i> and specifies the number
      * of additional bytes to be read. These bytes
@@ -570,58 +569,58 @@ interface DataInput {
      * next group.
      * <p>
      * If the first byte of a group
-     * matches the bit pattern <code>0xxxxxxx</code>
-     * (where <code>x</code> means "may be <code>0</code>
-     * or <code>1</code>"), then the group consists
+     * matches the bit pattern {@code 0xxxxxxx}
+     * (where {@code x} means "may be {@code 0}
+     * or {@code 1}"), then the group consists
      * of just that byte. The byte is zero-extended
      * to form a character.
      * <p>
      * If the first byte
-     * of a group matches the bit pattern <code>110xxxxx</code>,
-     * then the group consists of that byte <code>a</code>
-     * and a second byte <code>b</code>. If there
-     * is no byte <code>b</code> (because byte
-     * <code>a</code> was the last of the bytes
-     * to be read), or if byte <code>b</code> does
-     * not match the bit pattern <code>10xxxxxx</code>,
-     * then a <code>UTFDataFormatException</code>
+     * of a group matches the bit pattern {@code 110xxxxx},
+     * then the group consists of that byte {@code a}
+     * and a second byte {@code b}. If there
+     * is no byte {@code b} (because byte
+     * {@code a} was the last of the bytes
+     * to be read), or if byte {@code b} does
+     * not match the bit pattern {@code 10xxxxxx},
+     * then a {@code UTFDataFormatException}
      * is thrown. Otherwise, the group is converted
      * to the character:<p>
      * <pre><code>(char)(((a&amp; 0x1F) &lt;&lt; 6) | (b &amp; 0x3F))
      * </code></pre>
      * If the first byte of a group
-     * matches the bit pattern <code>1110xxxx</code>,
-     * then the group consists of that byte <code>a</code>
-     * and two more bytes <code>b</code> and <code>c</code>.
-     * If there is no byte <code>c</code> (because
-     * byte <code>a</code> was one of the last
+     * matches the bit pattern {@code 1110xxxx},
+     * then the group consists of that byte {@code a}
+     * and two more bytes {@code b} and {@code c}.
+     * If there is no byte {@code c} (because
+     * byte {@code a} was one of the last
      * two of the bytes to be read), or either
-     * byte <code>b</code> or byte <code>c</code>
-     * does not match the bit pattern <code>10xxxxxx</code>,
-     * then a <code>UTFDataFormatException</code>
+     * byte {@code b} or byte {@code c}
+     * does not match the bit pattern {@code 10xxxxxx},
+     * then a {@code UTFDataFormatException}
      * is thrown. Otherwise, the group is converted
      * to the character:<p>
      * <pre><code>
      * (char)(((a &amp; 0x0F) &lt;&lt; 12) | ((b &amp; 0x3F) &lt;&lt; 6) | (c &amp; 0x3F))
      * </code></pre>
      * If the first byte of a group matches the
-     * pattern <code>1111xxxx</code> or the pattern
-     * <code>10xxxxxx</code>, then a <code>UTFDataFormatException</code>
+     * pattern {@code 1111xxxx} or the pattern
+     * {@code 10xxxxxx}, then a {@code UTFDataFormatException}
      * is thrown.
      * <p>
      * If end of file is encountered
      * at any time during this entire process,
-     * then an <code>EOFException</code> is thrown.
+     * then an {@code EOFException} is thrown.
      * <p>
      * After every group has been converted to
      * a character by this process, the characters
      * are gathered, in the same order in which
      * their corresponding groups were read from
-     * the input stream, to form a <code>String</code>,
+     * the input stream, to form a {@code String},
      * which is returned.
      * <p>
-     * The <code>writeUTF</code>
-     * method of interface <code>DataOutput</code>
+     * The {@code writeUTF}
+     * method of interface {@code DataOutput}
      * may be used to write data that is suitable
      * for reading by this method.
      * @return     a Unicode string.

src/share/classes/java/io/LineNumberInputStream.java

 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ package java.io;
  * functionality of keeping track of the current line number.
  * <p>
  * A line is a sequence of bytes ending with a carriage return
- * character (<code>'&#92;r'</code>), a newline character
- * (<code>'&#92;n'</code>), or a carriage return character followed
+ * character ({@code '\u005Cr'}), a newline character
+ * ({@code '\u005Cn'}), or a carriage return character followed
  * immediately by a linefeed character. In all three cases, the line
  * terminating character(s) are returned as a single newline character.
  * <p>
- * The line number begins at <code>0</code>, and is incremented by
- * <code>1</code> when a <code>read</code> returns a newline character.
+ * The line number begins at {@code 0}, and is incremented by
+ * {@code 1} when a {@code read} returns a newline character.
  *
  * @author     Arthur van Hoff
  * @see        java.io.LineNumberReader
@@ -66,22 +66,22 @@ class LineNumberInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
 
     /**
      * Reads the next byte of data from this input stream. The value
-     * byte is returned as an <code>int</code> in the range
-     * <code>0</code> to <code>255</code>. If no byte is available
+     * byte is returned as an {@code int} in the range
+     * {@code 0} to {@code 255}. If no byte is available
      * because the end of the stream has been reached, the value
-     * <code>-1</code> is returned. This method blocks until input data
+     * {@code -1} is returned. This method blocks until input data
      * is available, the end of the stream is detected, or an exception
      * is thrown.
      * <p>
-     * The <code>read</code> method of
-     * <code>LineNumberInputStream</code> calls the <code>read</code>
+     * The {@code read} method of
+     * {@code LineNumberInputStream} calls the {@code read}
      * method of the underlying input stream. It checks for carriage
      * returns and newline characters in the input, and modifies the
      * current line number as appropriate. A carriage-return character or
      * a carriage return followed by a newline character are both
      * converted into a single newline character.
      *
-     * @return     the next byte of data, or <code>-1</code> if the end of this
+     * @return     the next byte of data, or {@code -1} if the end of this
      *             stream is reached.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      * @see        java.io.FilterInputStream#in
@@ -111,18 +111,18 @@ class LineNumberInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads up to <code>len</code> bytes of data from this input stream
+     * Reads up to {@code len} bytes of data from this input stream
      * into an array of bytes. This method blocks until some input is available.
      * <p>
-     * The <code>read</code> method of
-     * <code>LineNumberInputStream</code> repeatedly calls the
-     * <code>read</code> method of zero arguments to fill in the byte array.
+     * The {@code read} method of
+     * {@code LineNumberInputStream} repeatedly calls the
+     * {@code read} method of zero arguments to fill in the byte array.
      *
      * @param      b     the buffer into which the data is read.
      * @param      off   the start offset of the data.
      * @param      len   the maximum number of bytes read.
      * @return     the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or
-     *             <code>-1</code> if there is no more data because the end of
+     *             {@code -1} if there is no more data because the end of
      *             this stream has been reached.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      * @see        java.io.LineNumberInputStream#read()
@@ -160,15 +160,15 @@ class LineNumberInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Skips over and discards <code>n</code> bytes of data from this
-     * input stream. The <code>skip</code> method may, for a variety of
+     * Skips over and discards {@code n} bytes of data from this
+     * input stream. The {@code skip} method may, for a variety of
      * reasons, end up skipping over some smaller number of bytes,
-     * possibly <code>0</code>. The actual number of bytes skipped is
-     * returned.  If <code>n</code> is negative, no bytes are skipped.
+     * possibly {@code 0}. The actual number of bytes skipped is
+     * returned.  If {@code n} is negative, no bytes are skipped.
      * <p>
-     * The <code>skip</code> method of <code>LineNumberInputStream</code> creates
+     * The {@code skip} method of {@code LineNumberInputStream} creates
      * a byte array and then repeatedly reads into it until
-     * <code>n</code> bytes have been read or the end of the stream has
+     * {@code n} bytes have been read or the end of the stream has
      * been reached.
      *
      * @param      n   the number of bytes to be skipped.
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ class LineNumberInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
      * <p>
      * Note that if the underlying input stream is able to supply
      * <i>k</i> input characters without blocking, the
-     * <code>LineNumberInputStream</code> can guarantee only to provide
+     * {@code LineNumberInputStream} can guarantee only to provide
      * <i>k</i>/2 characters without blocking, because the
      * <i>k</i> characters from the underlying input stream might
-     * consist of <i>k</i>/2 pairs of <code>'&#92;r'</code> and
-     * <code>'&#92;n'</code>, which are converted to just
-     * <i>k</i>/2 <code>'&#92;n'</code> characters.
+     * consist of <i>k</i>/2 pairs of {@code '\u005Cr'} and
+     * {@code '\u005Cn'}, which are converted to just
+     * <i>k</i>/2 {@code '\u005Cn'} characters.
      *
      * @return     the number of bytes that can be read from this input stream
      *             without blocking.
@@ -243,12 +243,12 @@ class LineNumberInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
 
     /**
      * Marks the current position in this input stream. A subsequent
-     * call to the <code>reset</code> method repositions this stream at
+     * call to the {@code reset} method repositions this stream at
      * the last marked position so that subsequent reads re-read the same bytes.
      * <p>
-     * The <code>mark</code> method of
-     * <code>LineNumberInputStream</code> remembers the current line
-     * number in a private variable, and then calls the <code>mark</code>
+     * The {@code mark} method of
+     * {@code LineNumberInputStream} remembers the current line
+     * number in a private variable, and then calls the {@code mark}
      * method of the underlying input stream.
      *
      * @param   readlimit   the maximum limit of bytes that can be read before
@@ -264,12 +264,12 @@ class LineNumberInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
 
     /**
      * Repositions this stream to the position at the time the
-     * <code>mark</code> method was last called on this input stream.
+     * {@code mark} method was last called on this input stream.
      * <p>
-     * The <code>reset</code> method of
-     * <code>LineNumberInputStream</code> resets the line number to be
-     * the line number at the time the <code>mark</code> method was
-     * called, and then calls the <code>reset</code> method of the
+     * The {@code reset} method of
+     * {@code LineNumberInputStream} resets the line number to be
+     * the line number at the time the {@code mark} method was
+     * called, and then calls the {@code reset} method of the
      * underlying input stream.
      * <p>
      * Stream marks are intended to be used in

src/share/classes/java/io/RandomAccessFile.java

 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ import sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl;
  * the file pointer past the bytes written. Output operations that write
  * past the current end of the implied array cause the array to be
  * extended. The file pointer can be read by the
- * <code>getFilePointer</code> method and set by the <code>seek</code>
+ * {@code getFilePointer} method and set by the {@code seek}
  * method.
  * <p>
  * It is generally true of all the reading routines in this class that
  * if end-of-file is reached before the desired number of bytes has been
- * read, an <code>EOFException</code> (which is a kind of
- * <code>IOException</code>) is thrown. If any byte cannot be read for
- * any reason other than end-of-file, an <code>IOException</code> other
- * than <code>EOFException</code> is thrown. In particular, an
- * <code>IOException</code> may be thrown if the stream has been closed.
+ * read, an {@code EOFException} (which is a kind of
+ * {@code IOException}) is thrown. If any byte cannot be read for
+ * any reason other than end-of-file, an {@code IOException} other
+ * than {@code EOFException} is thrown. In particular, an
+ * {@code IOException} may be thrown if the stream has been closed.
  *
  * @author  unascribed
  * @since   JDK1.0
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * href="#mode"><tt>RandomAccessFile(File,String)</tt></a> constructor.
      *
      * <p>
-     * If there is a security manager, its <code>checkRead</code> method
-     * is called with the <code>name</code> argument
+     * If there is a security manager, its {@code checkRead} method
+     * is called with the {@code name} argument
      * as its argument to see if read access to the file is allowed.
      * If the mode allows writing, the security manager's
-     * <code>checkWrite</code> method
-     * is also called with the <code>name</code> argument
+     * {@code checkWrite} method
+     * is also called with the {@code name} argument
      * as its argument to see if write access to the file is allowed.
      *
      * @param      name   the system-dependent filename
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      *            that name cannot be created, or if some other error occurs
      *            while opening or creating the file
      * @exception  SecurityException         if a security manager exists and its
-     *               <code>checkRead</code> method denies read access to the file
+     *               {@code checkRead} method denies read access to the file
      *               or the mode is "rw" and the security manager's
-     *               <code>checkWrite</code> method denies write access to the file
+     *               {@code checkWrite} method denies write access to the file
      * @see        java.lang.SecurityException
      * @see        java.lang.SecurityManager#checkRead(java.lang.String)
      * @see        java.lang.SecurityManager#checkWrite(java.lang.String)
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * updates to both the file's content and its metadata to be written, which
      * generally requires at least one more low-level I/O operation.
      *
-     * <p> If there is a security manager, its <code>checkRead</code> method is
-     * called with the pathname of the <code>file</code> argument as its
+     * <p> If there is a security manager, its {@code checkRead} method is
+     * called with the pathname of the {@code file} argument as its
      * argument to see if read access to the file is allowed.  If the mode
-     * allows writing, the security manager's <code>checkWrite</code> method is
+     * allows writing, the security manager's {@code checkWrite} method is
      * also called with the path argument to see if write access to the file is
      * allowed.
      *
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      *            that name cannot be created, or if some other error occurs
      *            while opening or creating the file
      * @exception  SecurityException         if a security manager exists and its
-     *               <code>checkRead</code> method denies read access to the file
+     *               {@code checkRead} method denies read access to the file
      *               or the mode is "rw" and the security manager's
-     *               <code>checkWrite</code> method denies write access to the file
+     *               {@code checkWrite} method denies write access to the file
      * @see        java.lang.SecurityManager#checkRead(java.lang.String)
      * @see        java.lang.SecurityManager#checkWrite(java.lang.String)
      * @see        java.nio.channels.FileChannel#force(boolean)
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * object associated with this file.
      *
      * <p> The {@link java.nio.channels.FileChannel#position()
-     * </code>position<code>} of the returned channel will always be equal to
+     * position} of the returned channel will always be equal to
      * this object's file-pointer offset as returned by the {@link
      * #getFilePointer getFilePointer} method.  Changing this object's
      * file-pointer offset, whether explicitly or by reading or writing bytes,
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
 
     /**
      * Opens a file and returns the file descriptor.  The file is
-     * opened in read-write mode if the O_RDWR bit in <code>mode</code>
+     * opened in read-write mode if the O_RDWR bit in {@code mode}
      * is true, else the file is opened as read-only.
-     * If the <code>name</code> refers to a directory, an IOException
+     * If the {@code name} refers to a directory, an IOException
      * is thrown.
      *
      * @param name the name of the file
@@ -293,15 +293,15 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
 
     /**
      * Reads a byte of data from this file. The byte is returned as an
-     * integer in the range 0 to 255 (<code>0x00-0x0ff</code>). This
+     * integer in the range 0 to 255 ({@code 0x00-0x0ff}). This
      * method blocks if no input is yet available.
      * <p>
-     * Although <code>RandomAccessFile</code> is not a subclass of
-     * <code>InputStream</code>, this method behaves in exactly the same
+     * Although {@code RandomAccessFile} is not a subclass of
+     * {@code InputStream}, this method behaves in exactly the same
      * way as the {@link InputStream#read()} method of
-     * <code>InputStream</code>.
+     * {@code InputStream}.
      *
-     * @return     the next byte of data, or <code>-1</code> if the end of the
+     * @return     the next byte of data, or {@code -1} if the end of the
      *             file has been reached.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs. Not thrown if
      *                          end-of-file has been reached.
@@ -318,59 +318,59 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     private native int readBytes(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException;
 
     /**
-     * Reads up to <code>len</code> bytes of data from this file into an
+     * Reads up to {@code len} bytes of data from this file into an
      * array of bytes. This method blocks until at least one byte of input
      * is available.
      * <p>
-     * Although <code>RandomAccessFile</code> is not a subclass of
-     * <code>InputStream</code>, this method behaves in exactly the
+     * Although {@code RandomAccessFile} is not a subclass of
+     * {@code InputStream}, this method behaves in exactly the
      * same way as the {@link InputStream#read(byte[], int, int)} method of
-     * <code>InputStream</code>.
+     * {@code InputStream}.
      *
      * @param      b     the buffer into which the data is read.
-     * @param      off   the start offset in array <code>b</code>
+     * @param      off   the start offset in array {@code b}
      *                   at which the data is written.
      * @param      len   the maximum number of bytes read.
      * @return     the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or
-     *             <code>-1</code> if there is no more data because the end of
+     *             {@code -1} if there is no more data because the end of
      *             the file has been reached.
      * @exception  IOException If the first byte cannot be read for any reason
      * other than end of file, or if the random access file has been closed, or if
      * some other I/O error occurs.
-     * @exception  NullPointerException If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>.
-     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException If <code>off</code> is negative,
-     * <code>len</code> is negative, or <code>len</code> is greater than
-     * <code>b.length - off</code>
+     * @exception  NullPointerException If {@code b} is {@code null}.
+     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException If {@code off} is negative,
+     * {@code len} is negative, or {@code len} is greater than
+     * {@code b.length - off}
      */
     public int read(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
         return readBytes(b, off, len);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads up to <code>b.length</code> bytes of data from this file
+     * Reads up to {@code b.length} bytes of data from this file
      * into an array of bytes. This method blocks until at least one byte
      * of input is available.
      * <p>
-     * Although <code>RandomAccessFile</code> is not a subclass of
-     * <code>InputStream</code>, this method behaves in exactly the
+     * Although {@code RandomAccessFile} is not a subclass of
+     * {@code InputStream}, this method behaves in exactly the
      * same way as the {@link InputStream#read(byte[])} method of
-     * <code>InputStream</code>.
+     * {@code InputStream}.
      *
      * @param      b   the buffer into which the data is read.
      * @return     the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or
-     *             <code>-1</code> if there is no more data because the end of
+     *             {@code -1} if there is no more data because the end of
      *             this file has been reached.
      * @exception  IOException If the first byte cannot be read for any reason
      * other than end of file, or if the random access file has been closed, or if
      * some other I/O error occurs.
-     * @exception  NullPointerException If <code>b</code> is <code>null</code>.
+     * @exception  NullPointerException If {@code b} is {@code null}.
      */
     public int read(byte b[]) throws IOException {
         return readBytes(b, 0, b.length);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads <code>b.length</code> bytes from this file into the byte
+     * Reads {@code b.length} bytes from this file into the byte
      * array, starting at the current file pointer. This method reads
      * repeatedly from the file until the requested number of bytes are
      * read. This method blocks until the requested number of bytes are
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads exactly <code>len</code> bytes from this file into the byte
+     * Reads exactly {@code len} bytes from this file into the byte
      * array, starting at the current file pointer. This method reads
      * repeatedly from the file until the requested number of bytes are
      * read. This method blocks until the requested number of bytes are
@@ -410,15 +410,15 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Attempts to skip over <code>n</code> bytes of input discarding the
+     * Attempts to skip over {@code n} bytes of input discarding the
      * skipped bytes.
      * <p>
      *
      * This method may skip over some smaller number of bytes, possibly zero.
      * This may result from any of a number of conditions; reaching end of
-     * file before <code>n</code> bytes have been skipped is only one
-     * possibility. This method never throws an <code>EOFException</code>.
-     * The actual number of bytes skipped is returned.  If <code>n</code>
+     * file before {@code n} bytes have been skipped is only one
+     * possibility. This method never throws an {@code EOFException}.
+     * The actual number of bytes skipped is returned.  If {@code n}
      * is negative, no bytes are skipped.
      *
      * @param      n   the number of bytes to be skipped.
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * Writes the specified byte to this file. The write starts at
      * the current file pointer.
      *
-     * @param      b   the <code>byte</code> to be written.
+     * @param      b   the {@code byte} to be written.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public native void write(int b) throws IOException;
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     private native void writeBytes(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException;
 
