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Javadoc is inconsistent with oficial documentation

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Issue type
Documentation
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Clearly specified
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Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Read the Javadoc for DbxWebAuth in dropbox-sdk-java/src/main/java/com/dropbox/core/DbxWebAuth.java around line 25, then compare it with the linked OAuth guide and token endpoint documentation. Update the Javadoc so its access-token lifetime description agrees with the official documentation, and verify the generated documentation wording.

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Description

On the Javadocs for DbxWebAuth it says access tokens are valid for years:
https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/blob/e8b39d1f8e6ea81b6c547ae8e66a47eb0e7be40b/dropbox-sdk-java/src/main/java/com/dropbox/core/DbxWebAuth.java#L25

However the official documentation reads:

Dropbox access tokens are short lived, and will expire after a short period of time. The exact expiry time of a token is returned by the token endpoint (or the redirect URI in implicit grant) - but is generally long enough for a reasonable web session.

From: https://developers.dropbox.com/oauth-guide

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