This bug has been fixed.
 xxxxx@xxxxx  2002-06-01




FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.0-beta3"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84, mixed mode)

FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :
SunOS aloysius 5.8 Generic_108528-05 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Ultra-5_10



A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
May be simple doc bug.  Dox suggest that -tag name:X
is acceptable (cf http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/tooldocs/solaris/javadoc.html#tag
).  However, -tag blahtag:X actually gets me:

javadoc: Error - blahtag:X is an invalid argument to the
-tag option...


This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER WORKAROUND :
Just make sure to provide a dummy taghead:
-tag blahtag:X:Quack
(Review ID: 138434) 
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As mentioned by the submitter, the workaround is to include any tag heading 
as the third term -- it will be ignored (not printed in the output) but will 
allow the option to suppress error messages.  For example, "Quack":

  -tag blahtag:X:Quack

 xxxxx@xxxxx  2002-10-17

This option:

  -tag beaninfo:X 

produces this error:

   javadoc: Error - beaninfo:X is an invalid argument to the -tag option...

 xxxxx@xxxxx  2002-03-25

I've added the -tag beaninfo:X tag to the J2SE hopper makefile, so this bug 
needs to be fixed for hopper
 xxxxx@xxxxx  2002-03-25

I made a counting error when parsing -tag arguments in the following format:

-tag <tagName>:X

I used the string tokenizer "new StringTokenizer(args[1], ":", true)" and
thought that the argument was 2 tokens.  It is actually 3 tokens because the ":"
is not thrown away.

This bug fix is pending review.
 xxxxx@xxxxx  2002-07-08

I've just run into this as well. The JavaDoc home page 
should mention this until it's fixed.

The workaround is to use -tag beaninfo:X:x   until -tag
beaninfo:X works