src/jdk.jconsole/share/classes/com/sun/tools/jconsole/JConsolePlugin.java

@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@
  * <p> To load the JConsole plugins in JConsole, run:
  *
  * <blockquote><pre>
  * jconsole -pluginpath &lt;plugin-path&gt; </pre></blockquote>
  *
- * <p> where <tt>&lt;plugin-path&gt;</tt> specifies the paths of JConsole
+ * <p> where {@code <plugin-path>} specifies the paths of JConsole
  * plugins to look up which can be a directory or a jar file. Multiple
  * paths are separated by the path separator character of the platform.
  *
  * <p> When a new JConsole window is created for a connection,
  * an instance of each {@code JConsolePlugin} will be created.

@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns the {@link JConsoleContext JConsoleContext} object representing
-     * the connection to an application.  This method may return <tt>null</tt>
+     * the connection to an application.  This method may return {@code null}
      * if it is called before the {@link #setContext context} is initialized.
      *
      * @return the {@link JConsoleContext JConsoleContext} object representing
      *         the connection to an application.
      */

@@ -144,28 +144,28 @@
      * <p>
      * JConsole will invoke the {@link SwingWorker#execute execute()}
      * method to schedule the returned {@code SwingWorker} for execution
      * if:
      * <ul>
-     *   <li> the <tt>SwingWorker</tt> object has not been executed
+     *   <li> the {@code SwingWorker} object has not been executed
      *        (i.e. the {@link SwingWorker#getState} method
      *        returns {@link javax.swing.SwingWorker.StateValue#PENDING PENDING}
      *        state); and</li>
-     *   <li> the <tt>SwingWorker</tt> object returned in the previous
-     *        update has completed the task if it was not <tt>null</tt>
+     *   <li> the {@code SwingWorker} object returned in the previous
+     *        update has completed the task if it was not {@code null}
      *        (i.e. the {@link SwingWorker#isDone SwingWorker.isDone} method
-     *        returns <tt>true</tt>).</li>
+     *        returns {@code true}).</li>
      * </ul>
      * <br>
-     * Otherwise, <tt>SwingWorker</tt> object will not be scheduled to work.
+     * Otherwise, {@code SwingWorker} object will not be scheduled to work.
      *
      * <p>
      * A plugin can schedule its own GUI update and this method
-     * will return <tt>null</tt>.
+     * will return {@code null}.
      *
-     * @return a <tt>SwingWorker</tt> to perform the GUI update; or
-     *         <tt>null</tt>.
+     * @return a {@code SwingWorker} to perform the GUI update; or
+     *         {@code null}.
      */
     public abstract SwingWorker<?,?> newSwingWorker();
 
     /**
      * Dispose this plugin. This method is called by JConsole to inform