diff -r 4a1c57a1c410 -r c002fdee76fd src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javadoc/ClassDocImpl.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javadoc/ClassDocImpl.java	Tue Oct 23 13:58:56 2012 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javadoc/ClassDocImpl.java	Thu Oct 25 11:09:36 2012 -0700
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.*;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type.ClassType;
-import com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeTags;
 
 import com.sun.tools.javac.comp.AttrContext;
 import com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Env;
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@
 import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Position;
 
 import static com.sun.tools.javac.code.Kinds.*;
+import static com.sun.tools.javac.code.TypeTag.CLASS;
 import static com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.Tag.*;
 
 /**
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
         if (isEnum() || isInterface() || isAnnotationType()) {
             return false;
         }
-        for (Type t = type; t.tag == TypeTags.CLASS; t = env.types.supertype(t)) {
+        for (Type t = type; t.hasTag(CLASS); t = env.types.supertype(t)) {
             if (t.tsym == env.syms.errorType.tsym ||
                 t.tsym == env.syms.exceptionType.tsym) {
                 return false;
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
         if (isEnum() || isInterface() || isAnnotationType()) {
             return false;
         }
-        for (Type t = type; t.tag == TypeTags.CLASS; t = env.types.supertype(t)) {
+        for (Type t = type; t.hasTag(CLASS); t = env.types.supertype(t)) {
             if (t.tsym == env.syms.exceptionType.tsym) {
                 return true;
             }
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
         if (isEnum() || isInterface() || isAnnotationType()) {
             return false;
         }
-        for (Type t = type; t.tag == TypeTags.CLASS; t = env.types.supertype(t)) {
+        for (Type t = type; t.hasTag(CLASS); t = env.types.supertype(t)) {
             if (t.tsym == env.syms.errorType.tsym) {
                 return true;
             }
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
         if (isEnum() || isInterface() || isAnnotationType()) {
             return false;
         }
-        for (Type t = type; t.tag == TypeTags.CLASS; t = env.types.supertype(t)) {
+        for (Type t = type; t.hasTag(CLASS); t = env.types.supertype(t)) {
             if (t.tsym == env.syms.throwableType.tsym) {
                 return true;
             }