the {@inheritDoc} javadoc tag is supposed to inherit the parent method's javadoc for description, parameters, return
value, thrown exceptions, etc.  The NetBeans warnings for missing javadoc elements (missing @param, @returns, etc.)
seems to respect the {@inheritDoc} tag for all cases except for the @throws tag.

For example, consider the following code:

In the parent class:

  /**
   * Gets a key spec for all keys which contain samples with the given value,
   * for the given band.
   * @param <E> the band data type
   * @param band the band
   * @param value the sample value to return keys for; may be null
   * @return a key spec
   * @throws DataAccessException if a data access exception occurred
   */
  public <E> KeySpec getKeySpec(Band<E> band, E value) throws DataAccessException;

In the child class:

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  @Override
  public <E> KeySpec getKeySpec(Band<E> band, E value)
    throws DataAccessException {

The child class has exactly one warning:  "Missing @throws tag for DataAccessException".  This is a false warning since
the @throws tag is inherited.  As a result of this problem, I have hundreds of false warnings throughout my code, making
the warnings virtually useless.