diff -r 1fbc1cc6e260 -r 5240b1120530 src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/markup/HtmlDocWriter.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/markup/HtmlDocWriter.java	Tue Feb 24 17:48:53 2009 -0800
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/markup/HtmlDocWriter.java	Fri Feb 27 18:57:17 2009 -0800
@@ -245,6 +245,31 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Keep track of member details list. Print the definition list start tag
+     * if it is not printed yet.
+     */
+    public void printMemberDetailsListStartTag () {
+        if (!getMemberDetailsListPrinted()) {
+            dl();
+            memberDetailsListPrinted = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Print the definition list end tag if the list start tag was printed.
+     */
+    public void printMemberDetailsListEndTag () {
+        if (getMemberDetailsListPrinted()) {
+            dlEnd();
+            memberDetailsListPrinted = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean getMemberDetailsListPrinted() {
+        return memberDetailsListPrinted;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Print the frameset version of the Html file header.
      * Called only when generating an HTML frameset file.
      *