[maven-javadoc-plugin] 01/01: remove unused private method

[elharo]

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commit cdb6d9ee046a263288ef96a3ddd402fdb0e20331
Author: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elh...@ibiblio.org>
AuthorDate: Sun Jul 9 07:50:50 2023 -0400

    remove unused private method
---
 .../plugins/javadoc/AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java      | 20 --------------------
 1 file changed, 20 deletions(-)

diff --git 
a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java 
b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java
index cf5ab033..62426c26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractFixJavadocMojo.java
@@ -2060,26 +2060,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFixJavadocMojo extends 
AbstractMojo {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param sb             not null
-     * @param indent         not null
-     * @param separatorAdded
-     * @return true if separator has been added.
-     */
-    private boolean appendDefaultAuthorTag(final StringBuilder sb, final 
String indent, boolean separatorAdded) {
-        if (!fixTag(AUTHOR_TAG)) {
-            return separatorAdded;
-        }
-
-        if (!separatorAdded) {
-            appendSeparator(sb, indent);
-            separatorAdded = true;
-        }
-
-        appendDefaultAuthorTag(sb, indent);
-        return separatorAdded;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param sb     not null
      * @param indent not null