Persistence fails to build against jdk8

https://jenkins.opendaylight.org/releng/job/persistence-verify-beryllium/19/jdk=openjdk8,nodes=dynamic_verify/console

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin:2.10.1:jar (attach-javadocs) on project persistence-util-common: MavenReportException: Error while creating archive:
[ERROR] Exit code: 1 - /opt/jenkins/workspace/persistence-verify-beryllium/jdk/openjdk8/nodes/dynamic_verify/persistence-util/persistence-util-common/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/persistence/util/common/Identifiable.java:31: error: tag not allowed here: <pre>
[ERROR] * <pre>
[ERROR] ^
[ERROR] /opt/jenkins/workspace/persistence-verify-beryllium/jdk/openjdk8/nodes/dynamic_verify/persistence-util/persistence-util-common/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/persistence/util/common/Identifiable.java:27: error: element not closed: pre
[ERROR] * <pre>
[ERROR] ^
[ERROR] /opt/jenkins/workspace/persistence-verify-beryllium/jdk/openjdk8/nodes/dynamic_verify/persistence-util/persistence-util-common/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/persistence/util/common/Identifiable.java:35: warning: no @param for <E>
[ERROR] public <E extends T> Id<E, I> getId();
[ERROR] ^
[ERROR] /opt/jenkins/workspace/persistence-verify-beryllium/jdk/openjdk8/nodes/dynamic_verify/persistence-util/persistence-util-common/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/persistence/util/common/io/FileUtil.java:39: warning: empty <p> tag
[ERROR] * <p>
[ERROR] ^
[ERROR] /opt/jenkins/workspace/persistence-verify-beryllium/jdk/openjdk8/nodes/dynamic_verify/persistence-util/persistence-util-common/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/persistence/util/common/io/FileUtil.java:62: warning: empty <p> tag
[ERROR] * <p>
[ERROR] ^