1javadoc(1)                        Basic Tools                       javadoc(1)
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NAME

6       javadoc - Generates HTML pages of API documentation from Java source
7       files.
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SYNOPSIS

10       javadoc {packages|source-files} [options] [@argfiles]
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13       packages
14              Names of packages that you want to document, separated by
15              spaces, for example java.lang java.lang.reflect java.awt. If you
16              want to also document the subpackages, use the -subpackages
17              option to specify the packages.
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19              By default, javadoc looks for the specified packages in the
20              current directory and subdirectories. Use the -sourcepath option
21              to specify the list of directories where to look for packages.
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23       source-files
24              Names of Java source files that you want to document, separated
25              by spaces, for example Class.java Object.java Button.java. By
26              default, javadoc looks for the specified classes in the current
27              directory. However, you can specify the full path to the class
28              file and use wildcard characters, for example
29              /home/src/java/awt/Graphics*.java. You can also specify the path
30              relative to the current directory.
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32       options
33              Command-line options, separated by spaces. See Options.
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35       @argfiles
36              Names of files that contain a list of javadoc command options,
37              package names and source file names in any order.
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DESCRIPTION

40       The javadoc command parses the declarations and documentation comments
41       in a set of Java source files and produces a corresponding set of HTML
42       pages that describe (by default) the public and protected classes,
43       nested classes (but not anonymous inner classes), interfaces,
44       constructors, methods, and fields. You can use the javadoc command to
45       generate the API documentation or the implementation documentation for
46       a set of source files.
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48       You can run the javadoc command on entire packages, individual source
49       files, or both. When documenting entire packages, you can either use
50       the -subpackages option to recursively traverse a directory and its
51       subdirectories, or to pass in an explicit list of package names. When
52       you document individual source files, pass in a list of Java source
53       file names. See Simple Examples.
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55   PROCESS SOURCE FILES
56       The javadoc command processes files that end in source and other files
57       described in Source Files. If you run the javadoc command by passing in
58       individual source file names, then you can determine exactly which
59       source files are processed. However, that is not how most developers
60       want to work, because it is simpler to pass in package names. The
61       javadoc command can be run three ways without explicitly specifying the
62       source file names. You can pass in package names, use the -subpackages
63       option, or use wild cards with source file names. In these cases, the
64       javadoc command processes a source file only when the file fulfills all
65       of the following requirements:
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67       · The file name prefix (with .java removed) is a valid class name.
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69       · The path name relative to the root of the source tree is a valid
70         package name after the separators are converted to dots.
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72       · The package statement contains the valid package name.
73
74       Processing Links
75
76       During a run, the javadoc command adds cross-reference links to
77       package, class, and member names that are being documented as part of
78       that run. Links appear in the following places. See Javadoc Tags for a
79       description of the @ tags.
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81       · Declarations (return types, argument types, and field types).
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83       · See Also sections that are generated from @see tags.
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85       · Inline text generated from {@link} tags.
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87       · Exception names generated from @throws tags.
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89       · Specified by links to interface members and Overrides links to class
90         members. See Method Comment Inheritance.
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92       · Summary tables listing packages, classes and members.
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94       · Package and class inheritance trees.
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96       · The index.
97
98       You can add links to existing text for classes not included on the
99       command line (but generated separately) by way of the -link and
100       -linkoffline options.
101
102       Processing Details
103
104       The javadoc command produces one complete document every time it runs.
105       It does not do incremental builds that modify or directly incorporate
106       the results from earlier runs. However, the javadoc command can link to
107       results from other runs.
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109       The javadoc command implementation requires and relies on the Java
110       compiler. The javadoc command calls part of the javac command to
111       compile the declarations and ignore the member implementations. The
112       javadoc command builds a rich internal representation of the classes
113       that includes the class hierarchy and use relationships to generate the
114       HTML. The javadoc command also picks up user-supplied documentation
115       from documentation comments in the source code. See Documentation
116       Comments.
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118       The javadoc command runs on source files that are pure stub files with
119       no method bodies. This means you can write documentation comments and
120       run the javadoc command in the early stages of design before API
121       implementation.
