Re: Decouple Javadoc from Java
MRe wrote:
Hi,
Sorry, not Java language specific, but I can not find anywhere else
to post this[?]..
Does anyone know if it's possible to write Javadocs outside of .java
source files, so instead of..
/////// test/Test.java ///////
package test;
/** Javadoc about my Test class */
public class Test
{ /** Javadoc about my Run method */
public int Run(int a) { .. }
}
..something like the following could be done..
/////// test/Test.java ///////
package test;
public class Test
{ public int Run(int a) { .. }
}
/////// test/Test.javadoc ///////
/** @javadoc test.Test
* Javadoc about my Test class
*/
/** @javadoc int test.Test.Run(int)
* Javadoc about my Run class
*/
..I know of a program called Doxygen that has this ability, but it'd
be nice if it could be done using Javadoc because of one feature I
like about Javadoc; that it isn't riddled with bugs!
I don't think it can be done directly with Javadoc. You need to look at
tools to merge the two files for Javadoc processing.
I share some doubts about the wisdom of doing this, because code
documentation that is close to the code it describes is more likely to
be up to date.
Patricia
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