     /**
-     * Writes <code>b.length</code> bytes from the specified byte array
+     * Writes {@code b.length} bytes from the specified byte array
      * to this file, starting at the current file pointer.
      *
      * @param      b   the data.
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes <code>len</code> bytes from the specified byte array
-     * starting at offset <code>off</code> to this file.
+     * Writes {@code len} bytes from the specified byte array
+     * starting at offset {@code off} to this file.
      *
      * @param      b     the data.
      * @param      off   the start offset in the data.
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * @param      pos   the offset position, measured in bytes from the
      *                   beginning of the file, at which to set the file
      *                   pointer.
-     * @exception  IOException  if <code>pos</code> is less than
-     *                          <code>0</code> or if an I/O error occurs.
+     * @exception  IOException  if {@code pos} is less than
+     *                          {@code 0} or if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public native void seek(long pos) throws IOException;
 
@@ -529,14 +529,14 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * Sets the length of this file.
      *
      * <p> If the present length of the file as returned by the
-     * <code>length</code> method is greater than the <code>newLength</code>
+     * {@code length} method is greater than the {@code newLength}
      * argument then the file will be truncated.  In this case, if the file
-     * offset as returned by the <code>getFilePointer</code> method is greater
-     * than <code>newLength</code> then after this method returns the offset
-     * will be equal to <code>newLength</code>.
+     * offset as returned by the {@code getFilePointer} method is greater
+     * than {@code newLength} then after this method returns the offset
+     * will be equal to {@code newLength}.
      *
      * <p> If the present length of the file as returned by the
-     * <code>length</code> method is smaller than the <code>newLength</code>
+     * {@code length} method is smaller than the {@code newLength}
      * argument then the file will be extended.  In this case, the contents of
      * the extended portion of the file are not defined.
      *
@@ -584,14 +584,14 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     //
 
     /**
-     * Reads a <code>boolean</code> from this file. This method reads a
+     * Reads a {@code boolean} from this file. This method reads a
      * single byte from the file, starting at the current file pointer.
-     * A value of <code>0</code> represents
-     * <code>false</code>. Any other value represents <code>true</code>.
+     * A value of {@code 0} represents
+     * {@code false}. Any other value represents {@code true}.
      * This method blocks until the byte is read, the end of the stream
      * is detected, or an exception is thrown.
      *
-     * @return     the <code>boolean</code> value read.
+     * @return     the {@code boolean} value read.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this file has reached the end.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
      */
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     /**
      * Reads a signed eight-bit value from this file. This method reads a
      * byte from the file, starting from the current file pointer.
-     * If the byte read is <code>b</code>, where
+     * If the byte read is {@code b}, where
      * <code>0&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;b&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;255</code>,
      * then the result is:
      * <blockquote><pre>
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * is detected, or an exception is thrown.
      *
      * @return     the next byte of this file as a signed eight-bit
-     *             <code>byte</code>.
+     *             {@code byte}.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this file has reached the end.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
      */
@@ -651,8 +651,8 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * Reads a signed 16-bit number from this file. The method reads two
      * bytes from this file, starting at the current file pointer.
      * If the two bytes read, in order, are
-     * <code>b1</code> and <code>b2</code>, where each of the two values is
-     * between <code>0</code> and <code>255</code>, inclusive, then the
+     * {@code b1} and {@code b2}, where each of the two values is
+     * between {@code 0} and {@code 255}, inclusive, then the
      * result is equal to:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      *     (short)((b1 &lt;&lt; 8) | b2)
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * Reads an unsigned 16-bit number from this file. This method reads
      * two bytes from the file, starting at the current file pointer.
      * If the bytes read, in order, are
-     * <code>b1</code> and <code>b2</code>, where
+     * {@code b1} and {@code b2}, where
      * <code>0&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;b1, b2&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;255</code>,
      * then the result is equal to:
      * <blockquote><pre>
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * Reads a character from this file. This method reads two
      * bytes from the file, starting at the current file pointer.
      * If the bytes read, in order, are
-     * <code>b1</code> and <code>b2</code>, where
+     * {@code b1} and {@code b2}, where
      * <code>0&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;b1,&nbsp;b2&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;255</code>,
      * then the result is equal to:
      * <blockquote><pre>
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.
      *
      * @return     the next two bytes of this file, interpreted as a
-     *                  <code>char</code>.
+     *                  {@code char}.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this file reaches the end before reading
      *               two bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     /**
      * Reads a signed 32-bit integer from this file. This method reads 4
      * bytes from the file, starting at the current file pointer.
-     * If the bytes read, in order, are <code>b1</code>,
-     * <code>b2</code>, <code>b3</code>, and <code>b4</code>, where
+     * If the bytes read, in order, are {@code b1},
+     * {@code b2}, {@code b3}, and {@code b4}, where
      * <code>0&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;b1, b2, b3, b4&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;255</code>,
      * then the result is equal to:
      * <blockquote><pre>
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.
      *
      * @return     the next four bytes of this file, interpreted as an
-     *             <code>int</code>.
+     *             {@code int}.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this file reaches the end before reading
      *               four bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -765,9 +765,9 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * Reads a signed 64-bit integer from this file. This method reads eight
      * bytes from the file, starting at the current file pointer.
      * If the bytes read, in order, are
-     * <code>b1</code>, <code>b2</code>, <code>b3</code>,
-     * <code>b4</code>, <code>b5</code>, <code>b6</code>,
-     * <code>b7</code>, and <code>b8,</code> where:
+     * {@code b1}, {@code b2}, {@code b3},
+     * {@code b4}, {@code b5}, {@code b6},
+     * {@code b7}, and {@code b8,} where:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      *     0 &lt;= b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b8 &lt;=255,
      * </pre></blockquote>
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.
      *
      * @return     the next eight bytes of this file, interpreted as a
-     *             <code>long</code>.
+     *             {@code long}.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this file reaches the end before reading
      *               eight bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -794,18 +794,18 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads a <code>float</code> from this file. This method reads an
-     * <code>int</code> value, starting at the current file pointer,
-     * as if by the <code>readInt</code> method
-     * and then converts that <code>int</code> to a <code>float</code>
-     * using the <code>intBitsToFloat</code> method in class
-     * <code>Float</code>.
+     * Reads a {@code float} from this file. This method reads an
+     * {@code int} value, starting at the current file pointer,
+     * as if by the {@code readInt} method
+     * and then converts that {@code int} to a {@code float}
+     * using the {@code intBitsToFloat} method in class
+     * {@code Float}.
      * <p>
      * This method blocks until the four bytes are read, the end of the
      * stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.
      *
      * @return     the next four bytes of this file, interpreted as a
-     *             <code>float</code>.
+     *             {@code float}.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this file reaches the end before reading
      *             four bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -817,18 +817,18 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads a <code>double</code> from this file. This method reads a
-     * <code>long</code> value, starting at the current file pointer,
-     * as if by the <code>readLong</code> method
-     * and then converts that <code>long</code> to a <code>double</code>
-     * using the <code>longBitsToDouble</code> method in
-     * class <code>Double</code>.
+     * Reads a {@code double} from this file. This method reads a
+     * {@code long} value, starting at the current file pointer,
+     * as if by the {@code readLong} method
+     * and then converts that {@code long} to a {@code double}
+     * using the {@code longBitsToDouble} method in
+     * class {@code Double}.
      * <p>
      * This method blocks until the eight bytes are read, the end of the
      * stream is detected, or an exception is thrown.
      *
      * @return     the next eight bytes of this file, interpreted as a
-     *             <code>double</code>.
+     *             {@code double}.
      * @exception  EOFException  if this file reaches the end before reading
      *             eight bytes.
      * @exception  IOException   if an I/O error occurs.
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * therefore, support the full Unicode character set.
      *
      * <p> A line of text is terminated by a carriage-return character
-     * (<code>'&#92;r'</code>), a newline character (<code>'&#92;n'</code>), a
+     * ({@code '\u005Cr'}), a newline character ({@code '\u005Cn'}), a
      * carriage-return character immediately followed by a newline character,
      * or the end of the file.  Line-terminating characters are discarded and
      * are not included as part of the string returned.
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * <p>
      * The first two bytes are read, starting from the current file
      * pointer, as if by
-     * <code>readUnsignedShort</code>. This value gives the number of
+     * {@code readUnsignedShort}. This value gives the number of
      * following bytes that are in the encoded string, not
      * the length of the resulting string. The following bytes are then
      * interpreted as bytes encoding characters in the modified UTF-8 format
@@ -923,13 +923,13 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes a <code>boolean</code> to the file as a one-byte value. The
-     * value <code>true</code> is written out as the value
-     * <code>(byte)1</code>; the value <code>false</code> is written out
-     * as the value <code>(byte)0</code>. The write starts at
+     * Writes a {@code boolean} to the file as a one-byte value. The
+     * value {@code true} is written out as the value
+     * {@code (byte)1}; the value {@code false} is written out
+     * as the value {@code (byte)0}. The write starts at
      * the current position of the file pointer.
      *
-     * @param      v   a <code>boolean</code> value to be written.
+     * @param      v   a {@code boolean} value to be written.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public final void writeBoolean(boolean v) throws IOException {
@@ -938,10 +938,10 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes a <code>byte</code> to the file as a one-byte value. The
+     * Writes a {@code byte} to the file as a one-byte value. The
      * write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
      *
-     * @param      v   a <code>byte</code> value to be written.
+     * @param      v   a {@code byte} value to be written.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public final void writeByte(int v) throws IOException {
@@ -950,10 +950,10 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes a <code>short</code> to the file as two bytes, high byte first.
+     * Writes a {@code short} to the file as two bytes, high byte first.
      * The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
      *
-     * @param      v   a <code>short</code> to be written.
+     * @param      v   a {@code short} to be written.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public final void writeShort(int v) throws IOException {
@@ -963,11 +963,11 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes a <code>char</code> to the file as a two-byte value, high
+     * Writes a {@code char} to the file as a two-byte value, high
      * byte first. The write starts at the current position of the
      * file pointer.
      *
-     * @param      v   a <code>char</code> value to be written.
+     * @param      v   a {@code char} value to be written.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public final void writeChar(int v) throws IOException {
@@ -977,10 +977,10 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes an <code>int</code> to the file as four bytes, high byte first.
+     * Writes an {@code int} to the file as four bytes, high byte first.
      * The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
      *
-     * @param      v   an <code>int</code> to be written.
+     * @param      v   an {@code int} to be written.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public final void writeInt(int v) throws IOException {
@@ -992,10 +992,10 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes a <code>long</code> to the file as eight bytes, high byte first.
+     * Writes a {@code long} to the file as eight bytes, high byte first.
      * The write starts at the current position of the file pointer.
      *
-     * @param      v   a <code>long</code> to be written.
+     * @param      v   a {@code long} to be written.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public final void writeLong(long v) throws IOException {
@@ -1011,13 +1011,13 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Converts the float argument to an <code>int</code> using the
-     * <code>floatToIntBits</code> method in class <code>Float</code>,
-     * and then writes that <code>int</code> value to the file as a
+     * Converts the float argument to an {@code int} using the
+     * {@code floatToIntBits} method in class {@code Float},
+     * and then writes that {@code int} value to the file as a
      * four-byte quantity, high byte first. The write starts at the
      * current position of the file pointer.
      *
-     * @param      v   a <code>float</code> value to be written.
+     * @param      v   a {@code float} value to be written.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      * @see        java.lang.Float#floatToIntBits(float)
      */
@@ -1026,13 +1026,13 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Converts the double argument to a <code>long</code> using the
-     * <code>doubleToLongBits</code> method in class <code>Double</code>,
-     * and then writes that <code>long</code> value to the file as an
+     * Converts the double argument to a {@code long} using the
+     * {@code doubleToLongBits} method in class {@code Double},
+     * and then writes that {@code long} value to the file as an
      * eight-byte quantity, high byte first. The write starts at the current
      * position of the file pointer.
      *
-     * @param      v   a <code>double</code> value to be written.
+     * @param      v   a {@code double} value to be written.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      * @see        java.lang.Double#doubleToLongBits(double)
      */
@@ -1060,10 +1060,10 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
     /**
      * Writes a string to the file as a sequence of characters. Each
      * character is written to the data output stream as if by the
-     * <code>writeChar</code> method. The write starts at the current
+     * {@code writeChar} method. The write starts at the current
      * position of the file pointer.
      *
-     * @param      s   a <code>String</code> value to be written.
+     * @param      s   a {@code String} value to be written.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      * @see        java.io.RandomAccessFile#writeChar(int)
      */
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ public class RandomAccessFile implements DataOutput, DataInput, Closeable {
      * <p>
      * First, two bytes are written to the file, starting at the
      * current file pointer, as if by the
-     * <code>writeShort</code> method giving the number of bytes to
+     * {@code writeShort} method giving the number of bytes to
      * follow. This value is the number of bytes actually written out,
      * not the length of the string. Following the length, each character
      * of the string is output, in sequence, using the modified UTF-8 encoding

src/share/classes/java/io/StreamTokenizer.java

 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ package java.io;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 /**
- * The <code>StreamTokenizer</code> class takes an input stream and
+ * The {@code StreamTokenizer} class takes an input stream and
  * parses it into "tokens", allowing the tokens to be
  * read one at a time. The parsing process is controlled by a table
  * and a number of flags that can be set to various states. The
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
  * strings, and various comment styles.
  * <p>
  * Each byte read from the input stream is regarded as a character
- * in the range <code>'&#92;u0000'</code> through <code>'&#92;u00FF'</code>.
+ * in the range {@code '\u005Cu0000'} through {@code '\u005Cu00FF'}.
  * The character value is used to look up five possible attributes of
  * the character: <i>white space</i>, <i>alphabetic</i>,
  * <i>numeric</i>, <i>string quote</i>, and <i>comment character</i>.
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
  * <p>
  * A typical application first constructs an instance of this class,
  * sets up the syntax tables, and then repeatedly loops calling the
- * <code>nextToken</code> method in each iteration of the loop until
- * it returns the value <code>TT_EOF</code>.
+ * {@code nextToken} method in each iteration of the loop until
+ * it returns the value {@code TT_EOF}.
  *
  * @author  James Gosling
  * @see     java.io.StreamTokenizer#nextToken()
@@ -99,19 +99,19 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
     private static final byte CT_COMMENT = 16;
 
     /**
-     * After a call to the <code>nextToken</code> method, this field
+     * After a call to the {@code nextToken} method, this field
      * contains the type of the token just read. For a single character
      * token, its value is the single character, converted to an integer.
      * For a quoted string token, its value is the quote character.
      * Otherwise, its value is one of the following:
      * <ul>
-     * <li><code>TT_WORD</code> indicates that the token is a word.
-     * <li><code>TT_NUMBER</code> indicates that the token is a number.
-     * <li><code>TT_EOL</code> indicates that the end of line has been read.
+     * <li>{@code TT_WORD} indicates that the token is a word.
+     * <li>{@code TT_NUMBER} indicates that the token is a number.
+     * <li>{@code TT_EOL} indicates that the end of line has been read.
      *     The field can only have this value if the
-     *     <code>eolIsSignificant</code> method has been called with the
-     *     argument <code>true</code>.
-     * <li><code>TT_EOF</code> indicates that the end of the input stream
+     *     {@code eolIsSignificant} method has been called with the
+     *     argument {@code true}.
+     * <li>{@code TT_EOF} indicates that the end of the input stream
      *     has been reached.
      * </ul>
      * <p>
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
      * the string.
      * <p>
      * The current token is a word when the value of the
-     * <code>ttype</code> field is <code>TT_WORD</code>. The current token is
-     * a quoted string token when the value of the <code>ttype</code> field is
+     * {@code ttype} field is {@code TT_WORD}. The current token is
+     * a quoted string token when the value of the {@code ttype} field is
      * a quote character.
      * <p>
      * The initial value of this field is null.
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
     /**
      * If the current token is a number, this field contains the value
      * of that number. The current token is a number when the value of
-     * the <code>ttype</code> field is <code>TT_NUMBER</code>.
+     * the {@code ttype} field is {@code TT_NUMBER}.
      * <p>
      * The initial value of this field is 0.0.
      *
@@ -201,14 +201,14 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
      * stream. The stream tokenizer is initialized to the following
      * default state:
      * <ul>
-     * <li>All byte values <code>'A'</code> through <code>'Z'</code>,
-     *     <code>'a'</code> through <code>'z'</code>, and
-     *     <code>'&#92;u00A0'</code> through <code>'&#92;u00FF'</code> are
+     * <li>All byte values {@code 'A'} through {@code 'Z'},
+     *     {@code 'a'} through {@code 'z'}, and
+     *     {@code '\u005Cu00A0'} through {@code '\u005Cu00FF'} are
      *     considered to be alphabetic.
-     * <li>All byte values <code>'&#92;u0000'</code> through
-     *     <code>'&#92;u0020'</code> are considered to be white space.
-     * <li><code>'/'</code> is a comment character.
-     * <li>Single quote <code>'&#92;''</code> and double quote <code>'"'</code>
+     * <li>All byte values {@code '\u005Cu0000'} through
+     *     {@code '\u005Cu0020'} are considered to be white space.
+     * <li>{@code '/'} is a comment character.
+     * <li>Single quote {@code '\u005C''} and double quote {@code '"'}
      *     are string quote characters.
      * <li>Numbers are parsed.
      * <li>Ends of lines are treated as white space, not as separate tokens.
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
 
