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Javadoc is an extensible documentation generation system which reads specially formatted comments in Java source code and generates compiled documentation. It is typically used to produce API documentation in the form of HTML web pages.

Javadoc is an extensible documentation generation system which reads specially formatted comments in Java source code and generates compiled documentation. It is typically used to produce API documentation in the form of HTML web pages.

A Javadoc comment starts with /** (an extra star to the normal multi-line comment) and ends with */. It also makes use of tags (starting with @).

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Where can I find the JDK documentation, and how can I read it offline?

I know how to read the Javadoc (JDK documentation) online on a website, but I want to download a copy to my computer so that I can read it offline when no Internet connection is available. To be clear, I am referring to the Java® Platform, Standard…
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Eclipse how to link a jar containing javadocs/source with its binary?

I would like to have the javadoc comments contained in a jar file show in eclipse when I hover over a class. For example, after downloading JODA-2.0, three jars are…
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Missing iFrame view for Javadocs JDK 11+

I've been using the JavaDocs for JDK 11 But I've noticed that the iFrames view appears no longer to be available. I've looked around, but can't see any details on why this has been done, and what the alternatives are if any? Can anyone provide more…
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Javadoc @author tag good practices

I'm wondering about best practices when creating Javadocs. I have a project with many files. Code has been created by many developers. Each file has an annotation @author, so it is obvious who has created a particular class. But when some other…
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Javadoc linking to a class in another package

I have two packages, Shapes and Fruits: com.myproject.Shapes. Circle Square Triangle com.myproject.Fruits. Apple Orange I am writing the JavaDoc for Apple and need to provide an {@link} to Square. I have tried all of the…
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Eclipse Generate Javadoc Wizard: what is "Javadoc Command"?

I want to generate the javadocs for an open-source code-base I'm using. But I'm being asked for a "Javadoc Command" by the Eclipse Generate JavaDoc wizard and the help doesn't explain what this means. Is it wanting the path to the javadoc binary/jar…
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Intellij generate javadoc for methods and classes

Is it possible to set up Intellij to generate javadoc for methods and classes, automatically, with @author and @since date? I had this feature in Eclipse. I know that the files have templates and also I can manually semi-automatically add javadoc to…
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How to generate Javadoc from command line

Can anybody show me how to generate Javadoc from command line? My project contains the package com.test and I want to put the generated documentation in files located in a specific folder like this: C:/javadoc/test.
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Attaching additional javadoc in Intellij IDEA

When I use quick documentaion lookup (Ctrl+Q) on j2ee classes or annotations in IDEA I only get an empty javadoc. It only contains the basics like class name. How do I add the javadoc to the libs IDEA provides itself?
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JDK 11+ and Javadoc

Exit code: 1 - javadoc: error - The code being documented uses packages in the unnamed module, but the packages defined in https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/ are in named modules. Has anyone been able to make javadoc work without…
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JDK documentation in IntelliJ IDEA on Mac OS X

I'd like to know how to setup IntelliJ to point to the JDK documentation so the documentation popups that display during code completion will show me what the function I'm looking at is going to do. For some reason IntelliJ isn't able to find the…
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How to view JDK external documentation in IntelliJ IDEA?

The shortcut for this action is Shift+F1 but it is always grayed out even though I have pointed JDK documentation path to the docs folder (the docs folder is unzipped from jdk-7u2-apidocs.zip ). Thanks
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How to quote "*/" in JavaDocs

I have a need to include */ in my JavaDoc comment. The problem is that this is also the same sequence for closing a comment. What the proper way to quote/escape this? Example: /** * Returns true if the specified string contains "*/". */ public…
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How do I add the Java API documentation to Eclipse?

I have downloaded Java API documentation from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html#docs and have supposedly attached it to Eclipse using the Window->Preferences->Java->Installed JREs->Edit->"Select rt.jar"->Javadoc …
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Javadoc-like Documentation for C++

Are there similar documentation generation systems like Javadoc, for C++? Javadoc produces nice output; It would be great if you could use something like it in other languages.
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