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package com.github.ojdcheck.util;

import com.sun.javadoc.MethodDoc;
import com.sun.javadoc.Tag;

/**
 * Some helper methods for analyzing JavaDoc documentation.
 */
public class JavaDocHelper {

    /**
     * Returns true of the {@link MethodDoc} has "@inheritDoc" annotation.
     *
     * @param  method method to check.
     * @return        true if the method
     */
    public static boolean hasInheritedDoc(MethodDoc methodDoc) {
        Tag[] tags = methodDoc.inlineTags();
        for (Tag tag : tags) {
            if ("@inheritDoc".equals(tag.name())) return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true of the {@link MethodDoc} has JavaDoc documentation.
     *
     * @param  method method to check.
     * @return        true if the JavaDoc is present, false if missing.
     */
    public static boolean hasJavaDoc(MethodDoc method) {
        String methodDoc = method.commentText();
        return (methodDoc != null && methodDoc.length() != 0);
    }

}

@@ -1622,16 +1622,58 @@
 hodDoc;%0A
+import com.sun.javadoc.ProgramElementDoc;%0A
 import c
@@ -1692,16 +1692,16 @@
 oc.Tag;%0A
-
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@@ -1825,38 +1825,46 @@
 e of the %7B@link 
-Method
+ProgramElement
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@@ -2019,32 +2019,41 @@
 itedDoc(
-MethodDoc method
+ProgramElementDoc element
 Doc) %7B%0A 
@@ -2072,22 +2072,23 @@
  tags = 
-method
+element
 Doc.inli
@@ -2324,38 +2324,42 @@
 %0A     * @param  
-method
+elementDoc
  method to check
@@ -2481,24 +2481,36 @@
 Doc(
-MethodDoc method
+ProgramElementDoc elementDoc
 ) %7B%0A
@@ -2536,22 +2536,26 @@
 odDoc = 
-method
+elementDoc
 .comment

Use ProgramElementDoc instead of MethodDoc to make it more general (thanx to ConradS for the suggestion)