--- a/components/visual-panels/ant-rules/build-common.xml	Thu Apr 09 08:26:01 2015 -0700
+++ b/components/visual-panels/ant-rules/build-common.xml	Fri Apr 10 18:00:20 2015 -0400
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
   CDDL HEADER END
 
-  Copyright (c) 2009, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+  Copyright (c) 2009, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 -->
 
 <project name="commondef">
@@ -162,10 +162,14 @@
 
   <!--
     Default javadoc target body.
+    By default Doclet 1.8, the default in Java 8, produces errors for
+    self-closing html tags i.e. <br />. Disable html lint checking for javadoc
+    to disable these errors.
   -->
   <presetdef name="javadoc.default">
     <javadoc noqualifier="all" sourcepathref="proj.srcroots"
-        destdir="${proj.javadoc}" classpathref="classpath.javac">
+        destdir="${proj.javadoc}" classpathref="classpath.javac"
+	additionalparam="-Xdoclint:-html">
       <packageset dir="." includes="com/" />
     </javadoc>
   </presetdef>