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JAVA

Using Javadoc
By: Kulvir Singh Bhogal & Kwang Sik Kang
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    2004-01-07

    Table of Contents:
  • Using Javadoc
  • Java Documentation Comments
  • A Sample Class with Some Comments
  • Taking a Peek at the Automagically Generated Documentation
  • Conclusion

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    Using Javadoc - Taking a Peek at the Automagically Generated Documentation


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    The documentation files are generated to the specified directory (i.e., :documentation). Open the index.html file in a web browser and examine its contents. First, notice the description pulled from the opening comment. Next, notice the values of the version and author reflect their respective javadoc tag values. (See Figure 2).

    Generated Javadoc

    Figure 2: Generated Javadoc: Description, Version, Author

    Finally, notice the method summary containing the javadoc comments specified for each method (See Figure 3).

    Javadoc Method Summary

    Figure 3: Generated Javadoc: Method Summary

    Privacy Please

    It is important to note that only elements marked public will have their Java documentation exposed to the outside world.  You can see this with the sample class, with the getMiddleName method. No Java documentation is exposed since the method is marked as private.

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