@value tag dosen't work for java.math.BigInteger constants

Question

Is there anything I can do to get the Javadoc {@value} tag to document the value of BigInteger constants?
I presume the issue applies to any object constants, but, BigInteger is all I need.
Thanks for any advice.

Answer 1

I apologize, I should have supplied more context....
Here is my sample source
package ...;
import java.math.BigInteger;
public class TestJavaDoc
* TEST_STRING has value {@value}
public static final String TEST_STRING = "IFQ Permit ";
* TEST_BIG_INTEGER has value {@value}
* Should also work like this {@value #TEST_BIG_INTEGER}
* Constant ONE has a value {@value BigInteger#ONE}
public static final BigInteger TEST_BIG_INTEGER = BigInteger.valueOf(1000);
Here is the generated Javadoc, where you can see that @value works for a String, but fails for BigInteger....
TEST_STRING
public static final java.lang.String TEST_STRING
TEST_STRING has value "IFQ Permit "
TEST_BIG_INTEGER
public static final java.math.BigInteger TEST_BIG_INTEGER
TEST_BIG_INTEGER has value {@value}
Should also work like this {@value}
Constant ONE has a value {@value}
Here is more context:
javadoc -J-versionjava version "1.4.2_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_09-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_09-b05, mixed mode)
excerpt from build.xml:
<target name="larryDoc"
description="Generates JavaDoc Business Rule classes">
<tstamp>
<format property="generation.time" pattern="MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss aa"/>
</tstamp>
<javadoc
destdir="./businessRules"
author = "true"
version = "true"
use = "true"
windowtitle = "Business Rules"
additionalparam="-breakiterator">
<fileset dir="../business/src" defaultexcludes="yes">
<include name="org/psmfc/er/business/TestJavaDoc.java"/>
</fileset>
<classpath>
<path>
<pathelement path="IER/business/classes"/>
</path>
</classpath>
<bottom>generated: ${generation.time}</bottom>
</javadoc>
</target>