     /**
      * Resets this tokenizer's syntax table so that all characters are
-     * "ordinary." See the <code>ordinaryChar</code> method
+     * "ordinary." See the {@code ordinaryChar} method
      * for more information on a character being ordinary.
      *
      * @see     java.io.StreamTokenizer#ordinaryChar(int)
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
      * Specifies that all characters <i>c</i> in the range
      * <code>low&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;<i>c</i>&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;high</code>
      * are "ordinary" in this tokenizer. See the
-     * <code>ordinaryChar</code> method for more information on a
+     * {@code ordinaryChar} method for more information on a
      * character being ordinary.
      *
      * @param   low   the low end of the range.
@@ -327,12 +327,12 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
      * character has as a comment character, word component, string
      * delimiter, white space, or number character. When such a character
      * is encountered by the parser, the parser treats it as a
-     * single-character token and sets <code>ttype</code> field to the
+     * single-character token and sets {@code ttype} field to the
      * character value.
      *
      * <p>Making a line terminator character "ordinary" may interfere
-     * with the ability of a <code>StreamTokenizer</code> to count
-     * lines. The <code>lineno</code> method may no longer reflect
+     * with the ability of a {@code StreamTokenizer} to count
+     * lines. The {@code lineno} method may no longer reflect
      * the presence of such terminator characters in its line count.
      *
      * @param   ch   the character.
@@ -361,9 +361,9 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
      * Specifies that matching pairs of this character delimit string
      * constants in this tokenizer.
      * <p>
-     * When the <code>nextToken</code> method encounters a string
-     * constant, the <code>ttype</code> field is set to the string
-     * delimiter and the <code>sval</code> field is set to the body of
+     * When the {@code nextToken} method encounters a string
+     * constant, the {@code ttype} field is set to the string
+     * delimiter and the {@code sval} field is set to the body of
      * the string.
      * <p>
      * If a string quote character is encountered, then a string is
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
      * the string quote character, up to (but not including) the next
      * occurrence of that same string quote character, or a line
      * terminator, or end of file. The usual escape sequences such as
-     * <code>"&#92;n"</code> and <code>"&#92;t"</code> are recognized and
+     * {@code "\u005Cn"} and {@code "\u005Ct"} are recognized and
      * converted to single characters as the string is parsed.
      *
      * <p>Any other attribute settings for the specified character are cleared.
@@ -398,9 +398,9 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
      * <p>
      * When the parser encounters a word token that has the format of a
      * double precision floating-point number, it treats the token as a
-     * number rather than a word, by setting the <code>ttype</code>
-     * field to the value <code>TT_NUMBER</code> and putting the numeric
-     * value of the token into the <code>nval</code> field.
+     * number rather than a word, by setting the {@code ttype}
+     * field to the value {@code TT_NUMBER} and putting the numeric
+     * value of the token into the {@code nval} field.
      *
      * @see     java.io.StreamTokenizer#nval
      * @see     java.io.StreamTokenizer#TT_NUMBER
@@ -416,21 +416,21 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
     /**
      * Determines whether or not ends of line are treated as tokens.
      * If the flag argument is true, this tokenizer treats end of lines
-     * as tokens; the <code>nextToken</code> method returns
-     * <code>TT_EOL</code> and also sets the <code>ttype</code> field to
+     * as tokens; the {@code nextToken} method returns
+     * {@code TT_EOL} and also sets the {@code ttype} field to
      * this value when an end of line is read.
      * <p>
      * A line is a sequence of characters ending with either a
-     * carriage-return character (<code>'&#92;r'</code>) or a newline
-     * character (<code>'&#92;n'</code>). In addition, a carriage-return
+     * carriage-return character ({@code '\u005Cr'}) or a newline
+     * character ({@code '\u005Cn'}). In addition, a carriage-return
      * character followed immediately by a newline character is treated
      * as a single end-of-line token.
      * <p>
-     * If the <code>flag</code> is false, end-of-line characters are
+     * If the {@code flag} is false, end-of-line characters are
      * treated as white space and serve only to separate tokens.
      *
-     * @param   flag   <code>true</code> indicates that end-of-line characters
-     *                 are separate tokens; <code>false</code> indicates that
+     * @param   flag   {@code true} indicates that end-of-line characters
+     *                 are separate tokens; {@code false} indicates that
      *                 end-of-line characters are white space.
      * @see     java.io.StreamTokenizer#nextToken()
      * @see     java.io.StreamTokenizer#ttype
@@ -442,14 +442,14 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
 
     /**
      * Determines whether or not the tokenizer recognizes C-style comments.
-     * If the flag argument is <code>true</code>, this stream tokenizer
+     * If the flag argument is {@code true}, this stream tokenizer
      * recognizes C-style comments. All text between successive
-     * occurrences of <code>/*</code> and <code>*&#47;</code> are discarded.
+     * occurrences of {@code /*} and <code>*&#47;</code> are discarded.
      * <p>
-     * If the flag argument is <code>false</code>, then C-style comments
+     * If the flag argument is {@code false}, then C-style comments
      * are not treated specially.
      *
-     * @param   flag   <code>true</code> indicates to recognize and ignore
+     * @param   flag   {@code true} indicates to recognize and ignore
      *                 C-style comments.
      */
     public void slashStarComments(boolean flag) {
@@ -458,15 +458,15 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
 
     /**
      * Determines whether or not the tokenizer recognizes C++-style comments.
-     * If the flag argument is <code>true</code>, this stream tokenizer
+     * If the flag argument is {@code true}, this stream tokenizer
      * recognizes C++-style comments. Any occurrence of two consecutive
-     * slash characters (<code>'/'</code>) is treated as the beginning of
+     * slash characters ({@code '/'}) is treated as the beginning of
      * a comment that extends to the end of the line.
      * <p>
-     * If the flag argument is <code>false</code>, then C++-style
+     * If the flag argument is {@code false}, then C++-style
      * comments are not treated specially.
      *
-     * @param   flag   <code>true</code> indicates to recognize and ignore
+     * @param   flag   {@code true} indicates to recognize and ignore
      *                 C++-style comments.
      */
     public void slashSlashComments(boolean flag) {
@@ -475,16 +475,16 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
 
     /**
      * Determines whether or not word token are automatically lowercased.
-     * If the flag argument is <code>true</code>, then the value in the
-     * <code>sval</code> field is lowercased whenever a word token is
-     * returned (the <code>ttype</code> field has the
-     * value <code>TT_WORD</code> by the <code>nextToken</code> method
+     * If the flag argument is {@code true}, then the value in the
+     * {@code sval} field is lowercased whenever a word token is
+     * returned (the {@code ttype} field has the
+     * value {@code TT_WORD} by the {@code nextToken} method
      * of this tokenizer.
      * <p>
-     * If the flag argument is <code>false</code>, then the
-     * <code>sval</code> field is not modified.
+     * If the flag argument is {@code false}, then the
+     * {@code sval} field is not modified.
      *
-     * @param   fl   <code>true</code> indicates that all word tokens should
+     * @param   fl   {@code true} indicates that all word tokens should
      *               be lowercased.
      * @see     java.io.StreamTokenizer#nextToken()
      * @see     java.io.StreamTokenizer#ttype
@@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
 
     /**
      * Parses the next token from the input stream of this tokenizer.
-     * The type of the next token is returned in the <code>ttype</code>
+     * The type of the next token is returned in the {@code ttype}
      * field. Additional information about the token may be in the
-     * <code>nval</code> field or the <code>sval</code> field of this
+     * {@code nval} field or the {@code sval} field of this
      * tokenizer.
      * <p>
      * Typical clients of this
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
      * calling nextToken to parse successive tokens until TT_EOF
      * is returned.
      *
-     * @return     the value of the <code>ttype</code> field.
+     * @return     the value of the {@code ttype} field.
      * @exception  IOException  if an I/O error occurs.
      * @see        java.io.StreamTokenizer#nval
      * @see        java.io.StreamTokenizer#sval
@@ -752,10 +752,10 @@ public class StreamTokenizer {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Causes the next call to the <code>nextToken</code> method of this
-     * tokenizer to return the current value in the <code>ttype</code>
-     * field, and not to modify the value in the <code>nval</code> or
-     * <code>sval</code> field.
+     * Causes the next call to the {@code nextToken} method of this
+     * tokenizer to return the current value in the {@code ttype}
+     * field, and not to modify the value in the {@code nval} or
+     * {@code sval} field.
      *
      * @see     java.io.StreamTokenizer#nextToken()
      * @see     java.io.StreamTokenizer#nval

src/share/classes/java/lang/AbstractStringBuilder.java

 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
      * array is allocated with greater capacity. The new capacity is the
      * larger of:
      * <ul>
-     * <li>The <code>minimumCapacity</code> argument.
-     * <li>Twice the old capacity, plus <code>2</code>.
+     * <li>The {@code minimumCapacity} argument.
+     * <li>Twice the old capacity, plus {@code 2}.
      * </ul>
-     * If the <code>minimumCapacity</code> argument is nonpositive, this
+     * If the {@code minimumCapacity} argument is nonpositive, this
      * method takes no action and simply returns.
      *
      * @param   minimumCapacity   the minimum desired capacity.
@@ -147,26 +147,26 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
      * Sets the length of the character sequence.
      * The sequence is changed to a new character sequence
      * whose length is specified by the argument. For every nonnegative
-     * index <i>k</i> less than <code>newLength</code>, the character at
+     * index <i>k</i> less than {@code newLength}, the character at
      * index <i>k</i> in the new character sequence is the same as the
      * character at index <i>k</i> in the old sequence if <i>k</i> is less
      * than the length of the old character sequence; otherwise, it is the
-     * null character <code>'&#92;u0000'</code>.
+     * null character {@code '\u005Cu0000'}.
      *
-     * In other words, if the <code>newLength</code> argument is less than
+     * In other words, if the {@code newLength} argument is less than
      * the current length, the length is changed to the specified length.
      * <p>
-     * If the <code>newLength</code> argument is greater than or equal
+     * If the {@code newLength} argument is greater than or equal
      * to the current length, sufficient null characters
-     * (<code>'&#92;u0000'</code>) are appended so that
-     * length becomes the <code>newLength</code> argument.
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu0000'}) are appended so that
+     * length becomes the {@code newLength} argument.
      * <p>
-     * The <code>newLength</code> argument must be greater than or equal
-     * to <code>0</code>.
+     * The {@code newLength} argument must be greater than or equal
+     * to {@code 0}.
      *
      * @param      newLength   the new length
      * @throws     IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the
-     *               <code>newLength</code> argument is negative.
+     *               {@code newLength} argument is negative.
      */
     public void setLength(int newLength) {
         if (newLength < 0)
@@ -182,21 +182,21 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the <code>char</code> value in this sequence at the specified index.
-     * The first <code>char</code> value is at index <code>0</code>, the next at index
-     * <code>1</code>, and so on, as in array indexing.
+     * Returns the {@code char} value in this sequence at the specified index.
+     * The first {@code char} value is at index {@code 0}, the next at index
+     * {@code 1}, and so on, as in array indexing.
      * <p>
      * The index argument must be greater than or equal to
-     * <code>0</code>, and less than the length of this sequence.
+     * {@code 0}, and less than the length of this sequence.
      *
-     * <p>If the <code>char</code> value specified by the index is a
+     * <p>If the {@code char} value specified by the index is a
      * <a href="Character.html#unicode">surrogate</a>, the surrogate
      * value is returned.
      *
-     * @param      index   the index of the desired <code>char</code> value.
-     * @return     the <code>char</code> value at the specified index.
-     * @throws     IndexOutOfBoundsException  if <code>index</code> is
-     *             negative or greater than or equal to <code>length()</code>.
+     * @param      index   the index of the desired {@code char} value.
+     * @return     the {@code char} value at the specified index.
+     * @throws     IndexOutOfBoundsException  if {@code index} is
+     *             negative or greater than or equal to {@code length()}.
      */
     public char charAt(int index) {
         if ((index < 0) || (index >= count))
@@ -206,22 +206,22 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
 
     /**
      * Returns the character (Unicode code point) at the specified
-     * index. The index refers to <code>char</code> values
-     * (Unicode code units) and ranges from <code>0</code> to
-     * {@link #length()}<code> - 1</code>.
+     * index. The index refers to {@code char} values
+     * (Unicode code units) and ranges from {@code 0} to
+     * {@link #length()}{@code  - 1}.
      *
-     * <p> If the <code>char</code> value specified at the given index
+     * <p> If the {@code char} value specified at the given index
      * is in the high-surrogate range, the following index is less
      * than the length of this sequence, and the
-     * <code>char</code> value at the following index is in the
+     * {@code char} value at the following index is in the
      * low-surrogate range, then the supplementary code point
      * corresponding to this surrogate pair is returned. Otherwise,
-     * the <code>char</code> value at the given index is returned.
+     * the {@code char} value at the given index is returned.
      *
-     * @param      index the index to the <code>char</code> values
+     * @param      index the index to the {@code char} values
      * @return     the code point value of the character at the
-     *             <code>index</code>
-     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the <code>index</code>
+     *             {@code index}
+     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the {@code index}
      *             argument is negative or not less than the length of this
      *             sequence.
      */
@@ -234,22 +234,22 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
 
     /**
      * Returns the character (Unicode code point) before the specified
-     * index. The index refers to <code>char</code> values
-     * (Unicode code units) and ranges from <code>1</code> to {@link
+     * index. The index refers to {@code char} values
+     * (Unicode code units) and ranges from {@code 1} to {@link
      * #length()}.
      *
-     * <p> If the <code>char</code> value at <code>(index - 1)</code>
-     * is in the low-surrogate range, <code>(index - 2)</code> is not
-     * negative, and the <code>char</code> value at <code>(index -
-     * 2)</code> is in the high-surrogate range, then the
+     * <p> If the {@code char} value at {@code (index - 1)}
+     * is in the low-surrogate range, {@code (index - 2)} is not
+     * negative, and the {@code char} value at {@code (index -
+     * 2)} is in the high-surrogate range, then the
      * supplementary code point value of the surrogate pair is
-     * returned. If the <code>char</code> value at <code>index -
-     * 1</code> is an unpaired low-surrogate or a high-surrogate, the
+     * returned. If the {@code char} value at {@code index -
+     * 1} is an unpaired low-surrogate or a high-surrogate, the
      * surrogate value is returned.
      *
      * @param     index the index following the code point that should be returned
      * @return    the Unicode code point value before the given index.
-     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the <code>index</code>
+     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the {@code index}
      *            argument is less than 1 or greater than the length
      *            of this sequence.
      */
@@ -264,22 +264,22 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
     /**
      * Returns the number of Unicode code points in the specified text
      * range of this sequence. The text range begins at the specified
-     * <code>beginIndex</code> and extends to the <code>char</code> at
-     * index <code>endIndex - 1</code>. Thus the length (in
-     * <code>char</code>s) of the text range is
-     * <code>endIndex-beginIndex</code>. Unpaired surrogates within
+     * {@code beginIndex} and extends to the {@code char} at
+     * index {@code endIndex - 1}. Thus the length (in
+     * {@code char}s) of the text range is
+     * {@code endIndex-beginIndex}. Unpaired surrogates within
      * this sequence count as one code point each.
      *
-     * @param beginIndex the index to the first <code>char</code> of
+     * @param beginIndex the index to the first {@code char} of
      * the text range.
-     * @param endIndex the index after the last <code>char</code> of
+     * @param endIndex the index after the last {@code char} of
      * the text range.
      * @return the number of Unicode code points in the specified text
      * range
      * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the
-     * <code>beginIndex</code> is negative, or <code>endIndex</code>
+     * {@code beginIndex} is negative, or {@code endIndex}
      * is larger than the length of this sequence, or
-     * <code>beginIndex</code> is larger than <code>endIndex</code>.
+     * {@code beginIndex} is larger than {@code endIndex}.
      */
     public int codePointCount(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {
         if (beginIndex < 0 || endIndex > count || beginIndex > endIndex) {
@@ -290,22 +290,22 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
 
     /**
      * Returns the index within this sequence that is offset from the
-     * given <code>index</code> by <code>codePointOffset</code> code
+     * given {@code index} by {@code codePointOffset} code
      * points. Unpaired surrogates within the text range given by
-     * <code>index</code> and <code>codePointOffset</code> count as
+     * {@code index} and {@code codePointOffset} count as
      * one code point each.
      *
      * @param index the index to be offset
      * @param codePointOffset the offset in code points
      * @return the index within this sequence
-     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if <code>index</code>
+     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code index}
      *   is negative or larger then the length of this sequence,
-     *   or if <code>codePointOffset</code> is positive and the subsequence
-     *   starting with <code>index</code> has fewer than
-     *   <code>codePointOffset</code> code points,
-     *   or if <code>codePointOffset</code> is negative and the subsequence
-     *   before <code>index</code> has fewer than the absolute value of
-     *   <code>codePointOffset</code> code points.
+     *   or if {@code codePointOffset} is positive and the subsequence
+     *   starting with {@code index} has fewer than
+     *   {@code codePointOffset} code points,
+     *   or if {@code codePointOffset} is negative and the subsequence
+     *   before {@code index} has fewer than the absolute value of
+     *   {@code codePointOffset} code points.
      */
     public int offsetByCodePoints(int index, int codePointOffset) {
         if (index < 0 || index > count) {
@@ -317,12 +317,12 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
 
