Javadoc displaying value on an inner class constant using @value

Question

I have an inner class which declares a constant and want to display its value in Javadoc of the enclosing top-level class using the @value annotation. For example:

/**  * {@value #FOO_CONS} // this displays well  * {@value #BAR_CONS} // this does not work (checked in the latest Eclipse)  * {@value Bar#BAR_CONS} // this does not work, either  */ public Foo {   public static final int FOO_CONS = 1;   static class Bar {     public static final int BAR_CONS = 42;   } } 

Any ideas how to display the value of BAR_CONS in Javadoc of the Foo class (or any other class, in general)?

Answer 1

Javadoc format for constant defined in another package should be:
{@value package.class#field}

However, it potentially not rendering is a known issue:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=342194

Answer 2

if create javadoc for members with visibility "package" (which is the visibility for your Bar class) i get the constant in the javadoc under Foo.Bar