I don't see anything wrong with that line, but the problem could be on
the previous or next line.  It is possible that javadoc is buggy, and is
trying to parse a javadoc tag there even though it doesn't look like
it's in a documentation comment.  I wouldn't count on that, though.  If
that _is_ inside a documentation comment then javadoc might not like the
"//".

If you can't figure it out then you'll need to post a larger section of
code to get much help.  And you certainly _can_ remove that line if it
is a problem; it's just a comment as far as Java is concerned, no matter
what significance it might have to some other tool.  You may need to use
a standard text editor instead of whichever IDE you normally use.
Personally, I'd dump the IDE in an instant if I found that it was
breaking my code.

If all else fails you could try reading the documentation:

    http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/

Regards,

John Bollinger
jobollin@indiana.edu