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+package dotty.tools
+package dottydoc
+
+import dotc.typer.FrontEnd
+import dotc.core.Contexts.Context
+import dotc.CompilationUnit
+
+/** `DocFrontEnd` uses the Dotty `FrontEnd` without discarding the AnyVal
+  * interfaces for Boolean, Int, Char, Long, Byte etc.
+  *
+  * It currently still throws away Java sources by overriding
+  * `discardAfterTyper`.
+  */
+class DocFrontEnd extends FrontEnd {
+  override protected def discardAfterTyper(unit: CompilationUnit)(implicit ctx: Context) =
+    unit.isJava
+}