javadoc

Javadoc reuse for overloaded methods

I don’t know of any support, but, I would fully javadoc the method with the most arguments, and then refer to it in other javadoc like so. I think it’s sufficiently clear, and avoids redundancy. /** * {@code fruitType} defaults to {@link FruitType#Banana}. * * @see Forest#addTree(int, Fruit, int) */

Using javadoc for Python documentation [closed]

Have a look at the reStructuredText (also known as “reST”) format, which is a plaintext/docstring markup format, and probably the most popular in the Python world. And you should certainly look at Sphinx, a tool to generate documentation from reStructuredText (used for eg. the Python documentation itself). Sphinx includes the possibility to extract documentation from … Read more

Javadoc: package.html or package-info.java

package-info.java: “This file is new in JDK 5.0, and is preferred over package.html.”—javadoc – The Java API Documentation Generator Addendum: The big difference seems to be package annotations. There’s a little more in the way of rationale in 7.4 Package Declarations. Addendum: The annotation feature is also mentioned here and in Javadoc tip: Prefer package-info … Read more

How to quote “*/” in JavaDocs

Use HTML escaping. So in your example: /** * Returns true if the specified string contains “*/”. */ public boolean containsSpecialSequence(String str) / escapes as a “https://stackoverflow.com/” character. Javadoc should insert the escaped sequence unmolested into the HTML it generates, and that should render as “*/” in your browser. If you want to be very … Read more

Android Studio quick documentation always “fetching documentation”

The problem is Android Studio does not automatically update the source link of reference even when the documentation is already downloaded. The default link in jdk.table.xml is http://developer.android.com/reference/ (android studio tries to connect to this online server even if the network is blocked). To solve the problem, we can just redirect the reference to local … Read more

How to download Javadoc to read offline? [closed]

Links to JDK documentation Java SE Download Web Other 19 (early access) not yet available Javadoc Early Access page 18 (current) Downloads page Javadoc Doc home 17 (LTS) Downloads page Javadoc Doc home 16 no longer available Javadoc Doc home 15 no longer available Javadoc Doc home 14 no longer available Javadoc Doc home 13 … Read more

/** and /* in Java Comments

The first form is called Javadoc. You use this when you’re writing formal APIs for your code, which are generated by the javadoc tool. For an example, the Java 7 API page uses Javadoc and was generated by that tool. Some common elements you’d see in Javadoc include: @param: this is used to indicate what … Read more