How can a method’s Javadoc be copied into other method’s Javadoc?
A @link or @see tag would be appropriate here. If you’re wrapping the method, it must provide distinctive behavior which makes it unsuitable for overloading or otherwise.
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What is the meaning of profile (compact1, compact2, compact 3) in Java API documentation?
Compact profiles are subsets of the full Java platform APIs, to allow running with a smaller JRE. Many programs (especially in embedded environments) don’t need libraries like Swing or CORBA — they’re just wasted space. From the Oracle Java SE Embedded 8 Compact Profiles Overview: A compact profile is a subset of the full Java … Read more
Allowed HTML tags in Javadoc
Javadoc permits only a subset of HTML tags. Javadoc’s doclint component enforces this restriction. You can disable all doclint warnings by passing -Xdoclint:none to javadoc, though you should consider fixing your Javadoc comments because otherwise the generated HTML API documentation may look bad or may omit content. (I usually use -Xdoclint:all,-missing to get warnings about … Read more
How to format code snippet in Javadoc with @ and { symbols inside?
This is how it finally works for me: /** * <pre> * @XmlRootElement * public final class Page { * } * </pre> */
Including images in javadocs
A bit far fetched, but you can inline the images in the documentation by converting them into Base64. It would look like this: <img src=”data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADIA…” /> There are online tools available to do the conversion: http://www.base64-image.de http://www.freeformatter.com/base64-encoder.html
How to make documentation with NetBeans and Javadoc
Right click your project in Project window and click ‘Generate Javadoc’
Warning: Dangling Javadoc comment
It looks like you are using a Javadoc comment when you call the method setNameText. Javadoc comments are to be inserted above a class declaration, a method declaration, or a field declaration. If you simply want a comment when calling the method, use the one-line comment: // get formatted name based on {@link FORMAT_NAME}.
How do I modify the Javadoc when I modify someone else’s code?
Those comments do not belong in the javadoc 🙂 The javadoc should explain the contract — it is what is extracted and displayed in the auto-generated “documentation”. The rest are just normal comments or, perhaps better yet in this case, SCM log entries and have no place in the javadoc! I would likely just leave … Read more
Can I add JavaDoc to a package easily with Eclipse?
Update 4 years later (Oct. 2013) javabeangrinder’s answer (upvoted) mentions the following trick: To create a package-info.java file in an existing package: Right click on the package where you want a package-info.java. Select new->package. Check the Create package.info.java check box. Click on Finish Original answer (May 2009) There is no template or wizard to easily … Read more
Eclipse formatter adds space in empty comment lines
Go to Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Save actions and select Format edited lines. After applying changes all trailing whitespaces in Javadoc will be removed Note: “Additional actions”->”Remove trailing white space on all lines” must also be enabled.