Let's have a code like:

public class JavaClsWithProperties {
    protected int protectedProperty = 0;
    private int protectedGetterAndProtectedSetter = 0;

    protected int getProtectedGetterAndProtectedSetter() {
        return protectedGetterAndProtectedSetter;
    }

    protected void setProtectedGetterAndProtectedSetter(int protectedGetterAndProtectedSetter) {
        this.protectedGetterAndProtectedSetter = protectedGetterAndProtectedSetter;
    }
}

and inheritor

open class InheritJavaClsProperties: JavaClsWithProperties(){
    protected val protectedX: Int = 0
}

What we see in generated documentation with default documentedVisibilities (Public API only):
For Java property with protected getter/setter is shown

For inheritor in Kotlin both properties are shown

Expected behaviour
My expectation is that all protected properties are hidden. But probably for an open class, they might be shown with the visibility modifier.

Installation

• Dokka version: 1.7.0
• Kotlin: 1.7.0