     /**
      * Characters are copied from this sequence into the
-     * destination character array <code>dst</code>. The first character to
-     * be copied is at index <code>srcBegin</code>; the last character to
-     * be copied is at index <code>srcEnd-1</code>. The total number of
-     * characters to be copied is <code>srcEnd-srcBegin</code>. The
-     * characters are copied into the subarray of <code>dst</code> starting
-     * at index <code>dstBegin</code> and ending at index:
+     * destination character array {@code dst}. The first character to
+     * be copied is at index {@code srcBegin}; the last character to
+     * be copied is at index {@code srcEnd-1}. The total number of
+     * characters to be copied is {@code srcEnd-srcBegin}. The
+     * characters are copied into the subarray of {@code dst} starting
+     * at index {@code dstBegin} and ending at index:
      * <p><blockquote><pre>
      * dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
      * </pre></blockquote>
@@ -330,19 +330,19 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
      * @param      srcBegin   start copying at this offset.
      * @param      srcEnd     stop copying at this offset.
      * @param      dst        the array to copy the data into.
-     * @param      dstBegin   offset into <code>dst</code>.
-     * @throws     NullPointerException if <code>dst</code> is
-     *             <code>null</code>.
+     * @param      dstBegin   offset into {@code dst}.
+     * @throws     NullPointerException if {@code dst} is
+     *             {@code null}.
      * @throws     IndexOutOfBoundsException  if any of the following is true:
      *             <ul>
-     *             <li><code>srcBegin</code> is negative
-     *             <li><code>dstBegin</code> is negative
-     *             <li>the <code>srcBegin</code> argument is greater than
-     *             the <code>srcEnd</code> argument.
-     *             <li><code>srcEnd</code> is greater than
-     *             <code>this.length()</code>.
-     *             <li><code>dstBegin+srcEnd-srcBegin</code> is greater than
-     *             <code>dst.length</code>
+     *             <li>{@code srcBegin} is negative
+     *             <li>{@code dstBegin} is negative
+     *             <li>the {@code srcBegin} argument is greater than
+     *             the {@code srcEnd} argument.
+     *             <li>{@code srcEnd} is greater than
+     *             {@code this.length()}.
+     *             <li>{@code dstBegin+srcEnd-srcBegin} is greater than
+     *             {@code dst.length}
      *             </ul>
      */
     public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char[] dst, int dstBegin)
@@ -357,18 +357,18 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
     }
 
     /**
-     * The character at the specified index is set to <code>ch</code>. This
+     * The character at the specified index is set to {@code ch}. This
      * sequence is altered to represent a new character sequence that is
      * identical to the old character sequence, except that it contains the
-     * character <code>ch</code> at position <code>index</code>.
+     * character {@code ch} at position {@code index}.
      * <p>
      * The index argument must be greater than or equal to
-     * <code>0</code>, and less than the length of this sequence.
+     * {@code 0}, and less than the length of this sequence.
      *
      * @param      index   the index of the character to modify.
      * @param      ch      the new character.
-     * @throws     IndexOutOfBoundsException  if <code>index</code> is
-     *             negative or greater than or equal to <code>length()</code>.
+     * @throws     IndexOutOfBoundsException  if {@code index} is
+     *             negative or greater than or equal to {@code length()}.
      */
     public void setCharAt(int index, char ch) {
         if ((index < 0) || (index >= count))
@@ -741,21 +741,21 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Removes the <code>char</code> at the specified position in this
-     * sequence. This sequence is shortened by one <code>char</code>.
+     * Removes the {@code char} at the specified position in this
+     * sequence. This sequence is shortened by one {@code char}.
      *
      * <p>Note: If the character at the given index is a supplementary
      * character, this method does not remove the entire character. If
      * correct handling of supplementary characters is required,
-     * determine the number of <code>char</code>s to remove by calling
-     * <code>Character.charCount(thisSequence.codePointAt(index))</code>,
-     * where <code>thisSequence</code> is this sequence.
+     * determine the number of {@code char}s to remove by calling
+     * {@code Character.charCount(thisSequence.codePointAt(index))},
+     * where {@code thisSequence} is this sequence.
      *
-     * @param       index  Index of <code>char</code> to remove
+     * @param       index  Index of {@code char} to remove
      * @return      This object.
-     * @throws      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException  if the <code>index</code>
+     * @throws      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException  if the {@code index}
      *              is negative or greater than or equal to
-     *              <code>length()</code>.
+     *              {@code length()}.
      */
     public AbstractStringBuilder deleteCharAt(int index) {
         if ((index < 0) || (index >= count))
@@ -767,12 +767,12 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
 
     /**
      * Replaces the characters in a substring of this sequence
-     * with characters in the specified <code>String</code>. The substring
-     * begins at the specified <code>start</code> and extends to the character
-     * at index <code>end - 1</code> or to the end of the
+     * with characters in the specified {@code String}. The substring
+     * begins at the specified {@code start} and extends to the character
+     * at index {@code end - 1} or to the end of the
      * sequence if no such character exists. First the
      * characters in the substring are removed and then the specified
-     * <code>String</code> is inserted at <code>start</code>. (This
+     * {@code String} is inserted at {@code start}. (This
      * sequence will be lengthened to accommodate the
      * specified String if necessary.)
      *
@@ -780,9 +780,9 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
      * @param      end      The ending index, exclusive.
      * @param      str   String that will replace previous contents.
      * @return     This object.
-     * @throws     StringIndexOutOfBoundsException  if <code>start</code>
-     *             is negative, greater than <code>length()</code>, or
-     *             greater than <code>end</code>.
+     * @throws     StringIndexOutOfBoundsException  if {@code start}
+     *             is negative, greater than {@code length()}, or
+     *             greater than {@code end}.
      */
     public AbstractStringBuilder replace(int start, int end, String str) {
         if (start < 0)
@@ -805,14 +805,14 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a new <code>String</code> that contains a subsequence of
+     * Returns a new {@code String} that contains a subsequence of
      * characters currently contained in this character sequence. The
      * substring begins at the specified index and extends to the end of
      * this sequence.
      *
      * @param      start    The beginning index, inclusive.
      * @return     The new string.
-     * @throws     StringIndexOutOfBoundsException  if <code>start</code> is
+     * @throws     StringIndexOutOfBoundsException  if {@code start} is
      *             less than zero, or greater than the length of this object.
      */
     public String substring(int start) {
@@ -850,18 +850,18 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns a new <code>String</code> that contains a subsequence of
+     * Returns a new {@code String} that contains a subsequence of
      * characters currently contained in this sequence. The
-     * substring begins at the specified <code>start</code> and
-     * extends to the character at index <code>end - 1</code>.
+     * substring begins at the specified {@code start} and
+     * extends to the character at index {@code end - 1}.
      *
      * @param      start    The beginning index, inclusive.
      * @param      end      The ending index, exclusive.
      * @return     The new string.
-     * @throws     StringIndexOutOfBoundsException  if <code>start</code>
-     *             or <code>end</code> are negative or greater than
-     *             <code>length()</code>, or <code>start</code> is
-     *             greater than <code>end</code>.
+     * @throws     StringIndexOutOfBoundsException  if {@code start}
+     *             or {@code end} are negative or greater than
+     *             {@code length()}, or {@code start} is
+     *             greater than {@code end}.
      */
     public String substring(int start, int end) {
         if (start < 0)
@@ -1254,15 +1254,15 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * this.toString().startsWith(str, <i>k</i>)
      * </pre></blockquote>
-     * is <code>true</code>.
+     * is {@code true}.
      *
      * @param   str   any string.
      * @return  if the string argument occurs as a substring within this
      *          object, then the index of the first character of the first
      *          such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a
-     *          substring, <code>-1</code> is returned.
-     * @throws  java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>str</code> is
-     *          <code>null</code>.
+     *          substring, {@code -1} is returned.
+     * @throws  java.lang.NullPointerException if {@code str} is
+     *          {@code null}.
      */
     public int indexOf(String str) {
         return indexOf(str, 0);
@@ -1282,8 +1282,8 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
      * @param   fromIndex   the index from which to start the search.
      * @return  the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
      *          specified substring, starting at the specified index.
-     * @throws  java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>str</code> is
-     *            <code>null</code>.
+     * @throws  java.lang.NullPointerException if {@code str} is
+     *            {@code null}.
      */
     public int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex) {
         return String.indexOf(value, 0, count,
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
     /**
      * Returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence
      * of the specified substring.  The rightmost empty string "" is
-     * considered to occur at the index value <code>this.length()</code>.
+     * considered to occur at the index value {@code this.length()}.
      * The returned index is the largest value <i>k</i> such that
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * this.toString().startsWith(str, k)
@@ -1304,9 +1304,9 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
      * @return  if the string argument occurs one or more times as a substring
      *          within this object, then the index of the first character of
      *          the last such substring is returned. If it does not occur as
-     *          a substring, <code>-1</code> is returned.
-     * @throws  java.lang.NullPointerException  if <code>str</code> is
-     *          <code>null</code>.
+     *          a substring, {@code -1} is returned.
+     * @throws  java.lang.NullPointerException  if {@code str} is
+     *          {@code null}.
      */
     public int lastIndexOf(String str) {
         return lastIndexOf(str, count);
@@ -1326,8 +1326,8 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
      * @param   fromIndex   the index to start the search from.
      * @return  the index within this sequence of the last occurrence of the
      *          specified substring.
-     * @throws  java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>str</code> is
-     *          <code>null</code>.
+     * @throws  java.lang.NullPointerException if {@code str} is
+     *          {@code null}.
      */
     public int lastIndexOf(String str, int fromIndex) {
         return String.lastIndexOf(value, 0, count,
@@ -1342,8 +1342,8 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
      * is never reversed.
      *
      * Let <i>n</i> be the character length of this character sequence
-     * (not the length in <code>char</code> values) just prior to
-     * execution of the <code>reverse</code> method. Then the
+     * (not the length in {@code char} values) just prior to
+     * execution of the {@code reverse} method. Then the
      * character at index <i>k</i> in the new character sequence is
      * equal to the character at index <i>n-k-1</i> in the old
      * character sequence.
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
      * <p>Note that the reverse operation may result in producing
      * surrogate pairs that were unpaired low-surrogates and
      * high-surrogates before the operation. For example, reversing
-     * "&#92;uDC00&#92;uD800" produces "&#92;uD800&#92;uDC00" which is
+     * "\u005CuDC00\u005CuD800" produces "\u005CuD800\u005CuDC00" which is
      * a valid surrogate pair.
      *
      * @return  a reference to this object.
@@ -1387,11 +1387,11 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
 
     /**
      * Returns a string representing the data in this sequence.
-     * A new <code>String</code> object is allocated and initialized to
+     * A new {@code String} object is allocated and initialized to
      * contain the character sequence currently represented by this
-     * object. This <code>String</code> is then returned. Subsequent
+     * object. This {@code String} is then returned. Subsequent
      * changes to this sequence do not affect the contents of the
-     * <code>String</code>.
+     * {@code String}.
      *
      * @return  a string representation of this sequence of characters.
      */

src/share/classes/java/lang/Byte.java

@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ public final class Byte extends Number implements Comparable<Byte> {
      * determined by whether {@link java.lang.Character#digit(char,
      * int)} returns a nonnegative value) except that the first
      * character may be an ASCII minus sign {@code '-'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) to indicate a negative value or an
-     * ASCII plus sign {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) to
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}) to indicate a negative value or an
+     * ASCII plus sign {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) to
      * indicate a positive value.  The resulting {@code byte} value is
      * returned.
      *
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ public final class Byte extends Number implements Comparable<Byte> {
      *
      * <li> Any character of the string is not a digit of the
      * specified radix, except that the first character may be a minus
-     * sign {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) or plus sign
-     * {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) provided that the
+     * sign {@code '-'} ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}) or plus sign
+     * {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) provided that the
      * string is longer than length 1.
      *
      * <li> The value represented by the string is not a value of type
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ public final class Byte extends Number implements Comparable<Byte> {
      * Parses the string argument as a signed decimal {@code
      * byte}. The characters in the string must all be decimal digits,
      * except that the first character may be an ASCII minus sign
-     * {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) to indicate a negative
+     * {@code '-'} ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}) to indicate a negative
      * value or an ASCII plus sign {@code '+'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) to indicate a positive value. The
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) to indicate a positive value. The
      * resulting {@code byte} value is returned, exactly as if the
      * argument and the radix 10 were given as arguments to the {@link
      * #parseByte(java.lang.String, int)} method.

src/share/classes/java/lang/Double.java

 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public final class Double extends Number implements Comparable<Double> {
      * <li>Otherwise, the result is a string that represents the sign and
      * magnitude (absolute value) of the argument. If the sign is negative,
      * the first character of the result is '{@code -}'
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>); if the sign is positive, no sign character
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}); if the sign is positive, no sign character
      * appears in the result. As for the magnitude <i>m</i>:
      * <ul>
      * <li>If <i>m</i> is infinity, it is represented by the characters
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public final class Double extends Number implements Comparable<Double> {
      * <li>If <i>m</i> is greater than or equal to 10<sup>-3</sup> but less
      * than 10<sup>7</sup>, then it is represented as the integer part of
      * <i>m</i>, in decimal form with no leading zeroes, followed by
-     * '{@code .}' (<code>'&#92;u002E'</code>), followed by one or
+     * '{@code .}' ({@code '\u005Cu002E'}), followed by one or
      * more decimal digits representing the fractional part of <i>m</i>.
      *
      * <li>If <i>m</i> is less than 10<sup>-3</sup> or greater than or
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ public final class Double extends Number implements Comparable<Double> {
      * 10<sup><i>n</i></sup> so that 1 &le; <i>a</i> {@literal <} 10. The
      * magnitude is then represented as the integer part of <i>a</i>,
      * as a single decimal digit, followed by '{@code .}'
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002E'</code>), followed by decimal digits
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002E'}), followed by decimal digits
      * representing the fractional part of <i>a</i>, followed by the
-     * letter '{@code E}' (<code>'&#92;u0045'</code>), followed
+     * letter '{@code E}' ({@code '\u005Cu0045'}), followed
      * by a representation of <i>n</i> as a decimal integer, as
      * produced by the method {@link Integer#toString(int)}.
      * </ul>
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public final class Double extends Number implements Comparable<Double> {
      * <li>Otherwise, the result is a string that represents the sign
      * and magnitude of the argument. If the sign is negative, the
      * first character of the result is '{@code -}'
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>); if the sign is positive, no sign
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}); if the sign is positive, no sign
      * character appears in the result. As for the magnitude <i>m</i>:
      *
      * <ul>

src/share/classes/java/lang/Float.java

 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public final class Float extends Number implements Comparable<Float> {
      * <li>Otherwise, the result is a string that represents the sign and
      *     magnitude (absolute value) of the argument. If the sign is
      *     negative, the first character of the result is
-     *     '{@code -}' (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>); if the sign is
+     *     '{@code -}' ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}); if the sign is
      *     positive, no sign character appears in the result. As for
      *     the magnitude <i>m</i>:
      * <ul>
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public final class Float extends Number implements Comparable<Float> {
      *      less than 10<sup>7</sup>, then it is represented as the
      *      integer part of <i>m</i>, in decimal form with no leading
      *      zeroes, followed by '{@code .}'
-     *      (<code>'&#92;u002E'</code>), followed by one or more
+     *      ({@code '\u005Cu002E'}), followed by one or more
      *      decimal digits representing the fractional part of
      *      <i>m</i>.
      * <li> If <i>m</i> is less than 10<sup>-3</sup> or greater than or
@@ -166,10 +166,10 @@ public final class Float extends Number implements Comparable<Float> {
      *      10<sup><i>n</i></sup> so that 1 &le; <i>a</i> {@literal <} 10.
      *      The magnitude is then represented as the integer part of
      *      <i>a</i>, as a single decimal digit, followed by
-     *      '{@code .}' (<code>'&#92;u002E'</code>), followed by
+     *      '{@code .}' ({@code '\u005Cu002E'}), followed by
      *      decimal digits representing the fractional part of
      *      <i>a</i>, followed by the letter '{@code E}'
-     *      (<code>'&#92;u0045'</code>), followed by a representation
+     *      ({@code '\u005Cu0045'}), followed by a representation
      *      of <i>n</i> as a decimal integer, as produced by the
      *      method {@link java.lang.Integer#toString(int)}.
      *
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public final class Float extends Number implements Comparable<Float> {
      * <li>Otherwise, the result is a string that represents the sign and
      * magnitude (absolute value) of the argument. If the sign is negative,
      * the first character of the result is '{@code -}'
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>); if the sign is positive, no sign character
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}); if the sign is positive, no sign character
      * appears in the result. As for the magnitude <i>m</i>:
      *
      * <ul>

