Escape JavaDoc default values safely

[Kunal8954]

Description

Generated Java clients fail to compile when an OpenAPI parameter default value contains */, such as */*. The value is currently interpolated directly into a JavaDoc comment, prematurely closing the comment block.

Register a Java-specific Mustache lambda and apply it at the JavaDoc interpolation site. The lambda replaces the slash in */ with the HTML entity /, preserving the rendered documentation value without changing the generated Java semantics.

A regression test covers comment terminators and leaves ordinary values unchanged.

Fixes #24852

Validation

• ./mvnw -B -pl modules/openapi-generator -am -Dtest=org.openapitools.codegen.templating.mustache.EscapeJavaDocLambdaTest -Dsurefire.failIfNoSpecifiedTests=false test

Was generative AI tooling used to co-author this PR?

• Yes — Copilot

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Drafted-by: Copilot (no human review before posting)

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Summary by cubic

Fixes generated Java clients failing to compile when a default value contains */ (for example */*), which prematurely closed the JavaDoc comment. Default values in JavaDoc are now escaped to */, preserving rendered text and generated behavior, and string example values like */* are no longer mangled in generated source.

• Registers an escapeJavaDoc lambda in the codegen lambda map and invokes it as {{#lambda.escapeJavaDoc}} in templates; the bare {{#escapeJavaDoc}} reference never resolves and silently drops default values.
• Applies the escaping to JavaDoc comments across Java library API templates, leaving regular line comments literal.
• Escapes string example values for Java string literals without escapeUnsafeCharacters, so wildcard media types stay intact.
• Adds regression tests and a wildcard-accept-header sample covering comment terminators and ordinary values.

^{Written for commit f9a9903. Summary will update on new commits.}

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1 issue found across 5 files

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<file name="modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache">

<violation number="1" location="modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache:48">
P2: The `*/` escape is only applied to the base `api.mustache` and okhttp-gson; 12 other Java library templates (apache-httpclient, feign, jersey2/jersey3, microprofile, native, rest-assured, resteasy, resttemplate, retrofit2 and its play variants) still interpolate `default to {{.}}` into a JavaDoc comment unescaped. Generators using those libraries will still fail to compile when a default value contains `*/`. Apply `{{#escapeJavaDoc}}{{.}}{{/escapeJavaDoc}}` at every Javadoc default-value site for consistency.</violation>
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P2: The */ escape is only applied to the base api.mustache and okhttp-gson; 12 other Java library templates (apache-httpclient, feign, jersey2/jersey3, microprofile, native, rest-assured, resteasy, resttemplate, retrofit2 and its play variants) still interpolate default to {{.}} into a JavaDoc comment unescaped. Generators using those libraries will still fail to compile when a default value contains */. Apply {{#escapeJavaDoc}}{{.}}{{/escapeJavaDoc}} at every Javadoc default-value site for consistency.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/api.mustache, line 48:

<comment>The `*/` escape is only applied to the base `api.mustache` and okhttp-gson; 12 other Java library templates (apache-httpclient, feign, jersey2/jersey3, microprofile, native, rest-assured, resteasy, resttemplate, retrofit2 and its play variants) still interpolate `default to {{.}}` into a JavaDoc comment unescaped. Generators using those libraries will still fail to compile when a default value contains `*/`. Apply `{{#escapeJavaDoc}}{{.}}{{/escapeJavaDoc}}` at every Javadoc default-value site for consistency.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class {{classname}} {
    * {{notes}}
    {{#allParams}}
-   * @param {{paramName}} {{description}}{{#required}} (required){{/required}}{{^required}} (optional{{^isContainer}}{{#defaultValue}}, default to {{.}}{{/defaultValue}}{{/isContainer}}){{/required}}
+   * @param {{paramName}} {{description}}{{#required}} (required){{/required}}{{^required}} (optional{{^isContainer}}{{#defaultValue}}, default to {{#escapeJavaDoc}}{{.}}{{/escapeJavaDoc}}{{/defaultValue}}{{/isContainer}}){{/required}}
    {{/allParams}}
    {{#returnType}}
</file context>

[Kunal8954]

Fixed in commit 7d8795b. All remaining JavaDoc default-value interpolations across the Java library templates are now wrapped with escapeJavaDoc, including the four okhttp-gson sites.\n\n---\nDrafted-by: Copilot (no human review before posting)

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All reported issues were addressed across 16 files (changes from recent commits).

