1.1 --- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclint/Checker.java Tue Jul 23 20:42:54 2013 -0400 1.2 +++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclint/Checker.java Wed Jul 24 17:35:42 2013 -0700 1.3 @@ -753,8 +753,7 @@ 1.4 Element ex = env.trees.getElement(new DocTreePath(getCurrentPath(), exName)); 1.5 if (ex == null) { 1.6 env.messages.error(REFERENCE, tree, "dc.ref.not.found"); 1.7 - } else if (ex.asType().getKind() == TypeKind.DECLARED 1.8 - && env.types.isAssignable(ex.asType(), env.java_lang_Throwable)) { 1.9 + } else if (isThrowable(ex.asType())) { 1.10 switch (env.currElement.getKind()) { 1.11 case CONSTRUCTOR: 1.12 case METHOD: 1.13 @@ -773,6 +772,15 @@ 1.14 return scan(tree.getDescription(), ignore); 1.15 } 1.16 1.17 + private boolean isThrowable(TypeMirror tm) { 1.18 + switch (tm.getKind()) { 1.19 + case DECLARED: 1.20 + case TYPEVAR: 1.21 + return env.types.isAssignable(tm, env.java_lang_Throwable); 1.22 + } 1.23 + return false; 1.24 + } 1.25 + 1.26 private void checkThrowsDeclared(ReferenceTree tree, TypeMirror t, List<? extends TypeMirror> list) { 1.27 boolean found = false; 1.28 for (TypeMirror tl : list) {