diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/javadoc/external/elements/JavadocVisitor.java b/src/main/java/spoon/javadoc/external/elements/JavadocVisitor.java
index db81f1a5314..a2ab91f0afa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/javadoc/external/elements/JavadocVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/javadoc/external/elements/JavadocVisitor.java
@@ -16,57 +16,60 @@
  */
 public interface JavadocVisitor<T> {
 
+	/**
+	 * @return the default value to return if a visit method is not overwritten
+	 */
+	T defaultValue();
+
 	/**
 	 * @param tag the inline tag to visit
 	 * @return a return value
-	 * @implNote the default implementation always returns null and visits all arguments
+	 * @implNote the default implementation visits all arguments
 	 */
 	default T visitInlineTag(JavadocInlineTag tag) {
 		for (JavadocElement element : tag.getElements()) {
 			element.accept(this);
 		}
-		return null;
+		return defaultValue();
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @param tag the block tag to visit
 	 * @return a return value
-	 * @implNote the default implementation always returns null and visits all elements
+	 * @implNote the default implementation visits all elements
 	 */
 	default T visitBlockTag(JavadocBlockTag tag) {
 		for (JavadocElement element : tag.getElements()) {
 			element.accept(this);
 		}
-		return null;
+		return defaultValue();
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @param snippet the snippet tag to visit
 	 * @return a return value
-	 * @implNote the default implementation always returns null and visits all elements
+	 * @implNote the default implementation visits all elements
 	 */
 	default T visitSnippet(JavadocSnippetTag snippet) {
 		for (JavadocElement element : snippet.getElements()) {
 			element.accept(this);
 		}
-		return null;
+		return defaultValue();
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @param text the javadoc text to visit
 	 * @return a return value
-	 * @implNote the default implementation always returns null
 	 */
 	default T visitText(JavadocText text) {
-		return null;
+		return defaultValue();
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @param reference the javadoc reference to visit
 	 * @return a return value
-	 * @implNote the default implementation always returns null
 	 */
 	default T visitReference(JavadocReference reference) {
-		return null;
+		return defaultValue();
 	}
 }