src/share/classes/java/lang/Integer.java

@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      *
      * <p>If the first argument is negative, the first element of the
      * result is the ASCII minus character {@code '-'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>). If the first argument is not
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}). If the first argument is not
      * negative, no sign character appears in the result.
      *
      * <p>The remaining characters of the result represent the magnitude
      * of the first argument. If the magnitude is zero, it is
      * represented by a single zero character {@code '0'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>); otherwise, the first character of
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu0030'}); otherwise, the first character of
      * the representation of the magnitude will not be the zero
      * character.  The following ASCII characters are used as digits:
      *
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      *   {@code 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}
      * </blockquote>
      *
-     * These are <code>'&#92;u0030'</code> through
-     * <code>'&#92;u0039'</code> and <code>'&#92;u0061'</code> through
-     * <code>'&#92;u007A'</code>. If {@code radix} is
+     * These are {@code '\u005Cu0030'} through
+     * {@code '\u005Cu0039'} and {@code '\u005Cu0061'} through
+     * {@code '\u005Cu007A'}. If {@code radix} is
      * <var>N</var>, then the first <var>N</var> of these characters
      * are used as radix-<var>N</var> digits in the order shown. Thus,
      * the digits for hexadecimal (radix 16) are
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      * value, no leading sign character is printed.
      *
      * <p>If the magnitude is zero, it is represented by a single zero
-     * character {@code '0'} (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>); otherwise,
+     * character {@code '0'} ({@code '\u005Cu0030'}); otherwise,
      * the first character of the representation of the magnitude will
      * not be the zero character.
      *
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      * Integer.parseUnsignedInt(s, 16)}.
      *
      * <p>If the unsigned magnitude is zero, it is represented by a
-     * single zero character {@code '0'} (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>);
+     * single zero character {@code '0'} ({@code '\u005Cu0030'});
      * otherwise, the first character of the representation of the
      * unsigned magnitude will not be the zero character. The
      * following characters are used as hexadecimal digits:
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      *  {@code 0123456789abcdef}
      * </blockquote>
      *
-     * These are the characters <code>'&#92;u0030'</code> through
-     * <code>'&#92;u0039'</code> and <code>'&#92;u0061'</code> through
-     * <code>'&#92;u0066'</code>. If uppercase letters are
+     * These are the characters {@code '\u005Cu0030'} through
+     * {@code '\u005Cu0039'} and {@code '\u005Cu0061'} through
+     * {@code '\u005Cu0066'}. If uppercase letters are
      * desired, the {@link java.lang.String#toUpperCase()} method may
      * be called on the result:
      *
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      * Integer.parseUnsignedInt(s, 8)}.
      *
      * <p>If the unsigned magnitude is zero, it is represented by a
-     * single zero character {@code '0'} (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>);
+     * single zero character {@code '0'} ({@code '\u005Cu0030'});
      * otherwise, the first character of the representation of the
      * unsigned magnitude will not be the zero character. The
      * following characters are used as octal digits:
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      * {@code 01234567}
      * </blockquote>
      *
-     * These are the characters <code>'&#92;u0030'</code> through
-     * <code>'&#92;u0037'</code>.
+     * These are the characters {@code '\u005Cu0030'} through
+     * {@code '\u005Cu0037'}.
      *
      * @param   i   an integer to be converted to a string.
      * @return  the string representation of the unsigned integer value
@@ -286,11 +286,11 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      * Integer.parseUnsignedInt(s, 2)}.
      *
      * <p>If the unsigned magnitude is zero, it is represented by a
-     * single zero character {@code '0'} (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>);
+     * single zero character {@code '0'} ({@code '\u005Cu0030'});
      * otherwise, the first character of the representation of the
      * unsigned magnitude will not be the zero character. The
-     * characters {@code '0'} (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>) and {@code
-     * '1'} (<code>'&#92;u0031'</code>) are used as binary digits.
+     * characters {@code '0'} ({@code '\u005Cu0030'}) and {@code
+     * '1'} ({@code '\u005Cu0031'}) are used as binary digits.
      *
      * @param   i   an integer to be converted to a string.
      * @return  the string representation of the unsigned integer value
@@ -461,9 +461,9 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      * must all be digits of the specified radix (as determined by
      * whether {@link java.lang.Character#digit(char, int)} returns a
      * nonnegative value), except that the first character may be an
-     * ASCII minus sign {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) to
+     * ASCII minus sign {@code '-'} ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}) to
      * indicate a negative value or an ASCII plus sign {@code '+'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) to indicate a positive value. The
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) to indicate a positive value. The
      * resulting integer value is returned.
      *
      * <p>An exception of type {@code NumberFormatException} is
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      *
      * <li>Any character of the string is not a digit of the specified
      * radix, except that the first character may be a minus sign
-     * {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) or plus sign
-     * {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) provided that the
+     * {@code '-'} ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}) or plus sign
+     * {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) provided that the
      * string is longer than length 1.
      *
      * <li>The value represented by the string is not a value of type
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      * Parses the string argument as a signed decimal integer. The
      * characters in the string must all be decimal digits, except
      * that the first character may be an ASCII minus sign {@code '-'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) to indicate a negative value or an
-     * ASCII plus sign {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) to
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}) to indicate a negative value or an
+     * ASCII plus sign {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) to
      * indicate a positive value. The resulting integer value is
      * returned, exactly as if the argument and the radix 10 were
      * given as arguments to the {@link #parseInt(java.lang.String,
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      * specified radix (as determined by whether {@link
      * java.lang.Character#digit(char, int)} returns a nonnegative
      * value), except that the first character may be an ASCII plus
-     * sign {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>). The resulting
+     * sign {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}). The resulting
      * integer value is returned.
      *
      * <p>An exception of type {@code NumberFormatException} is
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      *
      * <li>Any character of the string is not a digit of the specified
      * radix, except that the first character may be a plus sign
-     * {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) provided that the
+     * {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) provided that the
      * string is longer than length 1.
      *
      * <li>The value represented by the string is larger than the
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ public final class Integer extends Number implements Comparable<Integer> {
      * Parses the string argument as an unsigned decimal integer. The
      * characters in the string must all be decimal digits, except
      * that the first character may be an an ASCII plus sign {@code
-     * '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>). The resulting integer value
+     * '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}). The resulting integer value
      * is returned, exactly as if the argument and the radix 10 were
      * given as arguments to the {@link
      * #parseUnsignedInt(java.lang.String, int)} method.

src/share/classes/java/lang/Long.java

@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      *
      * <p>If the first argument is negative, the first element of the
      * result is the ASCII minus sign {@code '-'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002d'</code>). If the first argument is not
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002d'}). If the first argument is not
      * negative, no sign character appears in the result.
      *
      * <p>The remaining characters of the result represent the magnitude
      * of the first argument. If the magnitude is zero, it is
      * represented by a single zero character {@code '0'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>); otherwise, the first character of
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu0030'}); otherwise, the first character of
      * the representation of the magnitude will not be the zero
      * character.  The following ASCII characters are used as digits:
      *
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      *   {@code 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}
      * </blockquote>
      *
-     * These are <code>'&#92;u0030'</code> through
-     * <code>'&#92;u0039'</code> and <code>'&#92;u0061'</code> through
-     * <code>'&#92;u007a'</code>. If {@code radix} is
+     * These are {@code '\u005Cu0030'} through
+     * {@code '\u005Cu0039'} and {@code '\u005Cu0061'} through
+     * {@code '\u005Cu007a'}. If {@code radix} is
      * <var>N</var>, then the first <var>N</var> of these characters
      * are used as radix-<var>N</var> digits in the order shown. Thus,
      * the digits for hexadecimal (radix 16) are
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      * value, no leading sign character is printed.
      *
      * <p>If the magnitude is zero, it is represented by a single zero
-     * character {@code '0'} (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>); otherwise,
+     * character {@code '0'} ({@code '\u005Cu0030'}); otherwise,
      * the first character of the representation of the magnitude will
      * not be the zero character.
      *
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      * 16)}.
      *
      * <p>If the unsigned magnitude is zero, it is represented by a
-     * single zero character {@code '0'} (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>);
+     * single zero character {@code '0'} ({@code '\u005Cu0030'});
      * otherwise, the first character of the representation of the
      * unsigned magnitude will not be the zero character. The
      * following characters are used as hexadecimal digits:
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      *  {@code 0123456789abcdef}
      * </blockquote>
      *
-     * These are the characters <code>'&#92;u0030'</code> through
-     * <code>'&#92;u0039'</code> and  <code>'&#92;u0061'</code> through
-     * <code>'&#92;u0066'</code>.  If uppercase letters are desired,
+     * These are the characters {@code '\u005Cu0030'} through
+     * {@code '\u005Cu0039'} and  {@code '\u005Cu0061'} through
+     * {@code '\u005Cu0066'}.  If uppercase letters are desired,
      * the {@link java.lang.String#toUpperCase()} method may be called
      * on the result:
      *
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      * 8)}.
      *
      * <p>If the unsigned magnitude is zero, it is represented by a
-     * single zero character {@code '0'} (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>);
+     * single zero character {@code '0'} ({@code '\u005Cu0030'});
      * otherwise, the first character of the representation of the
      * unsigned magnitude will not be the zero character. The
      * following characters are used as octal digits:
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      *  {@code 01234567}
      * </blockquote>
      *
-     * These are the characters <code>'&#92;u0030'</code> through
-     * <code>'&#92;u0037'</code>.
+     * These are the characters {@code '\u005Cu0030'} through
+     * {@code '\u005Cu0037'}.
      *
      * @param   i   a {@code long} to be converted to a string.
      * @return  the string representation of the unsigned {@code long}
@@ -325,11 +325,11 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      * 2)}.
      *
      * <p>If the unsigned magnitude is zero, it is represented by a
-     * single zero character {@code '0'} (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>);
+     * single zero character {@code '0'} ({@code '\u005Cu0030'});
      * otherwise, the first character of the representation of the
      * unsigned magnitude will not be the zero character. The
-     * characters {@code '0'} (<code>'&#92;u0030'</code>) and {@code
-     * '1'} (<code>'&#92;u0031'</code>) are used as binary digits.
+     * characters {@code '0'} ({@code '\u005Cu0030'}) and {@code
+     * '1'} ({@code '\u005Cu0031'}) are used as binary digits.
      *
      * @param   i   a {@code long} to be converted to a string.
      * @return  the string representation of the unsigned {@code long}
@@ -467,14 +467,14 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      * string must all be digits of the specified radix (as determined
      * by whether {@link java.lang.Character#digit(char, int)} returns
      * a nonnegative value), except that the first character may be an
-     * ASCII minus sign {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) to
+     * ASCII minus sign {@code '-'} ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}) to
      * indicate a negative value or an ASCII plus sign {@code '+'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) to indicate a positive value. The
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) to indicate a positive value. The
      * resulting {@code long} value is returned.
      *
      * <p>Note that neither the character {@code L}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u004C'</code>) nor {@code l}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u006C'</code>) is permitted to appear at the end
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu004C'}) nor {@code l}
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu006C'}) is permitted to appear at the end
      * of the string as a type indicator, as would be permitted in
      * Java programming language source code - except that either
      * {@code L} or {@code l} may appear as a digit for a
@@ -493,8 +493,8 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      *
      * <li>Any character of the string is not a digit of the specified
      * radix, except that the first character may be a minus sign
-     * {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002d'</code>) or plus sign {@code
-     * '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) provided that the string is
+     * {@code '-'} ({@code '\u005Cu002d'}) or plus sign {@code
+     * '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) provided that the string is
      * longer than length 1.
      *
      * <li>The value represented by the string is not a value of type
@@ -584,16 +584,16 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      * Parses the string argument as a signed decimal {@code long}.
      * The characters in the string must all be decimal digits, except
      * that the first character may be an ASCII minus sign {@code '-'}
-     * (<code>&#92;u002D'</code>) to indicate a negative value or an
-     * ASCII plus sign {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) to
+     * ({@code \u005Cu002D'}) to indicate a negative value or an
+     * ASCII plus sign {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) to
      * indicate a positive value. The resulting {@code long} value is
      * returned, exactly as if the argument and the radix {@code 10}
      * were given as arguments to the {@link
      * #parseLong(java.lang.String, int)} method.
      *
      * <p>Note that neither the character {@code L}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u004C'</code>) nor {@code l}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u006C'</code>) is permitted to appear at the end
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu004C'}) nor {@code l}
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu006C'}) is permitted to appear at the end
      * of the string as a type indicator, as would be permitted in
      * Java programming language source code.
      *
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      * specified radix (as determined by whether {@link
      * java.lang.Character#digit(char, int)} returns a nonnegative
      * value), except that the first character may be an ASCII plus
-     * sign {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>). The resulting
+     * sign {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}). The resulting
      * integer value is returned.
      *
      * <p>An exception of type {@code NumberFormatException} is
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      *
      * <li>Any character of the string is not a digit of the specified
      * radix, except that the first character may be a plus sign
-     * {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) provided that the
+     * {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) provided that the
      * string is longer than length 1.
      *
      * <li>The value represented by the string is larger than the
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      * Parses the string argument as an unsigned decimal {@code long}. The
      * characters in the string must all be decimal digits, except
      * that the first character may be an an ASCII plus sign {@code
-     * '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>). The resulting integer value
+     * '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}). The resulting integer value
      * is returned, exactly as if the argument and the radix 10 were
      * given as arguments to the {@link
      * #parseUnsignedLong(java.lang.String, int)} method.
@@ -1148,8 +1148,8 @@ public final class Long extends Number implements Comparable<Long> {
      * </ul>
      *
      * <p>Note that, in every case, neither {@code L}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u004C'</code>) nor {@code l}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u006C'</code>) is permitted to appear at the end
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu004C'}) nor {@code l}
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu006C'}) is permitted to appear at the end
      * of the property value as a type indicator, as would be
      * permitted in Java programming language source code.
      *

src/share/classes/java/lang/Short.java

@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ public final class Short extends Number implements Comparable<Short> {
      * determined by whether {@link java.lang.Character#digit(char,
      * int)} returns a nonnegative value) except that the first
      * character may be an ASCII minus sign {@code '-'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) to indicate a negative value or an
-     * ASCII plus sign {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) to
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}) to indicate a negative value or an
+     * ASCII plus sign {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) to
      * indicate a positive value.  The resulting {@code short} value
      * is returned.
      *
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ public final class Short extends Number implements Comparable<Short> {
      *
      * <li> Any character of the string is not a digit of the
      * specified radix, except that the first character may be a minus
-     * sign {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) or plus sign
-     * {@code '+'} (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) provided that the
+     * sign {@code '-'} ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}) or plus sign
+     * {@code '+'} ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) provided that the
      * string is longer than length 1.
      *
      * <li> The value represented by the string is not a value of type
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ public final class Short extends Number implements Comparable<Short> {
      * Parses the string argument as a signed decimal {@code
      * short}. The characters in the string must all be decimal
      * digits, except that the first character may be an ASCII minus
-     * sign {@code '-'} (<code>'&#92;u002D'</code>) to indicate a
+     * sign {@code '-'} ({@code '\u005Cu002D'}) to indicate a
      * negative value or an ASCII plus sign {@code '+'}
-     * (<code>'&#92;u002B'</code>) to indicate a positive value.  The
+     * ({@code '\u005Cu002B'}) to indicate a positive value.  The
      * resulting {@code short} value is returned, exactly as if the
      * argument and the radix 10 were given as arguments to the {@link
      * #parseShort(java.lang.String, int)} method.

src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
 
 /**
- * The <code>String</code> class represents character strings. All
- * string literals in Java programs, such as <code>"abc"</code>, are
+ * The {@code String} class represents character strings. All
+ * string literals in Java programs, such as {@code "abc"}, are
  * implemented as instances of this class.
  * <p>
  * Strings are constant; their values cannot be changed after they
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
  *     String d = cde.substring(1, 2);
  * </pre></blockquote>
  * <p>
- * The class <code>String</code> includes methods for examining
+ * The class {@code String} includes methods for examining
  * individual characters of the sequence, for comparing strings, for
  * searching strings, for extracting substrings, and for creating a
  * copy of a string with all characters translated to uppercase or to
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
  * The Java language provides special support for the string
  * concatenation operator (&nbsp;+&nbsp;), and for conversion of
  * other objects to strings. String concatenation is implemented
- * through the <code>StringBuilder</code>(or <code>StringBuffer</code>)
- * class and its <code>append</code> method.
+ * through the {@code StringBuilder}(or {@code StringBuffer})
+ * class and its {@code append} method.
  * String conversions are implemented through the method
- * <code>toString</code>, defined by <code>Object</code> and
+ * {@code toString}, defined by {@code Object} and
  * inherited by all classes in Java. For additional information on
  * string concatenation and conversion, see Gosling, Joy, and Steele,
  * <i>The Java Language Specification</i>.
@@ -85,16 +85,16 @@ import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
  * or method in this class will cause a {@link NullPointerException} to be
  * thrown.
  *
- * <p>A <code>String</code> represents a string in the UTF-16 format
+ * <p>A {@code String} represents a string in the UTF-16 format
  * in which <em>supplementary characters</em> are represented by <em>surrogate
  * pairs</em> (see the section <a href="Character.html#unicode">Unicode
- * Character Representations</a> in the <code>Character</code> class for
+ * Character Representations</a> in the {@code Character} class for
  * more information).
- * Index values refer to <code>char</code> code units, so a supplementary
- * character uses two positions in a <code>String</code>.
- * <p>The <code>String</code> class provides methods for dealing with
+ * Index values refer to {@code char} code units, so a supplementary
+ * character uses two positions in a {@code String}.
+ * <p>The {@code String} class provides methods for dealing with
  * Unicode code points (i.e., characters), in addition to those for
- * dealing with Unicode code units (i.e., <code>char</code> values).
+ * dealing with Unicode code units (i.e., {@code char} values).
  *
  * @author  Lee Boynton
  * @author  Arthur van Hoff
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ public final class String
      * A String instance is written initially into an ObjectOutputStream in the
      * following format:
      * <pre>
-     *      <code>TC_STRING</code> (utf String)
+     *      {@code TC_STRING} (utf String)
      * </pre>
-     * The String is written by method <code>DataOutput.writeUTF</code>.
+     * The String is written by method {@code DataOutput.writeUTF}.
      * A new handle is generated to  refer to all future references to the
      * string instance within the stream.
      */
@@ -673,20 +673,20 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the <code>char</code> value at the
-     * specified index. An index ranges from <code>0</code> to
-     * <code>length() - 1</code>. The first <code>char</code> value of the sequence
-     * is at index <code>0</code>, the next at index <code>1</code>,
+     * Returns the {@code char} value at the
+     * specified index. An index ranges from {@code 0} to
+     * {@code length() - 1}. The first {@code char} value of the sequence
+     * is at index {@code 0}, the next at index {@code 1},
      * and so on, as for array indexing.
      *
-     * <p>If the <code>char</code> value specified by the index is a
+     * <p>If the {@code char} value specified by the index is a
      * <a href="Character.html#unicode">surrogate</a>, the surrogate
      * value is returned.
      *
-     * @param      index   the index of the <code>char</code> value.
-     * @return     the <code>char</code> value at the specified index of this string.
-     *             The first <code>char</code> value is at index <code>0</code>.
-     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the <code>index</code>
+     * @param      index   the index of the {@code char} value.
+     * @return     the {@code char} value at the specified index of this string.
+     *             The first {@code char} value is at index {@code 0}.
+     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the {@code index}
      *             argument is negative or not less than the length of this
      *             string.
      */
@@ -699,22 +699,22 @@ public final class String
 
     /**
      * Returns the character (Unicode code point) at the specified
-     * index. The index refers to <code>char</code> values
-     * (Unicode code units) and ranges from <code>0</code> to
-     * {@link #length()}<code> - 1</code>.
+     * index. The index refers to {@code char} values
+     * (Unicode code units) and ranges from {@code 0} to
+     * {@link #length()}{@code  - 1}.
      *
-     * <p> If the <code>char</code> value specified at the given index
+     * <p> If the {@code char} value specified at the given index
      * is in the high-surrogate range, the following index is less
-     * than the length of this <code>String</code>, and the
-     * <code>char</code> value at the following index is in the
+     * than the length of this {@code String}, and the
+     * {@code char} value at the following index is in the
      * low-surrogate range, then the supplementary code point
      * corresponding to this surrogate pair is returned. Otherwise,
-     * the <code>char</code> value at the given index is returned.
+     * the {@code char} value at the given index is returned.
      *
-     * @param      index the index to the <code>char</code> values
+     * @param      index the index to the {@code char} values
      * @return     the code point value of the character at the
-     *             <code>index</code>
-     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the <code>index</code>
+     *             {@code index}
+     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the {@code index}
      *             argument is negative or not less than the length of this
      *             string.
      * @since      1.5
@@ -728,22 +728,22 @@ public final class String
 
