javadoc

Why does Maven javadoc fail with error "cannot read options"?

When I run mvn javadoc:javadoc, I get the following error: [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] An error has occurred in JavaDocs report generation:Exit code: 1 - javadoc: error - cannot read options (The system cannot find the file specified) Command line was:"C:\P...

Is it possible to re-use @param descriptions in JavaDoc?

I have a convenience class for encoding URI's. In it I've created three methods which I use depending on how specific I need to be. I'm wondering if there is a smart way to re-use @param descriptions in this case using JavaDoc? (I haven't found any) public class URLCreator { public static String getURLString(String host, int port, S...

How does one set up JavaDoc DocCheck as an Eclipse plugin?

I have recently started using DocCheck for checking the validity of JavaDoc's in code files. Is there some way to set DocCheck up as an eclipse plugin? ...

good example of Javadoc

is there a good example of a source file containing Javadoc? I can find lots of good examples of Javadoc on the internet, I would just like to find out the particular syntax used to create them, and assume I can pore through the source of some library somewhere but that seems like a lot of work. ...

How to document a method that overrides another method?

I always wondered how to document a method that overrides a message from a base class. Normally I add a java doc to each public method and to some private, protected methods. But autogenerating a documentation block for an override method in eclipse produces something like this: /* * (non-Javadoc) * * @see javax.swing.JComponent...

Linking to an external URL in Javadoc?

Something like: /** * See {@linktourl http://google.com} */ ...

Creating a javadoc web from compiled jar library

I have a third-party library in the form of a jar containing only class files. I'd like to be able to run javadoc (or some other tool) and generate a reference to the library API calls that I can make. I know I'm not going to get many useful comments, but I'm not expecting that. I just want the auto-generated summary of the classes and...

code example in a javadoc comment

I have multiple programmers contributing examples for javadocs and some examples contain comments formatted with /* * */ When I put these examples into a javadoc comment, the comment close in the example closes the javadoc comment. /** * * /* * * * */ <-- right here * */ Is there a proper way to handle this without telli...

How do I exclude a specific method/constructor from the results of the javadoc Ant task?

I'm using javadocs generated by the javadoc Ant task to document a web service, and I want to exclude some constructors from the output. How do I do that? ...

javadoc @link

I wrote two methods in class Util: public static final <T> T[] copy1(T[] source) {...} public static final <T> T[] copy2(T[] source) {...} Javadoc for method copy2 includes: {@link #copy1(Object[]) copy} and as a test includes also: {@link Integer#highestOneBit(int) highestOneBit} When I click the highestOneBit link it works. Wh...

Python documentation generator

Hi, I'm looking for a documentation generator for python. I'm familiar with javadoc, and I tried Doxygen, but it seems quite unfit and counter-intuitive for python. Any ideas? Udi EDIT Apart from the excellent answers below, you can also consult wikipedia's exhaustive Comparison of documentation generators. ...

GhostDoc Equivalent for Eclipse(Java)

I'm a big fan of GhostDoc's automatic comment generation in Visual Studio so am looking for an plugin that does the same job with my Java code in Eclipse. Any recommendations? ...

Can one automaticaly create javadoc tags for an entire Eclipse project?

I know one can use '<alt><shift>J' to create tags for a single code element (class method for example). But is there a way to automaticaly create these tags for every class in the entire project? Or even just at package or class level? ...

How do you interpret this bit of Javadoc?

In the documentation for isValid(int) from java.sql.Connection (an interface): http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/Connection.html#isValid(int) it states that it will throw an "SQLException if the value supplied for timeout is less then 0". Should implementors read this as "SQLException if and only if the value supplied for...

javadoc for package-info.java only

I have a situation where I'd like to execute javadoc in a project that has no classes. It only has package-info.java for one package. When executing javadoc, the following error is given: An error has occurred in JavaDocs report generation:Exit code: 1 - javadoc: error - No public or protected classes found to document. Is there any w...

How to generate javadoc for unit tests in netbeans

I'm using Netbeans (currently 6.7) and I really like how I can generate javadoc from my source code. However my tests also have documentation (valuable documentation!). Is there anyway I can generate javadocs (ideally for both at the same time). Thanks! ...

Javadocs documentation for C++

Is it possible to use the javadocs documentation system for other languages. Since javadocs produces such a nice output it would be great if you could use it in other languages. If this isn't possible, what other documentation generators are used for the C++ language, preferably opensource. ...

Is there a way to get the javadoc tool to document annotations?

In my project, we use a number of annotations that would be very useful to see in the javadoc API documentation. Does anyone know a simple way to include annotations in generated javadocs? I don't want to write my own javadoc plugin. Are there any solutions out there? ...

Is there JavaDoc available for DB2 drivers?

Is there anywhere I can point my IDE to and associate my DB2 driver (db2jcc.jar) to get the JavaDoc support? I looked through what is installed locally on my computer, and there doesn't seem to be anything. Is it available online at all? ...

How to check and access javadoc/source for Maven Artifacts

I am writing a Maven plugin which needs to check if a certain project dependency has javadocs and sources available... and if so, would like to download them and archive them on a server. I cannot find out how to check if the javadocs and source are available or how to access them if they are. Any help would be appreciated. ...