diff -r 4c43e51433ba -r 7af0fa419a2b src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/taglets/LiteralTaglet.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/taglets/LiteralTaglet.java	Tue May 14 10:14:53 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/taglets/LiteralTaglet.java	Tue May 14 10:14:54 2013 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
 package com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.taglets;
 
 import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.sun.javadoc.Doc;
 import com.sun.javadoc.Tag;
-import com.sun.tools.doclets.Taglet;
 
 
 /**
@@ -47,60 +48,23 @@
  * @since 1.5
  */
 
-public class LiteralTaglet implements Taglet {
+public class LiteralTaglet extends BaseInlineTaglet {
 
     private static final String NAME = "literal";
 
-    public static void register(Map<String,Taglet> map) {
-           map.remove(NAME);
-           map.put(NAME, new LiteralTaglet());
+    public static void register(Map<String, Taglet> map) {
+        map.remove(NAME);
+        map.put(NAME, new LiteralTaglet());
     }
 
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;
     }
 
-    public String toString(Tag tag) {
-        return textToString(tag.text());
-    }
-
-    public String toString(Tag[] tags) { return null; }
-
-    public boolean inField() { return false; }
-
-    public boolean inConstructor() { return false; }
-
-    public boolean inMethod() { return false; }
-
-    public boolean inOverview() { return false; }
-
-    public boolean inPackage() { return false; }
-
-    public boolean inType() { return false; }
-
-    public boolean isInlineTag() { return true; }
-
-    /*
-     * Replace occurrences of the following characters:  < > &
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      */
-    protected static String textToString(String text) {
-           StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
-           for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
-               char c = text.charAt(i);
-               switch (c) {
-                   case '<':
-                          buf.append("&lt;");
-                          break;
-                   case '>':
-                          buf.append("&gt;");
-                          break;
-                   case '&':
-                          buf.append("&amp;");
-                          break;
-                   default:
-                          buf.append(c);
-               }
-           }
-           return buf.toString();
+    public TagletOutput getTagletOutput(Tag tag, TagletWriter writer) {
+        return writer.literalTagOutput(tag);
     }
 }