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Fixed the latest review issue in commit 00f801c. The native template line comment no longer uses JavaDoc escaping; all actual JavaDoc default-value sites remain protected.\n\n---\nDrafted-by: Copilot (no human review before posting)

[Mattias-Sehlstedt]

Do we see any particular benefit with doing this as a mustache-lamba rather than doing it in the generator itself? Given that comments is an attack vector, and the it most likely something that should be heavily sanitized, I believe having it in code might make more sense.

[Kunal8954]

Thanks for raising this. I considered moving the escaping into the generator, but kept it as a Mustache lambda intentionally because the same defaultValue is also used as generated Java source, where replacing */ with an HTML entity would change the actual value/code. The security-sensitive context here is specifically JavaDoc, so escaping at that output sink keeps the raw value intact everywhere else.

The lambda is registered once in AbstractJavaCodegen, and every Java template JavaDoc default-value interpolation now passes through it. This also keeps the protection explicit at each JavaDoc sink and avoids silently changing non-comment output. The lambda has focused tests for */ and unchanged ordinary values, and the generated Java templates are covered by the existing test suite.

If you prefer a generator-side implementation, I can introduce a separate defaultValueForJavaDoc field rather than mutating defaultValue, but that would require changing every affected template and would still need the same sink-specific distinction.

[Mattias-Sehlstedt]

I think the best approach would be some sort of "sanitizedDefaultValue" that was shared for all generators, and then that each language is expected to override it. But as you say it is a very large change given how coupled the current defaultValue is to both the value representation and the documentation representation. So most likely more suitable as something that is handled in a separate issue.

[Kunal8954]

@Mattias-Sehlstedt That makes sense. I agree that introducing a shared sanitized default value would expand the scope significantly given the current coupling. Let's keep this PR focused and handle the broader approach in a separate issue.

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<file name="samples/client/wildcard-accept-header/java/.travis.yml">

<violation number="1" location="samples/client/wildcard-accept-header/java/.travis.yml:20">
P2: The script chmods `./gradlew` in before_install but then runs `gradle test` (system Gradle) instead of the wrapper. This bypasses the pinned Gradle 8.14.5 in gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties, and the build's spotless 6.11.0 requires Gradle 7+, so an older system Gradle on Travis will fail. Use `./gradlew test`.</violation>
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P2: The script chmods ./gradlew in before_install but then runs gradle test (system Gradle) instead of the wrapper. This bypasses the pinned Gradle 8.14.5 in gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties, and the build's spotless 6.11.0 requires Gradle 7+, so an older system Gradle on Travis will fail. Use ./gradlew test.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At samples/client/wildcard-accept-header/java/.travis.yml, line 20:

<comment>The script chmods `./gradlew` in before_install but then runs `gradle test` (system Gradle) instead of the wrapper. This bypasses the pinned Gradle 8.14.5 in gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties, and the build's spotless 6.11.0 requires Gradle 7+, so an older system Gradle on Travis will fail. Use `./gradlew test`.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+  # test using maven
+  #- mvn test
+  # test using gradle
+  - gradle test
+  # test using sbt
+  # - sbt test
</file context>

Suggested change

	- gradle test
	- ./gradlew test

[Kunal8954]

Addressed the latest review items:

#2 — unused HashMap import (EscapeJavaDocLambdaTest.java): removed in commit f9a9903.

#3 — corrupted example "*_/_*" (README.md / DefaultApi.md): root cause was AbstractJavaCodegen.setParameterExampleValue, which escaped the String example via escapeText() and thereby applied escapeUnsafeCharacters() (replacing */ → *_/, /* → /_*). That comment-safety escaping makes sense for javadoc/comment output but corrupts legitimate string literals like the */* media type. String example values are only emitted inside double-quoted Java literals (README docs, @Schema/@ApiModelProperty), never in comments, so they now use quoted-string-only escaping and correctly render "*/*". The sample was regenerated; no other Java sample output changed (verified by rebuilding the petstore okhttp-gson sample clean).

#1 — .travis.yml uses gradle test instead of ./gradlew test: valid point, but this is pre-existing shared-template behavior, not specific to this PR. The file is generated from modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/travis.mustache, which all 60+ committed Java samples use. Changing it would regenerate every Java sample (large unrelated churn). I’d suggest tracking that in a separate issue/PR rather than expanding this javadoc-escaping change.