title: Javadoc in JDK 8 : Invalid "self-closing element not allowed"
body: <p>What are the best workarounds when running javadoc using JDK 8 and one receives this error.</p>
  
  <p>It seems that for JDK 8 it has been decided that tags like <code>&lt;br /&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;p /&gt;</code> should generate errors, because they are invalid (strict) HTML 4. <a href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-July/019261.html">see discussion JDK mailing list here</a> </p>
  
  <p>I wonder, because I just wanted to compile some java project using maven and tripped over this issue. Of course, I can file a ticket with the project (and I guess I will), but it would be great if there is a way how to disable this behaviour (for a machine). Otherwise, I expect that a lot of projects need to be fixed before they can be built on JDK 8 without issues.</p>