122
123       Relying on the compiler ensures that the HTML output corresponds
124       exactly with the actual implementation, which may rely on implicit,
125       rather than explicit, source code. For example, the javadoc command
126       documents default constructors that are present in the compiled class
127       files but not in the source code.
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129       In many cases, the javadoc command lets you generate documentation for
130       source files with incomplete or erroneous code. You can generate
131       documentation before all debugging and troubleshooting is done. The
132       javadoc command does primitive checking of documentation comments.
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134       When the javadoc command builds its internal structure for the
135       documentation, it loads all referenced classes. Because of this, the
136       javadoc command must be able to find all referenced classes, whether
137       bootstrap classes, extensions, or user classes. See How Classes Are
138       Found at
139       http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/findingclasses.html
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141       Typically, classes you create must either be loaded as an extension or
142       in the javadoc command class path.
143
144   JAVADOC DOCLETS
145       You can customize the content and format of the javadoc command output
146       with doclets. The javadoc command has a default built-in doclet, called
147       the standard doclet, that generates HTML-formatted API documentation.
148       You can modify or make a subclass of the standard doclet, or write your
149       own doclet to generate HTML, XML, MIF, RTF or whatever output format
150       you want.
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152       When a custom doclet is not specified with the -doclet option, the
153       javadoc command uses the default standard doclet. The javadoc command
154       has several options that are available regardless of which doclet is
155       being used. The standard doclet adds a supplementary set of command-
156       line options. See Options.
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SOURCE FILES

159       The javadoc command generates output that originates from the following
160       types of source files: Java language source files for classes (.java),
161       package comment files, overview comment files, and miscellaneous
162       unprocessed files. This section also describes test files and template
163       files that can also be in the source tree, but that you want to be sure
164       not to document.
165
166   CLASS SOURCE FILES
167       Each class or interface and its members can have their own
168       documentation comments contained in a source file. See Documentation
169       Comments.
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171   PACKAGE COMMENT FILES
172       Each package can have its own documentation comment, contained in its
173       own source file, that the javadoc command merges into the generated
174       package summary page. You typically include in this comment any
175       documentation that applies to the entire package.
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177       To create a package comment file, you can place your comments in one of
178       the following files:
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180       · The package-info.java file can contain the package declaration,
181         package annotations, package comments, and Javadoc tags. This file is
182         preferred.
183
184       · The package.html file contains only package comments and Javadoc
185         tags. No package annotations.
186
187       A package can have a single package.html file or a single package-
188       info.java file, but not both. Place either file in the package
189       directory in the source tree with your source files.
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191       The package-info.java File
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193       The package-info.java file can contain a package comment of the
194       following structure. The comment is placed before the package
195       declaration.
196
197       Note: The comment separators /** and */ must be present, but the
198       leading asterisks on the intermediate lines can be left off.
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200       /**
201        * Provides the classes necessary to create an
202        * applet and the classes an applet uses
203        * to communicate with its applet context.
204        * <p>
205        * The applet framework involves two entities:
206        * the applet and the applet context.
207        * An applet is an embeddable window (see the
208        * {@link java.awt.Panel} class) with a few extra
209        * methods that the applet context can use to
210        * initialize, start, and stop the applet.
211        *
212        * @since 1.0
213        * @see java.awt
214        */
215       package java.lang.applet;
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219       The package.html File
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221       The package.html file can contain a package comment of the following
222       structure. The comment is placed in the <body> element.
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224       File: java/applet/package.html
225
226       <HTML>
227       <BODY>
228       Provides the classes necessary to create an applet and the
229       classes an applet uses to communicate with its applet context.
230       <p>
231       The applet framework involves two entities: the applet
232       and the applet context. An applet is an embeddable
233       window (see the {@link java.awt.Panel} class) with a
234       few extra methods that the applet context can use to
235       initialize, start, and stop the applet.