     /**
      * Returns the character (Unicode code point) before the specified
-     * index. The index refers to <code>char</code> values
-     * (Unicode code units) and ranges from <code>1</code> to {@link
+     * index. The index refers to {@code char} values
+     * (Unicode code units) and ranges from {@code 1} to {@link
      * CharSequence#length() length}.
      *
-     * <p> If the <code>char</code> value at <code>(index - 1)</code>
-     * is in the low-surrogate range, <code>(index - 2)</code> is not
-     * negative, and the <code>char</code> value at <code>(index -
-     * 2)</code> is in the high-surrogate range, then the
+     * <p> If the {@code char} value at {@code (index - 1)}
+     * is in the low-surrogate range, {@code (index - 2)} is not
+     * negative, and the {@code char} value at {@code (index -
+     * 2)} is in the high-surrogate range, then the
      * supplementary code point value of the surrogate pair is
-     * returned. If the <code>char</code> value at <code>index -
-     * 1</code> is an unpaired low-surrogate or a high-surrogate, the
+     * returned. If the {@code char} value at {@code index -
+     * 1} is an unpaired low-surrogate or a high-surrogate, the
      * surrogate value is returned.
      *
      * @param     index the index following the code point that should be returned
      * @return    the Unicode code point value before the given index.
-     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the <code>index</code>
+     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the {@code index}
      *            argument is less than 1 or greater than the length
      *            of this string.
      * @since     1.5
@@ -758,23 +758,23 @@ public final class String
 
     /**
      * Returns the number of Unicode code points in the specified text
-     * range of this <code>String</code>. The text range begins at the
-     * specified <code>beginIndex</code> and extends to the
-     * <code>char</code> at index <code>endIndex - 1</code>. Thus the
-     * length (in <code>char</code>s) of the text range is
-     * <code>endIndex-beginIndex</code>. Unpaired surrogates within
+     * range of this {@code String}. The text range begins at the
+     * specified {@code beginIndex} and extends to the
+     * {@code char} at index {@code endIndex - 1}. Thus the
+     * length (in {@code char}s) of the text range is
+     * {@code endIndex-beginIndex}. Unpaired surrogates within
      * the text range count as one code point each.
      *
-     * @param beginIndex the index to the first <code>char</code> of
+     * @param beginIndex the index to the first {@code char} of
      * the text range.
-     * @param endIndex the index after the last <code>char</code> of
+     * @param endIndex the index after the last {@code char} of
      * the text range.
      * @return the number of Unicode code points in the specified text
      * range
      * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the
-     * <code>beginIndex</code> is negative, or <code>endIndex</code>
-     * is larger than the length of this <code>String</code>, or
-     * <code>beginIndex</code> is larger than <code>endIndex</code>.
+     * {@code beginIndex} is negative, or {@code endIndex}
+     * is larger than the length of this {@code String}, or
+     * {@code beginIndex} is larger than {@code endIndex}.
      * @since  1.5
      */
     public int codePointCount(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {
@@ -785,23 +785,23 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the index within this <code>String</code> that is
-     * offset from the given <code>index</code> by
-     * <code>codePointOffset</code> code points. Unpaired surrogates
-     * within the text range given by <code>index</code> and
-     * <code>codePointOffset</code> count as one code point each.
+     * Returns the index within this {@code String} that is
+     * offset from the given {@code index} by
+     * {@code codePointOffset} code points. Unpaired surrogates
+     * within the text range given by {@code index} and
+     * {@code codePointOffset} count as one code point each.
      *
      * @param index the index to be offset
      * @param codePointOffset the offset in code points
-     * @return the index within this <code>String</code>
-     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if <code>index</code>
+     * @return the index within this {@code String}
+     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code index}
      *   is negative or larger then the length of this
-     *   <code>String</code>, or if <code>codePointOffset</code> is positive
-     *   and the substring starting with <code>index</code> has fewer
-     *   than <code>codePointOffset</code> code points,
-     *   or if <code>codePointOffset</code> is negative and the substring
-     *   before <code>index</code> has fewer than the absolute value
-     *   of <code>codePointOffset</code> code points.
+     *   {@code String}, or if {@code codePointOffset} is positive
+     *   and the substring starting with {@code index} has fewer
+     *   than {@code codePointOffset} code points,
+     *   or if {@code codePointOffset} is negative and the substring
+     *   before {@code index} has fewer than the absolute value
+     *   of {@code codePointOffset} code points.
      * @since 1.5
      */
     public int offsetByCodePoints(int index, int codePointOffset) {
@@ -824,11 +824,11 @@ public final class String
      * Copies characters from this string into the destination character
      * array.
      * <p>
-     * The first character to be copied is at index <code>srcBegin</code>;
-     * the last character to be copied is at index <code>srcEnd-1</code>
+     * The first character to be copied is at index {@code srcBegin};
+     * the last character to be copied is at index {@code srcEnd-1}
      * (thus the total number of characters to be copied is
-     * <code>srcEnd-srcBegin</code>). The characters are copied into the
-     * subarray of <code>dst</code> starting at index <code>dstBegin</code>
+     * {@code srcEnd-srcBegin}). The characters are copied into the
+     * subarray of {@code dst} starting at index {@code dstBegin}
      * and ending at index:
      * <p><blockquote><pre>
      *     dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
@@ -842,13 +842,13 @@ public final class String
      * @param      dstBegin   the start offset in the destination array.
      * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If any of the following
      *            is true:
-     *            <ul><li><code>srcBegin</code> is negative.
-     *            <li><code>srcBegin</code> is greater than <code>srcEnd</code>
-     *            <li><code>srcEnd</code> is greater than the length of this
+     *            <ul><li>{@code srcBegin} is negative.
+     *            <li>{@code srcBegin} is greater than {@code srcEnd}
+     *            <li>{@code srcEnd} is greater than the length of this
      *                string
-     *            <li><code>dstBegin</code> is negative
-     *            <li><code>dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)</code> is larger than
-     *                <code>dst.length</code></ul>
+     *            <li>{@code dstBegin} is negative
+     *            <li>{@code dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)} is larger than
+     *                {@code dst.length}</ul>
      */
     public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char dst[], int dstBegin) {
         if (srcBegin < 0) {
@@ -1135,14 +1135,14 @@ public final class String
      * Compares two strings lexicographically.
      * The comparison is based on the Unicode value of each character in
      * the strings. The character sequence represented by this
-     * <code>String</code> object is compared lexicographically to the
+     * {@code String} object is compared lexicographically to the
      * character sequence represented by the argument string. The result is
-     * a negative integer if this <code>String</code> object
+     * a negative integer if this {@code String} object
      * lexicographically precedes the argument string. The result is a
-     * positive integer if this <code>String</code> object lexicographically
+     * positive integer if this {@code String} object lexicographically
      * follows the argument string. The result is zero if the strings
-     * are equal; <code>compareTo</code> returns <code>0</code> exactly when
-     * the {@link #equals(Object)} method would return <code>true</code>.
+     * are equal; {@code compareTo} returns {@code 0} exactly when
+     * the {@link #equals(Object)} method would return {@code true}.
      * <p>
      * This is the definition of lexicographic ordering. If two strings are
      * different, then either they have different characters at some index
@@ -1151,25 +1151,25 @@ public final class String
      * positions, let <i>k</i> be the smallest such index; then the string
      * whose character at position <i>k</i> has the smaller value, as
      * determined by using the &lt; operator, lexicographically precedes the
-     * other string. In this case, <code>compareTo</code> returns the
-     * difference of the two character values at position <code>k</code> in
+     * other string. In this case, {@code compareTo} returns the
+     * difference of the two character values at position {@code k} in
      * the two string -- that is, the value:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * this.charAt(k)-anotherString.charAt(k)
      * </pre></blockquote>
      * If there is no index position at which they differ, then the shorter
      * string lexicographically precedes the longer string. In this case,
-     * <code>compareTo</code> returns the difference of the lengths of the
+     * {@code compareTo} returns the difference of the lengths of the
      * strings -- that is, the value:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * this.length()-anotherString.length()
      * </pre></blockquote>
      *
-     * @param   anotherString   the <code>String</code> to be compared.
-     * @return  the value <code>0</code> if the argument string is equal to
-     *          this string; a value less than <code>0</code> if this string
+     * @param   anotherString   the {@code String} to be compared.
+     * @return  the value {@code 0} if the argument string is equal to
+     *          this string; a value less than {@code 0} if this string
      *          is lexicographically less than the string argument; and a
-     *          value greater than <code>0</code> if this string is
+     *          value greater than {@code 0} if this string is
      *          lexicographically greater than the string argument.
      */
     public int compareTo(String anotherString) {
@@ -1205,8 +1205,8 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * A Comparator that orders <code>String</code> objects as by
-     * <code>compareToIgnoreCase</code>. This comparator is serializable.
+     * A Comparator that orders {@code String} objects as by
+     * {@code compareToIgnoreCase}. This comparator is serializable.
      * <p>
      * Note that this Comparator does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
      * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.
@@ -1253,9 +1253,9 @@ public final class String
     /**
      * Compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case
      * differences. This method returns an integer whose sign is that of
-     * calling <code>compareTo</code> with normalized versions of the strings
+     * calling {@code compareTo} with normalized versions of the strings
      * where case differences have been eliminated by calling
-     * <code>Character.toLowerCase(Character.toUpperCase(character))</code> on
+     * {@code Character.toLowerCase(Character.toUpperCase(character))} on
      * each character.
      * <p>
      * Note that this method does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ public final class String
      * The java.text package provides <em>collators</em> to allow
      * locale-sensitive ordering.
      *
-     * @param   str   the <code>String</code> to be compared.
+     * @param   str   the {@code String} to be compared.
      * @return  a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the
      *          specified String is greater than, equal to, or less
      *          than this String, ignoring case considerations.
@@ -1301,9 +1301,9 @@ public final class String
      * @param   ooffset   the starting offset of the subregion in the string
      *                    argument.
      * @param   len       the number of characters to compare.
-     * @return  <code>true</code> if the specified subregion of this string
+     * @return  {@code true} if the specified subregion of this string
      *          exactly matches the specified subregion of the string argument;
-     *          <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     *          {@code false} otherwise.
      */
     public boolean regionMatches(int toffset, String other, int ooffset,
                                  int len) {
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ public final class String
      * </pre></blockquote>
      * </ul>
      *
-     * @param   ignoreCase   if <code>true</code>, ignore case when comparing
+     * @param   ignoreCase   if {@code true}, ignore case when comparing
      *                       characters.
      * @param   toffset      the starting offset of the subregion in this
      *                       string.
@@ -1368,10 +1368,10 @@ public final class String
      * @param   ooffset      the starting offset of the subregion in the string
      *                       argument.
      * @param   len          the number of characters to compare.
-     * @return  <code>true</code> if the specified subregion of this string
+     * @return  {@code true} if the specified subregion of this string
      *          matches the specified subregion of the string argument;
-     *          <code>false</code> otherwise. Whether the matching is exact
-     *          or case insensitive depends on the <code>ignoreCase</code>
+     *          {@code false} otherwise. Whether the matching is exact
+     *          or case insensitive depends on the {@code ignoreCase}
      *          argument.
      */
     public boolean regionMatches(boolean ignoreCase, int toffset,
@@ -1420,12 +1420,12 @@ public final class String
      *
      * @param   prefix    the prefix.
      * @param   toffset   where to begin looking in this string.
-     * @return  <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
+     * @return  {@code true} if the character sequence represented by the
      *          argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting
-     *          at index <code>toffset</code>; <code>false</code> otherwise.
-     *          The result is <code>false</code> if <code>toffset</code> is
+     *          at index {@code toffset}; {@code false} otherwise.
+     *          The result is {@code false} if {@code toffset} is
      *          negative or greater than the length of this
-     *          <code>String</code> object; otherwise the result is the same
+     *          {@code String} object; otherwise the result is the same
      *          as the result of the expression
      *          <pre>
      *          this.substring(toffset).startsWith(prefix)
@@ -1453,12 +1453,12 @@ public final class String
      * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.
      *
      * @param   prefix   the prefix.
-     * @return  <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
+     * @return  {@code true} if the character sequence represented by the
      *          argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by
-     *          this string; <code>false</code> otherwise.
-     *          Note also that <code>true</code> will be returned if the
+     *          this string; {@code false} otherwise.
+     *          Note also that {@code true} will be returned if the
      *          argument is an empty string or is equal to this
-     *          <code>String</code> object as determined by the
+     *          {@code String} object as determined by the
      *          {@link #equals(Object)} method.
      * @since   1. 0
      */
@@ -1470,11 +1470,11 @@ public final class String
      * Tests if this string ends with the specified suffix.
      *
      * @param   suffix   the suffix.
-     * @return  <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
+     * @return  {@code true} if the character sequence represented by the
      *          argument is a suffix of the character sequence represented by
-     *          this object; <code>false</code> otherwise. Note that the
-     *          result will be <code>true</code> if the argument is the
-     *          empty string or is equal to this <code>String</code> object
+     *          this object; {@code false} otherwise. Note that the
+     *          result will be {@code true} if the argument is the
+     *          empty string or is equal to this {@code String} object
      *          as determined by the {@link #equals(Object)} method.
      */
     public boolean endsWith(String suffix) {
@@ -1483,13 +1483,13 @@ public final class String
 
     /**
      * Returns a hash code for this string. The hash code for a
-     * <code>String</code> object is computed as
+     * {@code String} object is computed as
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * s[0]*31^(n-1) + s[1]*31^(n-2) + ... + s[n-1]
      * </pre></blockquote>
-     * using <code>int</code> arithmetic, where <code>s[i]</code> is the
-     * <i>i</i>th character of the string, <code>n</code> is the length of
-     * the string, and <code>^</code> indicates exponentiation.
+     * using {@code int} arithmetic, where {@code s[i]} is the
+     * <i>i</i>th character of the string, {@code n} is the length of
+     * the string, and {@code ^} indicates exponentiation.
      * (The hash value of the empty string is zero.)
      *
      * @return  a hash code value for this object.
@@ -1512,26 +1512,26 @@ public final class String
     /**
      * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of
      * the specified character. If a character with value
-     * <code>ch</code> occurs in the character sequence represented by
-     * this <code>String</code> object, then the index (in Unicode
+     * {@code ch} occurs in the character sequence represented by
+     * this {@code String} object, then the index (in Unicode
      * code units) of the first such occurrence is returned. For
-     * values of <code>ch</code> in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF
+     * values of {@code ch} in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF
      * (inclusive), this is the smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
      * </pre></blockquote>
-     * is true. For other values of <code>ch</code>, it is the
+     * is true. For other values of {@code ch}, it is the
      * smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
      * </pre></blockquote>
      * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this
-     * string, then <code>-1</code> is returned.
+     * string, then {@code -1} is returned.
      *
      * @param   ch   a character (Unicode code point).
      * @return  the index of the first occurrence of the character in the
      *          character sequence represented by this object, or
-     *          <code>-1</code> if the character does not occur.
+     *          {@code -1} if the character does not occur.
      */
     public int indexOf(int ch) {
         return indexOf(ch, 0);
@@ -1541,39 +1541,39 @@ public final class String
      * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
      * specified character, starting the search at the specified index.
      * <p>
-     * If a character with value <code>ch</code> occurs in the
-     * character sequence represented by this <code>String</code>
-     * object at an index no smaller than <code>fromIndex</code>, then
+     * If a character with value {@code ch} occurs in the
+     * character sequence represented by this {@code String}
+     * object at an index no smaller than {@code fromIndex}, then
      * the index of the first such occurrence is returned. For values
-     * of <code>ch</code> in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive),
+     * of {@code ch} in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive),
      * this is the smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * (this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) && (<i>k</i> &gt;= fromIndex)
      * </pre></blockquote>
-     * is true. For other values of <code>ch</code>, it is the
+     * is true. For other values of {@code ch}, it is the
      * smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * (this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) && (<i>k</i> &gt;= fromIndex)
      * </pre></blockquote>
      * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this
-     * string at or after position <code>fromIndex</code>, then
-     * <code>-1</code> is returned.
+     * string at or after position {@code fromIndex}, then
+     * {@code -1} is returned.
      *
      * <p>
-     * There is no restriction on the value of <code>fromIndex</code>. If it
+     * There is no restriction on the value of {@code fromIndex}. If it
      * is negative, it has the same effect as if it were zero: this entire
      * string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this
      * string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of
-     * this string: <code>-1</code> is returned.
+     * this string: {@code -1} is returned.
      *
-     * <p>All indices are specified in <code>char</code> values
+     * <p>All indices are specified in {@code char} values
      * (Unicode code units).
      *
      * @param   ch          a character (Unicode code point).
      * @param   fromIndex   the index to start the search from.
      * @return  the index of the first occurrence of the character in the
      *          character sequence represented by this object that is greater
-     *          than or equal to <code>fromIndex</code>, or <code>-1</code>
+     *          than or equal to {@code fromIndex}, or {@code -1}
      *          if the character does not occur.
      */
     public int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex) {
@@ -1622,26 +1622,26 @@ public final class String
 
