in maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/converter/JavaClassConverterContext.java [128:143]
public boolean isReferencedBy(FullyQualifiedJavadocReference reference) {
JavaClass javaClassInHierarchy = this.mojoClass;
while (javaClassInHierarchy != null) {
if (isClassReferencedByReference(javaClassInHierarchy, reference)) {
return true;
}
// check implemented interfaces
for (JavaClass implementedInterfaces : javaClassInHierarchy.getInterfaces()) {
if (isClassReferencedByReference(implementedInterfaces, reference)) {
return true;
}
}
javaClassInHierarchy = javaClassInHierarchy.getSuperJavaClass();
}
return false;
}