236       @since 1.0
237       @see java.awt
238       </BODY>
239       </HTML>
240
241       The package.html file is a typical HTML file and does not include a
242       package declaration. The content of the package comment file is written
243       in HTML with one exception. The documentation comment should not
244       include the comment separators /** and */ or leading asterisks. When
245       writing the comment, make the first sentence a summary about the
246       package, and do not put a title or any other text between the <body>
247       tag and the first sentence. You can include package tags. All block
248       tags must appear after the main description. If you add an @see tag in
249       a package comment file, then it must have a fully qualified name.
250
251       Processing the Comment File
252
253       When the javadoc command runs, it searches for the package comment
254       file. If the package comment file is found, then the javadoc command
255       does the following:
256
257       · Copies the comment for processing. For package.html, the javadoc
258         command copies all content between the <body> and </body> HTML tags.
259         You can include a <head> section to put a <title> tag, source file
260         copyright statement, or other information, but none of these appear
261         in the generated documentation.
262
263       · Processes the package tags. See Package Tags.
264
265       · Inserts the processed text at the bottom of the generated package
266         summary page. See Java Platform, Standard Edition API Specification
267         Overview at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/overview-
268         summary.html
269
270       · Copies the first sentence of the package comment to the top of the
271         package summary page. The javadoc command also adds the package name
272         and this first sentence to the list of packages on the overview page.
273         See Java Platform, Standard Edition API Specification Overview at
274         http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/overview-summary.html
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276         The end of the sentence is determined by the same rules used for the
277         end of the first sentence of class and member main descriptions.
278
279   OVERVIEW COMMENT FILES
280       Each application or set of packages that you are documenting can have
281       its own overview documentation comment that is kept in its own source
282       file, that the javadoc command merges into the generated overview page.
283       You typically include in this comment any documentation that applies to
284       the entire application or set of packages.
285
286       You can name the file anything you want such as overview.html and place
287       it anywhere. A typical location is at the top of the source tree.
288
289       For example, if the source files for the java.applet package are
290       contained in the /home/user/src/java/applet directory, then you could
291       create an overview comment file at /home/user/src/overview.html.
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293       You can have multiple overview comment files for the same set of source
294       files in case you want to run the javadoc command multiple times on
295       different sets of packages. For example, you could run the javadoc
296       command once with -private for internal documentation and again without
297       that option for public documentation. In this case, you could describe
298       the documentation as public or internal in the first sentence of each
299       overview comment file.
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301       The content of the overview comment file is one big documentation
302       comment that is written in HTML. Make the first sentence a summary
303       about the application or set of packages. Do not put a title or any
304       other text between the <body> tag and the first sentence. All tags
305       except inline tags, such as an {@link} tag, must appear after the main
306       description. If you add an @see tag, then it must have a fully
307       qualified name.
308
309       When you run the javadoc command, specify the overview comment file
310       name with the -overview option. The file is then processed similarly to
311       that of a package comment file. The javadoc command does the following:
312
313       · Copies all content between the <body> and </body> tags for
314         processing.
315
316       · Processes the overview tags that are present. See Overview Tags.
317
318       · Inserts the processed text at the bottom of the generated overview
319         page. See Java Platform Standard Edition API Specification Overview
320         at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/overview-summary.html
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322       · Copies the first sentence of the overview comment to the top of the
323         overview summary page.
324
325   UNPROCESSED FILES
326       Your source files can include any files that you want the javadoc
327       command to copy to the destination directory. These files usually
328       include graphic files, example Java source and class files, and self-
329       standing HTML files with a lot of content that would overwhelm the
330       documentation comment of a typical Java source file.
331
332       To include unprocessed files, put them in a directory called doc-files.
333       The doc-files directory can be a subdirectory of any package directory
334       that contains source files. You can have one doc-files subdirectory for
335       each package.