     /**
      * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of
-     * the specified character. For values of <code>ch</code> in the
+     * the specified character. For values of {@code ch} in the
      * range from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive), the index (in Unicode code
      * units) returned is the largest value <i>k</i> such that:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
      * </pre></blockquote>
-     * is true. For other values of <code>ch</code>, it is the
+     * is true. For other values of {@code ch}, it is the
      * largest value <i>k</i> such that:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
      * </pre></blockquote>
      * is true.  In either case, if no such character occurs in this
-     * string, then <code>-1</code> is returned.  The
-     * <code>String</code> is searched backwards starting at the last
+     * string, then {@code -1} is returned.  The
+     * {@code String} is searched backwards starting at the last
      * character.
      *
      * @param   ch   a character (Unicode code point).
      * @return  the index of the last occurrence of the character in the
      *          character sequence represented by this object, or
-     *          <code>-1</code> if the character does not occur.
+     *          {@code -1} if the character does not occur.
      */
     public int lastIndexOf(int ch) {
         return lastIndexOf(ch, count - 1);
@@ -1650,27 +1650,27 @@ public final class String
     /**
      * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of
      * the specified character, searching backward starting at the
-     * specified index. For values of <code>ch</code> in the range
+     * specified index. For values of {@code ch} in the range
      * from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive), the index returned is the largest
      * value <i>k</i> such that:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * (this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) && (<i>k</i> &lt;= fromIndex)
      * </pre></blockquote>
-     * is true. For other values of <code>ch</code>, it is the
+     * is true. For other values of {@code ch}, it is the
      * largest value <i>k</i> such that:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * (this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) && (<i>k</i> &lt;= fromIndex)
      * </pre></blockquote>
      * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this
-     * string at or before position <code>fromIndex</code>, then
-     * <code>-1</code> is returned.
+     * string at or before position {@code fromIndex}, then
+     * {@code -1} is returned.
      *
-     * <p>All indices are specified in <code>char</code> values
+     * <p>All indices are specified in {@code char} values
      * (Unicode code units).
      *
      * @param   ch          a character (Unicode code point).
      * @param   fromIndex   the index to start the search from. There is no
-     *          restriction on the value of <code>fromIndex</code>. If it is
+     *          restriction on the value of {@code fromIndex}. If it is
      *          greater than or equal to the length of this string, it has
      *          the same effect as if it were equal to one less than the
      *          length of this string: this entire string may be searched.
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ public final class String
      *          -1 is returned.
      * @return  the index of the last occurrence of the character in the
      *          character sequence represented by this object that is less
-     *          than or equal to <code>fromIndex</code>, or <code>-1</code>
+     *          than or equal to {@code fromIndex}, or {@code -1}
      *          if the character does not occur before that point.
      */
     public int lastIndexOf(int ch, int fromIndex) {
@@ -1921,8 +1921,8 @@ public final class String
      * @param      beginIndex   the beginning index, inclusive.
      * @return     the specified substring.
      * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if
-     *             <code>beginIndex</code> is negative or larger than the
-     *             length of this <code>String</code> object.
+     *             {@code beginIndex} is negative or larger than the
+     *             length of this {@code String} object.
      */
     public String substring(int beginIndex) {
         return substring(beginIndex, count);
@@ -1930,9 +1930,9 @@ public final class String
 
     /**
      * Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The
-     * substring begins at the specified <code>beginIndex</code> and
-     * extends to the character at index <code>endIndex - 1</code>.
-     * Thus the length of the substring is <code>endIndex-beginIndex</code>.
+     * substring begins at the specified {@code beginIndex} and
+     * extends to the character at index {@code endIndex - 1}.
+     * Thus the length of the substring is {@code endIndex-beginIndex}.
      * <p>
      * Examples:
      * <blockquote><pre>
@@ -1944,11 +1944,11 @@ public final class String
      * @param      endIndex     the ending index, exclusive.
      * @return     the specified substring.
      * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the
-     *             <code>beginIndex</code> is negative, or
-     *             <code>endIndex</code> is larger than the length of
-     *             this <code>String</code> object, or
-     *             <code>beginIndex</code> is larger than
-     *             <code>endIndex</code>.
+     *             {@code beginIndex} is negative, or
+     *             {@code endIndex} is larger than the length of
+     *             this {@code String} object, or
+     *             {@code beginIndex} is larger than
+     *             {@code endIndex}.
      */
     public String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {
         if (beginIndex < 0) {
@@ -1999,11 +1999,11 @@ public final class String
     /**
      * Concatenates the specified string to the end of this string.
      * <p>
-     * If the length of the argument string is <code>0</code>, then this
-     * <code>String</code> object is returned. Otherwise, a new
-     * <code>String</code> object is created, representing a character
+     * If the length of the argument string is {@code 0}, then this
+     * {@code String} object is returned. Otherwise, a new
+     * {@code String} object is created, representing a character
      * sequence that is the concatenation of the character sequence
-     * represented by this <code>String</code> object and the character
+     * represented by this {@code String} object and the character
      * sequence represented by the argument string.<p>
      * Examples:
      * <blockquote><pre>
@@ -2011,8 +2011,8 @@ public final class String
      * "to".concat("get").concat("her") returns "together"
      * </pre></blockquote>
      *
-     * @param   str   the <code>String</code> that is concatenated to the end
-     *                of this <code>String</code>.
+     * @param   str   the {@code String} that is concatenated to the end
+     *                of this {@code String}.
      * @return  a string that represents the concatenation of this object's
      *          characters followed by the string argument's characters.
      */
@@ -2029,16 +2029,16 @@ public final class String
 
     /**
      * Returns a new string resulting from replacing all occurrences of
-     * <code>oldChar</code> in this string with <code>newChar</code>.
+     * {@code oldChar} in this string with {@code newChar}.
      * <p>
-     * If the character <code>oldChar</code> does not occur in the
-     * character sequence represented by this <code>String</code> object,
-     * then a reference to this <code>String</code> object is returned.
-     * Otherwise, a new <code>String</code> object is created that
+     * If the character {@code oldChar} does not occur in the
+     * character sequence represented by this {@code String} object,
+     * then a reference to this {@code String} object is returned.
+     * Otherwise, a new {@code String} object is created that
      * represents a character sequence identical to the character sequence
-     * represented by this <code>String</code> object, except that every
-     * occurrence of <code>oldChar</code> is replaced by an occurrence
-     * of <code>newChar</code>.
+     * represented by this {@code String} object, except that every
+     * occurrence of {@code oldChar} is replaced by an occurrence
+     * of {@code newChar}.
      * <p>
      * Examples:
      * <blockquote><pre>
@@ -2054,7 +2054,7 @@ public final class String
      * @param   oldChar   the old character.
      * @param   newChar   the new character.
      * @return  a string derived from this string by replacing every
-     *          occurrence of <code>oldChar</code> with <code>newChar</code>.
+     *          occurrence of {@code oldChar} with {@code newChar}.
      */
     public String replace(char oldChar, char newChar) {
         if (oldChar != newChar) {
@@ -2119,8 +2119,8 @@ public final class String
      * sequence of char values.
      *
      * @param s the sequence to search for
-     * @return true if this string contains <code>s</code>, false otherwise
-     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>s</code> is <code>null</code>
+     * @return true if this string contains {@code s}, false otherwise
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code s} is {@code null}
      * @since 1.5
      */
     public boolean contains(CharSequence s) {
@@ -2223,8 +2223,8 @@ public final class String
      * @param  target The sequence of char values to be replaced
      * @param  replacement The replacement sequence of char values
      * @return  The resulting string
-     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>target</code> or
-     *         <code>replacement</code> is <code>null</code>.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code target} or
+     *         {@code replacement} is {@code null}.
      * @since 1.5
      */
     public String replace(CharSequence target, CharSequence replacement) {
@@ -2407,11 +2407,11 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to lower
-     * case using the rules of the given <code>Locale</code>.  Case mapping is based
+     * Converts all of the characters in this {@code String} to lower
+     * case using the rules of the given {@code Locale}.  Case mapping is based
      * on the Unicode Standard version specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character}
      * class. Since case mappings are not always 1:1 char mappings, the resulting
-     * <code>String</code> may be a different length than the original <code>String</code>.
+     * {@code String} may be a different length than the original {@code String}.
      * <p>
      * Examples of lowercase  mappings are in the following table:
      * <table border="1" summary="Lowercase mapping examples showing language code of locale, upper case, lower case, and description">
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ public final class String
      * </table>
      *
      * @param locale use the case transformation rules for this locale
-     * @return the <code>String</code>, converted to lowercase.
+     * @return the {@code String}, converted to lowercase.
      * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase()
      * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase()
      * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase(Locale)
@@ -2553,22 +2553,22 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to lower
+     * Converts all of the characters in this {@code String} to lower
      * case using the rules of the default locale. This is equivalent to calling
-     * <code>toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault())</code>.
+     * {@code toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault())}.
      * <p>
      * <b>Note:</b> This method is locale sensitive, and may produce unexpected
      * results if used for strings that are intended to be interpreted locale
      * independently.
      * Examples are programming language identifiers, protocol keys, and HTML
      * tags.
-     * For instance, <code>"TITLE".toLowerCase()</code> in a Turkish locale
-     * returns <code>"t\u005Cu0131tle"</code>, where '\u005Cu0131' is the
+     * For instance, {@code "TITLE".toLowerCase()} in a Turkish locale
+     * returns {@code "t\u005Cu0131tle"}, where '\u005Cu0131' is the
      * LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I character.
      * To obtain correct results for locale insensitive strings, use
-     * <code>toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH)</code>.
+     * {@code toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH)}.
      * <p>
-     * @return  the <code>String</code>, converted to lowercase.
+     * @return  the {@code String}, converted to lowercase.
      * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase(Locale)
      */
     public String toLowerCase() {
@@ -2576,11 +2576,11 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to upper
-     * case using the rules of the given <code>Locale</code>. Case mapping is based
+     * Converts all of the characters in this {@code String} to upper
+     * case using the rules of the given {@code Locale}. Case mapping is based
      * on the Unicode Standard version specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character}
      * class. Since case mappings are not always 1:1 char mappings, the resulting
-     * <code>String</code> may be a different length than the original <code>String</code>.
+     * {@code String} may be a different length than the original {@code String}.
      * <p>
      * Examples of locale-sensitive and 1:M case mappings are in the following table.
      * <p>
@@ -2617,7 +2617,7 @@ public final class String
      * </tr>
      * </table>
      * @param locale use the case transformation rules for this locale
-     * @return the <code>String</code>, converted to uppercase.
+     * @return the {@code String}, converted to uppercase.
      * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase()
      * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase()
      * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase(Locale)
@@ -2716,22 +2716,22 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to upper
+     * Converts all of the characters in this {@code String} to upper
      * case using the rules of the default locale. This method is equivalent to
-     * <code>toUpperCase(Locale.getDefault())</code>.
+     * {@code toUpperCase(Locale.getDefault())}.
      * <p>
      * <b>Note:</b> This method is locale sensitive, and may produce unexpected
      * results if used for strings that are intended to be interpreted locale
      * independently.
      * Examples are programming language identifiers, protocol keys, and HTML
      * tags.
-     * For instance, <code>"title".toUpperCase()</code> in a Turkish locale
-     * returns <code>"T\u005Cu0130TLE"</code>, where '\u005Cu0130' is the
+     * For instance, {@code "title".toUpperCase()} in a Turkish locale
+     * returns {@code "T\u005Cu0130TLE"}, where '\u005Cu0130' is the
      * LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE character.
      * To obtain correct results for locale insensitive strings, use
-     * <code>toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH)</code>.
+     * {@code toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH)}.
      * <p>
-     * @return  the <code>String</code>, converted to uppercase.
+     * @return  the {@code String}, converted to uppercase.
      * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase(Locale)
      */
     public String toUpperCase() {
@@ -2742,21 +2742,21 @@ public final class String
      * Returns a copy of the string, with leading and trailing whitespace
      * omitted.
      * <p>
-     * If this <code>String</code> object represents an empty character
+     * If this {@code String} object represents an empty character
      * sequence, or the first and last characters of character sequence
-     * represented by this <code>String</code> object both have codes
-     * greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code> (the space character), then a
-     * reference to this <code>String</code> object is returned.
+     * represented by this {@code String} object both have codes
+     * greater than {@code '\u005Cu0020'} (the space character), then a
+     * reference to this {@code String} object is returned.
      * <p>
      * Otherwise, if there is no character with a code greater than
-     * <code>'&#92;u0020'</code> in the string, then a new
-     * <code>String</code> object representing an empty string is created
+     * {@code '\u005Cu0020'} in the string, then a new
+     * {@code String} object representing an empty string is created
      * and returned.
      * <p>
      * Otherwise, let <i>k</i> be the index of the first character in the
-     * string whose code is greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code>, and let
+     * string whose code is greater than {@code '\u005Cu0020'}, and let
      * <i>m</i> be the index of the last character in the string whose code
-     * is greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code>. A new <code>String</code>
+     * is greater than {@code '\u005Cu0020'}. A new {@code String}
      * object is created, representing the substring of this string that
      * begins with the character at index <i>k</i> and ends with the
      * character at index <i>m</i>-that is, the result of
@@ -2893,12 +2893,12 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the string representation of the <code>Object</code> argument.
+     * Returns the string representation of the {@code Object} argument.
      *
-     * @param   obj   an <code>Object</code>.
-     * @return  if the argument is <code>null</code>, then a string equal to
-     *          <code>"null"</code>; otherwise, the value of
-     *          <code>obj.toString()</code> is returned.
+     * @param   obj   an {@code Object}.
+     * @return  if the argument is {@code null}, then a string equal to
+     *          {@code "null"}; otherwise, the value of
+     *          {@code obj.toString()} is returned.
      * @see     java.lang.Object#toString()
      */
     public static String valueOf(Object obj) {
@@ -2906,12 +2906,12 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the string representation of the <code>char</code> array
+     * Returns the string representation of the {@code char} array
      * argument. The contents of the character array are copied; subsequent
      * modification of the character array does not affect the newly
      * created string.
      *
-     * @param   data   a <code>char</code> array.
+     * @param   data   a {@code char} array.
      * @return  a newly allocated string representing the same sequence of
      *          characters contained in the character array argument.
      */
@@ -2921,24 +2921,24 @@ public final class String
 
     /**
      * Returns the string representation of a specific subarray of the
-     * <code>char</code> array argument.
+     * {@code char} array argument.
      * <p>
-     * The <code>offset</code> argument is the index of the first
-     * character of the subarray. The <code>count</code> argument
+     * The {@code offset} argument is the index of the first
+     * character of the subarray. The {@code count} argument
      * specifies the length of the subarray. The contents of the subarray
      * are copied; subsequent modification of the character array does not
      * affect the newly created string.
      *
      * @param   data     the character array.
      * @param   offset   the initial offset into the value of the
-     *                  <code>String</code>.
-     * @param   count    the length of the value of the <code>String</code>.
+     *                  {@code String}.
+     * @param   count    the length of the value of the {@code String}.
      * @return  a string representing the sequence of characters contained
      *          in the subarray of the character array argument.
-     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if <code>offset</code> is
-     *          negative, or <code>count</code> is negative, or
-     *          <code>offset+count</code> is larger than
-     *          <code>data.length</code>.
+     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code offset} is
+     *          negative, or {@code count} is negative, or
+     *          {@code offset+count} is larger than
+     *          {@code data.length}.
      */
     public static String valueOf(char data[], int offset, int count) {
         return new String(data, offset, count);
@@ -2951,7 +2951,7 @@ public final class String
      * @param   data     the character array.
      * @param   offset   initial offset of the subarray.
      * @param   count    length of the subarray.
-     * @return  a <code>String</code> that contains the characters of the
+     * @return  a {@code String} that contains the characters of the
      *          specified subarray of the character array.
      */
     public static String copyValueOf(char data[], int offset, int count) {
@@ -2964,7 +2964,7 @@ public final class String
      * array specified.
      *
      * @param   data   the character array.
-     * @return  a <code>String</code> that contains the characters of the
+     * @return  a {@code String} that contains the characters of the
      *          character array.
      */
     public static String copyValueOf(char data[]) {
@@ -2972,24 +2972,24 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the string representation of the <code>boolean</code> argument.
+     * Returns the string representation of the {@code boolean} argument.
      *
-     * @param   b   a <code>boolean</code>.
-     * @return  if the argument is <code>true</code>, a string equal to
-     *          <code>"true"</code> is returned; otherwise, a string equal to
-     *          <code>"false"</code> is returned.
+     * @param   b   a {@code boolean}.
+     * @return  if the argument is {@code true}, a string equal to
+     *          {@code "true"} is returned; otherwise, a string equal to
+     *          {@code "false"} is returned.
      */
     public static String valueOf(boolean b) {
         return b ? "true" : "false";
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the string representation of the <code>char</code>
+     * Returns the string representation of the {@code char}
      * argument.
      *
-     * @param   c   a <code>char</code>.
-     * @return  a string of length <code>1</code> containing
-     *          as its single character the argument <code>c</code>.
+     * @param   c   a {@code char}.
+     * @return  a string of length {@code 1} containing
+     *          as its single character the argument {@code c}.
      */
     public static String valueOf(char c) {
         char data[] = {c};
@@ -2997,13 +2997,13 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the string representation of the <code>int</code> argument.
+     * Returns the string representation of the {@code int} argument.
      * <p>
      * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
-     * <code>Integer.toString</code> method of one argument.
+     * {@code Integer.toString} method of one argument.
      *
-     * @param   i   an <code>int</code>.
-     * @return  a string representation of the <code>int</code> argument.
+     * @param   i   an {@code int}.
+     * @return  a string representation of the {@code int} argument.
      * @see     java.lang.Integer#toString(int, int)
      */
     public static String valueOf(int i) {
@@ -3011,13 +3011,13 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the string representation of the <code>long</code> argument.
+     * Returns the string representation of the {@code long} argument.
      * <p>
      * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
-     * <code>Long.toString</code> method of one argument.
+     * {@code Long.toString} method of one argument.
      *
-     * @param   l   a <code>long</code>.
-     * @return  a string representation of the <code>long</code> argument.
+     * @param   l   a {@code long}.
+     * @return  a string representation of the {@code long} argument.
      * @see     java.lang.Long#toString(long)
      */
     public static String valueOf(long l) {
@@ -3025,13 +3025,13 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the string representation of the <code>float</code> argument.
+     * Returns the string representation of the {@code float} argument.
      * <p>
      * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
-     * <code>Float.toString</code> method of one argument.
+     * {@code Float.toString} method of one argument.
      *
-     * @param   f   a <code>float</code>.
-     * @return  a string representation of the <code>float</code> argument.
+     * @param   f   a {@code float}.
+     * @return  a string representation of the {@code float} argument.
      * @see     java.lang.Float#toString(float)
      */
     public static String valueOf(float f) {
@@ -3039,13 +3039,13 @@ public final class String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the string representation of the <code>double</code> argument.
+     * Returns the string representation of the {@code double} argument.
      * <p>
      * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
-     * <code>Double.toString</code> method of one argument.
+     * {@code Double.toString} method of one argument.
      *
-     * @param   d   a <code>double</code>.
-     * @return  a  string representation of the <code>double</code> argument.
+     * @param   d   a {@code double}.
+     * @return  a  string representation of the {@code double} argument.
      * @see     java.lang.Double#toString(double)
      */
     public static String valueOf(double d) {
@@ -3056,17 +3056,17 @@ public final class String
      * Returns a canonical representation for the string object.
      * <p>
      * A pool of strings, initially empty, is maintained privately by the
-     * class <code>String</code>.
+     * class {@code String}.
      * <p>
      * When the intern method is invoked, if the pool already contains a
-     * string equal to this <code>String</code> object as determined by
+     * string equal to this {@code String} object as determined by
      * the {@link #equals(Object)} method, then the string from the pool is
-     * returned. Otherwise, this <code>String</code> object is added to the
-     * pool and a reference to this <code>String</code> object is returned.
+     * returned. Otherwise, this {@code String} object is added to the
+     * pool and a reference to this {@code String} object is returned.
      * <p>
-     * It follows that for any two strings <code>s</code> and <code>t</code>,
-     * <code>s.intern()&nbsp;==&nbsp;t.intern()</code> is <code>true</code>
-     * if and only if <code>s.equals(t)</code> is <code>true</code>.
+     * It follows that for any two strings {@code s} and {@code t},
+     * {@code s.intern() == t.intern()} is {@code true}
+     * if and only if {@code s.equals(t)} is {@code true}.
      * <p>
      * All literal strings and string-valued constant expressions are
      * interned. String literals are defined in section 3.10.5 of the

src/share/classes/java/util/Properties.java

 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.lang.reflect.*;
 
