[MATH-903] UTF-8 extended characters are not rendered correctly in the javadoc

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.1
• Labels: Javadocs UTF-8 pom
• Assignee: Sebastien Brisard
• Reporter: Sebastien Brisard
• Created: 19/Nov/12 06:39
• Updated: 04/Mar/13 18:53
• Resolved: 19/Nov/12 07:00

Description

It was recently agreed on the mailing list that UTF-8 extended characters should be allowed in the Javadoc comments (in place of &...; HTML special characters), in order to increase readability.

The pom.xml states

  <properties>
    ...
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
    ...
  </properties> 

which, according to this FAQ, should be enough to accept UTF-8 encoding in the Javadoc. However, UTF-8 extended characters are not rendered correctly.