How to make generated classes contain Javadoc from XML Schema documentation

I’ve never been able to get regular xsd:documentation to be placed in the java source except if and only if it was a Complex Type. Documentation for elements, simple types, etc are ignored. So, I end up using jxb:javadoc. To do so, include the definition of xmlns:jxb=”http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb” in your <xsd:schema> element. Add a child to … Read more

Using javadoc for Python documentation [closed]

Have a look at the reStructuredText (also known as “reST”) format, which is a plaintext/docstring markup format, and probably the most popular in the Python world. And you should certainly look at Sphinx, a tool to generate documentation from reStructuredText (used for eg. the Python documentation itself). Sphinx includes the possibility to extract documentation from … Read more

Javadoc: package.html or package-info.java

package-info.java: “This file is new in JDK 5.0, and is preferred over package.html.”—javadoc – The Java API Documentation Generator Addendum: The big difference seems to be package annotations. There’s a little more in the way of rationale in 7.4 Package Declarations. Addendum: The annotation feature is also mentioned here and in Javadoc tip: Prefer package-info … Read more

How to quote “*/” in JavaDocs

Use HTML escaping. So in your example: /** * Returns true if the specified string contains “*&#47;”. */ public boolean containsSpecialSequence(String str) &#47; 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

Android Studio quick documentation always “fetching documentation”

The problem is Android Studio does not automatically update the source link of reference even when the documentation is already downloaded. The default link in jdk.table.xml is http://developer.android.com/reference/ (android studio tries to connect to this online server even if the network is blocked). To solve the problem, we can just redirect the reference to local … Read more

/** and /* in Java Comments

The first form is called Javadoc. You use this when you’re writing formal APIs for your code, which are generated by the javadoc tool. For an example, the Java 7 API page uses Javadoc and was generated by that tool. Some common elements you’d see in Javadoc include: @param: this is used to indicate what … Read more