 /**
- * The <code>Properties</code> class represents a persistent set of
- * properties. The <code>Properties</code> can be saved to a stream
+ * The {@code Properties} class represents a persistent set of
+ * properties. The {@code Properties} can be saved to a stream
  * or loaded from a stream. Each key and its corresponding value in
  * the property list is a string.
  * <p>
@@ -46,17 +46,17 @@ import java.lang.reflect.*;
  * "defaults"; this second property list is searched if
  * the property key is not found in the original property list.
  * <p>
- * Because <code>Properties</code> inherits from <code>Hashtable</code>, the
- * <code>put</code> and <code>putAll</code> methods can be applied to a
- * <code>Properties</code> object.  Their use is strongly discouraged as they
+ * Because {@code Properties} inherits from {@code Hashtable}, the
+ * {@code put} and {@code putAll} methods can be applied to a
+ * {@code Properties} object.  Their use is strongly discouraged as they
  * allow the caller to insert entries whose keys or values are not
- * <code>Strings</code>.  The <code>setProperty</code> method should be used
- * instead.  If the <code>store</code> or <code>save</code> method is called
- * on a "compromised" <code>Properties</code> object that contains a
- * non-<code>String</code> key or value, the call will fail. Similarly,
- * the call to the <code>propertyNames</code> or <code>list</code> method
- * will fail if it is called on a "compromised" <code>Properties</code>
- * object that contains a non-<code>String</code> key.
+ * {@code Strings}.  The {@code setProperty} method should be used
+ * instead.  If the {@code store} or {@code save} method is called
+ * on a "compromised" {@code Properties} object that contains a
+ * non-{@code String} key or value, the call will fail. Similarly,
+ * the call to the {@code propertyNames} or {@code list} method
+ * will fail if it is called on a "compromised" {@code Properties}
+ * object that contains a non-{@code String} key.
  *
  * <p>
  * The {@link #load(java.io.Reader) load(Reader)} <tt>/</tt>
@@ -146,15 +146,15 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Calls the <tt>Hashtable</tt> method <code>put</code>. Provided for
+     * Calls the <tt>Hashtable</tt> method {@code put}. Provided for
      * parallelism with the <tt>getProperty</tt> method. Enforces use of
      * strings for property keys and values. The value returned is the
-     * result of the <tt>Hashtable</tt> call to <code>put</code>.
+     * result of the <tt>Hashtable</tt> call to {@code put}.
      *
      * @param key the key to be placed into this property list.
      * @param value the value corresponding to <tt>key</tt>.
      * @return     the previous value of the specified key in this property
-     *             list, or <code>null</code> if it did not have one.
+     *             list, or {@code null} if it did not have one.
      * @see #getProperty
      * @since    1.2
      */
@@ -171,13 +171,13 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * kinds of line, <i>natural lines</i> and <i>logical lines</i>.
      * A natural line is defined as a line of
      * characters that is terminated either by a set of line terminator
-     * characters (<code>\n</code> or <code>\r</code> or <code>\r\n</code>)
+     * characters ({@code \n} or {@code \r} or {@code \r\n})
      * or by the end of the stream. A natural line may be either a blank line,
      * a comment line, or hold all or some of a key-element pair. A logical
      * line holds all the data of a key-element pair, which may be spread
      * out across several adjacent natural lines by escaping
      * the line terminator sequence with a backslash character
-     * <code>\</code>.  Note that a comment line cannot be extended
+     * {@code \}.  Note that a comment line cannot be extended
      * in this manner; every natural line that is a comment must have
      * its own comment indicator, as described below. Lines are read from
      * input until the end of the stream is reached.
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * <p>
      * A natural line that contains only white space characters is
      * considered blank and is ignored.  A comment line has an ASCII
-     * <code>'#'</code> or <code>'!'</code> as its first non-white
+     * {@code '#'} or {@code '!'} as its first non-white
      * space character; comment lines are also ignored and do not
      * encode key-element information.  In addition to line
      * terminators, this format considers the characters space
-     * (<code>' '</code>, <code>'&#92;u0020'</code>), tab
-     * (<code>'\t'</code>, <code>'&#92;u0009'</code>), and form feed
-     * (<code>'\f'</code>, <code>'&#92;u000C'</code>) to be white
+     * ({@code ' '}, {@code '\u005Cu0020'}), tab
+     * ({@code '\t'}, {@code '\u005Cu0009'}), and form feed
+     * ({@code '\f'}, {@code '\u005Cu000C'}) to be white
      * space.
      *
      * <p>
@@ -215,31 +215,31 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * <p>
      * The key contains all of the characters in the line starting
      * with the first non-white space character and up to, but not
-     * including, the first unescaped <code>'='</code>,
-     * <code>':'</code>, or white space character other than a line
+     * including, the first unescaped {@code '='},
+     * {@code ':'}, or white space character other than a line
      * terminator. All of these key termination characters may be
      * included in the key by escaping them with a preceding backslash
      * character; for example,<p>
      *
-     * <code>\:\=</code><p>
+     * {@code \:\=}<p>
      *
-     * would be the two-character key <code>":="</code>.  Line
-     * terminator characters can be included using <code>\r</code> and
-     * <code>\n</code> escape sequences.  Any white space after the
+     * would be the two-character key {@code ":="}.  Line
+     * terminator characters can be included using {@code \r} and
+     * {@code \n} escape sequences.  Any white space after the
      * key is skipped; if the first non-white space character after
-     * the key is <code>'='</code> or <code>':'</code>, then it is
+     * the key is {@code '='} or {@code ':'}, then it is
      * ignored and any white space characters after it are also
      * skipped.  All remaining characters on the line become part of
      * the associated element string; if there are no remaining
      * characters, the element is the empty string
-     * <code>&quot;&quot;</code>.  Once the raw character sequences
+     * {@code ""}.  Once the raw character sequences
      * constituting the key and element are identified, escape
      * processing is performed as described above.
      *
      * <p>
      * As an example, each of the following three lines specifies the key
-     * <code>"Truth"</code> and the associated element value
-     * <code>"Beauty"</code>:
+     * {@code "Truth"} and the associated element value
+     * {@code "Beauty"}:
      * <p>
      * <pre>
      * Truth = Beauty
@@ -254,11 +254,11 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      *                                  cantaloupe, watermelon, \
      *                                  kiwi, mango
      * </pre>
-     * The key is <code>"fruits"</code> and the associated element is:
+     * The key is {@code "fruits"} and the associated element is:
      * <p>
      * <pre>"apple, banana, pear, cantaloupe, watermelon, kiwi, mango"</pre>
-     * Note that a space appears before each <code>\</code> so that a space
-     * will appear after each comma in the final result; the <code>\</code>,
+     * Note that a space appears before each {@code \} so that a space
+     * will appear after each comma in the final result; the {@code \},
      * line terminator, and leading white space on the continuation line are
      * merely discarded and are <i>not</i> replaced by one or more other
      * characters.
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * <p>
      * <pre>cheeses
      * </pre>
-     * specifies that the key is <code>"cheeses"</code> and the associated
-     * element is the empty string <code>""</code>.<p>
+     * specifies that the key is {@code "cheeses"} and the associated
+     * element is the empty string {@code ""}.<p>
      * <p>
      *
      * <a name="unicodeescapes"></a>
@@ -283,17 +283,17 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * <ul>
      * <li> Octal escapes are not recognized.
      *
-     * <li> The character sequence <code>\b</code> does <i>not</i>
+     * <li> The character sequence {@code \b} does <i>not</i>
      * represent a backspace character.
      *
      * <li> The method does not treat a backslash character,
-     * <code>\</code>, before a non-valid escape character as an
+     * {@code \}, before a non-valid escape character as an
      * error; the backslash is silently dropped.  For example, in a
-     * Java string the sequence <code>"\z"</code> would cause a
+     * Java string the sequence {@code "\z"} would cause a
      * compile time error.  In contrast, this method silently drops
      * the backslash.  Therefore, this method treats the two character
-     * sequence <code>"\b"</code> as equivalent to the single
-     * character <code>'b'</code>.
+     * sequence {@code "\b"} as equivalent to the single
+     * character {@code 'b'}.
      *
      * <li> Escapes are not necessary for single and double quotes;
      * however, by the rule above, single and double quote characters
@@ -689,20 +689,20 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Calls the <code>store(OutputStream out, String comments)</code> method
+     * Calls the {@code store(OutputStream out, String comments)} method
      * and suppresses IOExceptions that were thrown.
      *
      * @deprecated This method does not throw an IOException if an I/O error
      * occurs while saving the property list.  The preferred way to save a
-     * properties list is via the <code>store(OutputStream out,
-     * String comments)</code> method or the
-     * <code>storeToXML(OutputStream os, String comment)</code> method.
+     * properties list is via the {@code store(OutputStream out,
+     * String comments)} method or the
+     * {@code storeToXML(OutputStream os, String comment)} method.
      *
      * @param   out      an output stream.
      * @param   comments   a description of the property list.
-     * @exception  ClassCastException  if this <code>Properties</code> object
+     * @exception  ClassCastException  if this {@code Properties} object
      *             contains any keys or values that are not
-     *             <code>Strings</code>.
+     *             {@code Strings}.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public void save(OutputStream out, String comments)  {
@@ -714,37 +714,37 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
 
     /**
      * Writes this property list (key and element pairs) in this
-     * <code>Properties</code> table to the output character stream in a
+     * {@code Properties} table to the output character stream in a
      * format suitable for using the {@link #load(java.io.Reader) load(Reader)}
      * method.
      * <p>
-     * Properties from the defaults table of this <code>Properties</code>
+     * Properties from the defaults table of this {@code Properties}
      * table (if any) are <i>not</i> written out by this method.
      * <p>
-     * If the comments argument is not null, then an ASCII <code>#</code>
+     * If the comments argument is not null, then an ASCII {@code #}
      * character, the comments string, and a line separator are first written
-     * to the output stream. Thus, the <code>comments</code> can serve as an
+     * to the output stream. Thus, the {@code comments} can serve as an
      * identifying comment. Any one of a line feed ('\n'), a carriage
      * return ('\r'), or a carriage return followed immediately by a line feed
-     * in comments is replaced by a line separator generated by the <code>Writer</code>
-     * and if the next character in comments is not character <code>#</code> or
-     * character <code>!</code> then an ASCII <code>#</code> is written out
+     * in comments is replaced by a line separator generated by the {@code Writer}
+     * and if the next character in comments is not character {@code #} or
+     * character {@code !} then an ASCII {@code #} is written out
      * after that line separator.
      * <p>
      * Next, a comment line is always written, consisting of an ASCII
-     * <code>#</code> character, the current date and time (as if produced
-     * by the <code>toString</code> method of <code>Date</code> for the
-     * current time), and a line separator as generated by the <code>Writer</code>.
+     * {@code #} character, the current date and time (as if produced
+     * by the {@code toString} method of {@code Date} for the
+     * current time), and a line separator as generated by the {@code Writer}.
      * <p>
-     * Then every entry in this <code>Properties</code> table is
+     * Then every entry in this {@code Properties} table is
      * written out, one per line. For each entry the key string is
-     * written, then an ASCII <code>=</code>, then the associated
+     * written, then an ASCII {@code =}, then the associated
      * element string. For the key, all space characters are
-     * written with a preceding <code>\</code> character.  For the
+     * written with a preceding {@code \} character.  For the
      * element, leading space characters, but not embedded or trailing
-     * space characters, are written with a preceding <code>\</code>
-     * character. The key and element characters <code>#</code>,
-     * <code>!</code>, <code>=</code>, and <code>:</code> are written
+     * space characters, are written with a preceding {@code \}
+     * character. The key and element characters {@code #},
+     * {@code !}, {@code =}, and {@code :} are written
      * with a preceding backslash to ensure that they are properly loaded.
      * <p>
      * After the entries have been written, the output stream is flushed.
@@ -755,9 +755,9 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * @param   comments   a description of the property list.
      * @exception  IOException if writing this property list to the specified
      *             output stream throws an <tt>IOException</tt>.
-     * @exception  ClassCastException  if this <code>Properties</code> object
-     *             contains any keys or values that are not <code>Strings</code>.
-     * @exception  NullPointerException  if <code>writer</code> is null.
+     * @exception  ClassCastException  if this {@code Properties} object
+     *             contains any keys or values that are not {@code Strings}.
+     * @exception  NullPointerException  if {@code writer} is null.
      * @since 1.6
      */
     public void store(Writer writer, String comments)
@@ -771,11 +771,11 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
 
     /**
      * Writes this property list (key and element pairs) in this
-     * <code>Properties</code> table to the output stream in a format suitable
-     * for loading into a <code>Properties</code> table using the
+     * {@code Properties} table to the output stream in a format suitable
+     * for loading into a {@code Properties} table using the
      * {@link #load(InputStream) load(InputStream)} method.
      * <p>
-     * Properties from the defaults table of this <code>Properties</code>
+     * Properties from the defaults table of this {@code Properties}
      * table (if any) are <i>not</i> written out by this method.
      * <p>
      * This method outputs the comments, properties keys and values in
@@ -786,12 +786,12 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * <li>The stream is written using the ISO 8859-1 character encoding.
      *
      * <li>Characters not in Latin-1 in the comments are written as
-     * <code>&#92;u</code><i>xxxx</i> for their appropriate unicode
+     * {@code \u005Cu}<i>xxxx</i> for their appropriate unicode
      * hexadecimal value <i>xxxx</i>.
      *
-     * <li>Characters less than <code>&#92;u0020</code> and characters greater
-     * than <code>&#92;u007E</code> in property keys or values are written
-     * as <code>&#92;u</code><i>xxxx</i> for the appropriate hexadecimal
+     * <li>Characters less than {@code \u005Cu0020} and characters greater
+     * than {@code \u005Cu007E} in property keys or values are written
+     * as {@code \u005Cu}<i>xxxx</i> for the appropriate hexadecimal
      * value <i>xxxx</i>.
      * </ul>
      * <p>
@@ -802,9 +802,9 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * @param   comments   a description of the property list.
      * @exception  IOException if writing this property list to the specified
      *             output stream throws an <tt>IOException</tt>.
-     * @exception  ClassCastException  if this <code>Properties</code> object
-     *             contains any keys or values that are not <code>Strings</code>.
-     * @exception  NullPointerException  if <code>out</code> is null.
+     * @exception  ClassCastException  if this {@code Properties} object
+     *             contains any keys or values that are not {@code Strings}.
+     * @exception  NullPointerException  if {@code out} is null.
      * @since 1.2
      */
     public void store(OutputStream out, String comments)
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      *         results in an <tt>IOException</tt>.
      * @throws InvalidPropertiesFormatException Data on input stream does not
      *         constitute a valid XML document with the mandated document type.
-     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>in</code> is null.
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code in} is null.
      * @see    #storeToXML(OutputStream, String, String)
      * @since 1.5
      */
@@ -879,14 +879,14 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * <tt>props.storeToXML(os, comment, "UTF-8");</tt>.
      *
      * @param os the output stream on which to emit the XML document.
-     * @param comment a description of the property list, or <code>null</code>
+     * @param comment a description of the property list, or {@code null}
      *        if no comment is desired.
      * @throws IOException if writing to the specified output stream
      *         results in an <tt>IOException</tt>.
-     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>os</code> is null.
-     * @throws ClassCastException  if this <code>Properties</code> object
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code os} is null.
+     * @throws ClassCastException  if this {@code Properties} object
      *         contains any keys or values that are not
-     *         <code>Strings</code>.
+     *         {@code Strings}.
      * @see    #loadFromXML(InputStream)
      * @since 1.5
      */
@@ -907,13 +907,13 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * &lt;!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd"&gt;
      * </pre>
      *
-     *<p>If the specified comment is <code>null</code> then no comment
+     *<p>If the specified comment is {@code null} then no comment
      * will be stored in the document.
      *
      * <p>The specified stream remains open after this method returns.
      *
      * @param os        the output stream on which to emit the XML document.
-     * @param comment   a description of the property list, or <code>null</code>
+     * @param comment   a description of the property list, or {@code null}
      *                  if no comment is desired.
      * @param  encoding the name of a supported
      *                  <a href="../lang/package-summary.html#charenc">
@@ -921,11 +921,11 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      *
      * @throws IOException if writing to the specified output stream
      *         results in an <tt>IOException</tt>.
-     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>os</code> is <code>null</code>,
-     *         or if <code>encoding</code> is <code>null</code>.
-     * @throws ClassCastException  if this <code>Properties</code> object
+     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code os} is {@code null},
+     *         or if {@code encoding} is {@code null}.
+     * @throws ClassCastException  if this {@code Properties} object
      *         contains any keys or values that are not
-     *         <code>Strings</code>.
+     *         {@code Strings}.
      * @see    #loadFromXML(InputStream)
      * @since 1.5
      */
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ class Properties extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
      * Searches for the property with the specified key in this property list.
      * If the key is not found in this property list, the default property list,
      * and its defaults, recursively, are then checked. The method returns
-     * <code>null</code> if the property is not found.
+     * {@code null} if the property is not found.
      *
      * @param   key   the property key.
      * @return  the value in this property list with the specified key value.