--- a/langtools/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/taglets/TagletWriter.java	Thu Nov 19 13:14:16 2015 -0800
+++ b/langtools/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/taglets/TagletWriter.java	Fri Nov 20 20:55:07 2015 +0000
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@
     protected abstract Content codeTagOutput(Tag tag);
 
     /**
+     * Return the output for a {@index...} tag.
+     *
+     * @param tag the tag.
+     * @return the output of the taglet.
+     */
+    protected abstract Content indexTagOutput(Tag tag);
+
+    /**
      * Returns the output for the DocRoot inline tag.
      * @return the output for the DocRoot inline tag.
      */