JavaDoc errors due to self-closing tags in generated documentation

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: alloy-2.0.0, alloy-3.0.0, bridge-impl-2.0.0, bridge-impl-3.0.0, bridge-api-2.0.0, bridge-api-3.0.0, bridge-api-4.0.0, bridge-impl-4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: alloy-2.0.1, bridge-impl-2.1.0, metal-1.0.0, bridge-impl-3.1.0, bridge-impl-4.1.0, alloy-3.0.1, bridge-api-2.1.0, bridge-api-3.1.0, bridge-api-4.1.0
• Component/s: Liferay Faces Alloy / Showcase / Tests, Liferay Faces Bridge API, Liferay Faces Bridge Impl / Demos / Tests, Liferay Faces Metal / Showcase / Tests
• Labels: None

h2. Steps to Reproduce:

git clone https://github.com/liferay/liferay-faces-bridge-api.git
cd liferay-faces-bridge-api/bridge-api
mvn javadoc:javadoc

Expected Results

No errors or warnings caused by self-closing tags

Actual Results

Various errors such as the following:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.10.4:javadoc (default-cli) on project com.liferay.faces.bridge.api: An error has occurred in JavaDocs report generation:
[ERROR] Exit code: 1 - liferay-faces-bridge-api-5.x/bridge-api/src/main/java/com/liferay/faces/bridge/component/inputfile/InputFileBase.java:47: error: self-closing element not allowed
[ERROR] 	 * <br /><br />
[ERROR] 	   ^