Yes you should write JavaDoc for private methods, and even when it is only for yourself. In 3 years when you have to change the code, you will be happy that you documented it. If you leave the company, or have to work on another project, your co-workers will be happy to have a documented … Read more
For those two particular cases, I think the recommended action is to substitute them with <p>. This is the link to the Oracle documentation.
[I] wanted to know if JavaDoc will be generated for an inherited method (which is overridden) if I just document the superclass? Yes. If you don’t have javadoc comments on a subclass, javadocs will be be generated based on the superclasses javadoc. If you define javadocs in the subclass they will replace the inherited javadocs, … Read more
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
You need to specify the docs/api subdirectory of the unpacked documentation or use https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/ URL for the external documentation feature to work. File -> Project Structure… then here :
To use offline Java API Documentation in Eclipse, you need to download it first. The link for Java docs are (last updated on 2013-10-21): Java 6 Page: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u25-doc-download-355137.html Direct: http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u30-b12/jdk-6u30-apidocs.zip Java 7 Page: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/java-se-7-doc-download-435117.html Java 8 Page: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/jdk8-doc-downloads-2133158.html Java 9 Page:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/jdk9-doc-downloads-3850606.html Extract the zip file in your local directory. From eclipse Window –> Preferences –> … Read more
As suggested in OpenJDK issue tracker this can be worked around with defining source on Javadoc plugin: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <source>8</source> </configuration> </plugin>
I had to combine the responses I got to this point and add a few extra details so I’m answering my own question. Search for “Java developer” from Downloads for Apple Developers Download and install “Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 9 Developer Package” (or later). In IntelliJ, open File -> Project Structure. Click … Read more
For IntelliJ 12: Position caret above a method name, type /** and press Enter to let IntelliJ IDEA automatically generate JavaDoc stubs for this method. See here
You can attach javadoc to any library you have configure in your module or project. Just access the project structure windows (File -> Project Structure), then select “modules” and select the module that has the dependency you want to configure. Then select the “Dependencies” tab, select the dependency that’s missing the javadoc and click “Edit”. … Read more