Comment Markup:

Documentation comment structure:

/**
 * brief description
 * 
 * long description
 *
 * taglets
 */

Linebreaks and paragraphs:

Comment:

/**
 * First paragraph,
 * still the first paragraph
 *
 * Second paragraph, first line,<<BR>>
 * second paragraph, second line
 */

Output:

First paragraph, still the first paragraph

Second paragraph, first line,
second paragraph, second line


Text highlighting:

Comment:

/**
 * ''bold'' //italic// __underlined__ ``block quote``,
 * ''//__bold italic underlined__//''
 */

Output:

bold italic underlined block quote bold italic underlined


Lists:

Two spaces are required after newlines.

Comment:

/**
 * short description
 *
 *  1. numbered list
 *  1. numbered list
 *  1. numbered list
 *
 *  # numbered list
 *  # numbered list
 *  # numbered list
 *
 *  i. numbered list
 *  i. numbered list
 *  i. numbered list
 *
 *  I. numbered list
 *  I. numbered list
 *  I. numbered list
 *
 *  a. alphabetical list
 *  a. alphabetical list
 *  a. alphabetical list
 *
 *  A. alphabetical list
 *  A. alphabetical list
 *  A. alphabetical list
 *
 *  * doted list
 *  * doted list
 *  * doted list
 *
 *  A. alphabetical list
 *    a. alphabetical list
 *    a. alphabetical list
 *  A. alphabetical list
 *    a. alphabetical list
 *    a. alphabetical list
 *  A. alphabetical list
 */

Output:

  1. numbered list
  2. numbered list
  3. numbered list
  1. numbered list
  2. numbered list
  3. numbered list
  1. numbered list
  2. numbered list
  3. numbered list
  1. numbered list
  2. numbered list
  3. numbered list
  1. alphabetical list
  2. alphabetical list
  3. alphabetical list
  1. alphabetical list
  2. alphabetical list
  3. alphabetical list
  • doted list
  • doted list
  • doted list
  1. alphabetical list
    1. alphabetical list
    2. alphabetical list
  2. alphabetical list
    1. alphabetical list
    2. alphabetical list
  3. alphabetical list

Code:

Comment:

/**
 * Short description
 *
 * {{{
 *   static int main (string[] arg) {
 *      return 0;
 *   }
 * }}}
 *
 */

Output:

Short description

   static int main (string[] arg) {
      return 0;
   }

Images and links:

Comment:

/**
 * [[http://google.at|google]] [[http://google.at]]
 *
 * {{/images/favicon.png}} {{/images/favicon.png|alt-message}}
 */

Output:

google http://google.at

alt-message


Tables:

Comment:

/**
 * Short description
 *
 * || ''headline'' || ''headline'' ||
 * || one cell || one cell ||
 * || one cell || one cell ||
 *
 */

Output:

Short description

headline headline
one cell one cell
one cell one cell

Wiki Markup:

Linebreaks, paragraphs, tables, ...

See the comment-section for details.


Headlines:

Comment:

= headline 1 =
== headline 2 ==
=== headline 3 ===
==== headline 4 ====

Output:

headline 1

headline 2

headline 3

headline 4


Taglets:

There are two types of taglets:

  • Inline taglets
  • Block taglets

Inline taglets (link, inheritDoc) are used inside text and block taglets (param, see, ..) are used at the end of each comment.


Inline Taglets:

Taglets: Synopsis: Descriptions:
inheritDoc {@inheritDoc} Used to directly inherit descriptions from the parent
link {@link [node]} -

Block Taglets:

Taglets: Synopsis: Descriptions:
deprecated @deprecated [version] -
see @see [node-name] -
param @param [parameter-name] [description] -
since @since [version] -
return @return [description] -
throws @throws [type-name] [description] -