336
337       For example, if you want to include the image of a button in the
338       java.awt.Button class documentation, then place the image file in the
339       /home/user/src/java/awt/doc-files/ directory. Do not place the doc-
340       files directory at /home/user/src/java/doc-files, because java is not a
341       package. It does not contain any source files.
342
343       All links to the unprocessed files must be included in the code because
344       the javadoc command does not look at the files. The javadoc command
345       copies the directory and all of its contents to the destination. The
346       following example shows how the link in the Button.java documentation
347       comment might look:
348
349       /**
350        * This button looks like this:
351        * <img src="doc-files/Button.gif">
352        */
353
354
355   TEST AND TEMPLATE FILES
356       You can store test and template files in the source tree in the same
357       directory with or in a subdirectory of the directory where the source
358       files reside. To prevent test and template files from being processed,
359       run the javadoc command and explicitly pass in individual source file
360       names.
361
362       Test files are valid, compilable source files. Template files are not
363       valid, compatible source files, but they often have the .java suffix.
364
365       Test Files
366
367       If you want your test files to belong to either an unnamed package or
368       to a package other than the package that the source files are in, then
369       put the test files in a subdirectory underneath the source files and
370       give the directory an invalid name. If you put the test files in the
371       same directory with the source and call the javadoc command with a
372       command-line argument that indicates its package name, then the test
373       files cause warnings or errors. If the files are in a subdirectory with
374       an invalid name, then the test file directory is skipped and no errors
375       or warnings are issued. For example, to add test files for source files
376       in com.package1, put them in a subdirectory in an invalid package name.
377       The following directory name is invalid because it contains a hyphen:
378
379       com/package1/test-files/
380
381       If your test files contain documentation comments, then you can set up
382       a separate run of the javadoc command to produce test file
383       documentation by passing in their test source file names with wild
384       cards, such as com/package1/test-files/*.java.
385
386       Template Files
387
388       If you want a template file to be in the source directory, but not
389       generate errors when you execute the javadoc command, then give it an
390       invalid file name such as Buffer-Template.java to prevent it from being
391       processed. The javadoc command only processes source files with names,
392       when stripped of the .java suffix, that are valid class names.
393

GENERATED FILES

395       By default, the javadoc command uses a standard doclet that generates
396       HTML-formatted documentation. The standard doclet generates basic
397       content, cross-reference, and support pages described here. Each HTML
398       page corresponds to a separate file. The javadoc command generates two
399       types of files. The first type is named after classes and interfaces.
400       The second type contain hyphens (such as package-summary.html) to
401       prevent conflicts with the first type of file.
402
403   BASIC CONTENT PAGES
404       · One class or interface page (classname.html) for each class or
405         interface being documented.
406
407       · One package page (package-summary.html) for each package being
408         documented. The javadoc command includes any HTML text provided in a
409         file with the name package.html or package-info.java in the package
410         directory of the source tree.
411
412       · One overview page (overview-summary.html) for the entire set of
413         packages. The overview page is the front page of the generated
414         document. The javadoc command includes any HTML text provided in a
415         file specified by the -overview option. The Overview page is created
416         only when you pass two or more package names into the javadoc
417         command. See HTML Frames and Options.
418
419   CROSS-REFERENCE PAGES
420       · One class hierarchy page for the entire set of packages (overview-
421         tree.html). To view the hierarchy page, click Overview in the
422         navigation bar and click Tree.
423
424       · One class hierarchy page for each package (package-tree.html) To view
425         the hierarchy page, go to a particular package, class, or interface
426         page, and click Tree to display the hierarchy for that package.
427
428       · One use page for each package (package-use.html) and a separate use
429         page for each class and interface (class-use/classname.html). The use
430         page describes what packages, classes, methods, constructors and
431         fields use any part of the specified class, interface, or package.
432         For example, given a class or interface A, its use page includes
433         subclasses of A, fields declared as A, methods that return A, and
434         methods and constructors with parameters of type A. To view the use
435         page, go to the package, class, or interface and click the Use link
436         in the navigation bar.
437
438       · A deprecated API page (deprecated-list.html) that lists all
439         deprecated APIs and their suggested replacements. Avoid deprecated
440         APIs because they can be removed in future implementations.
441
442       · A constant field values page (constant-values.html) for the values of
443         static fields.
444
445       · A serialized form page (serialized-form.html) that provides
446         information about serializable and externalizable classes with field
447         and method descriptions. The information on this page is of interest
448         to reimplementors, and not to developers who want to use the API. To
449         access the serialized form page, go to any serialized class and click
450         Serialized Form in the See Also section of the class comment. The
451         standard doclet generates a serialized form page that lists any class
452         (public or non-public) that implements Serializable with its
453         readObject and writeObject methods, the fields that are serialized,
454         and the documentation comments from the @serial, @serialField, and
455         @serialData tags. Public serializable classes can be excluded by
456         marking them (or their package) with @serial exclude, and package-
457         private serializable classes can be included by marking them (or
458         their package) with an @serial include. As of Release 1.4, you can
459         generate the complete serialized form for public and private classes
460         by running the javadoc command without specifying the -private
461         option. See Options.
462
463       · An index page (index-*.html) of all class, interface, constructor,
464         field and method names, in alphabetical order. The index page is
465         internationalized for Unicode and can be generated as a single file
466         or as a separate file for each starting character (such as A–Z for
467         English).
468
469   SUPPORT PAGES
470       · A help page (help-doc.html) that describes the navigation bar and the
471         previous pages. Use -helpfile to override the default help file with
472         your own custom help file.
473
474       · One index.html file that creates the HTML frames for display. Load
475         this file to display the front page with frames. The index.html file
476         contains no text content.
477
478       · Several frame files (*-frame.html) that contains lists of packages,
479         classes, and interfaces. The frame files display the HTML frames.
480
481       · A package list file (package-list) that is used by the -link and
482         -linkoffline options. The package list file is a text file that is
483         not reachable through links.
484
485       · A style sheet file (stylesheet.css) that controls a limited amount of
486         color, font family, font size, font style, and positioning
487         information on the generated pages.
488
489       · A doc-files directory that holds image, example, source code, or
490         other files that you want copied to the destination directory. These
491         files are not processed by the javadoc command. This directory is not
492         processed unless it exists in the source tree.
493
494       See Options.
495
496   HTML FRAMES
497       The javadoc command generates the minimum number of frames (two or
498       three) necessary based on the values passed to the command. It omits
499       the list of packages when you pass a single package name or source
500       files that belong to a single package as an argument to the javadoc
501       command. Instead, the javadoc command creates one frame in the left-
502       hand column that displays the list of classes. When you pass two or
503       more package names, the javadoc command creates a third frame that
504       lists all packages and an overview page (overview-summary.html). To
505       bypass frames, click the No Frames link or enter the page set from the
506       overview-summary.html page.
507
508   GENERATED FILE STRUCTURE
509       The generated class and interface files are organized in the same
510       directory hierarchy that Java source files and class files are
511       organized. This structure is one directory per subpackage.
512
513       For example, the document generated for the java.applet.Applet class
514       would be located at java/applet/Applet.html.
515
516       The file structure for the java.applet package follows, assuming that
517       the destination directory is named apidocs. All files that contain the
518       word frame appear in the upper-left or lower-left frames, as noted. All
519       other HTML files appear in the right-hand frame.
520
521       Directories are bold. The asterisks (*) indicate the files and
522       directories that are omitted when the arguments to the javadoc command
523       are source file names rather than package names. When arguments are
524       source file names, an empty package list is created. The doc-files
525       directory is not created in the destination unless it exists in the
526       source tree. See Generated Files.
527
528       · apidocs: Top-level directory
529
530         · index.html: Initial Page that sets up HTML frames
531
532         · *overview-summary.html: Package list with summaries
533
534         · overview-tree.html: Class hierarchy for all packages
535
536         · deprecated-list.html: Deprecated APIs for all packages
537
538         · constant-values.html: Static field values for all packages
539
540         · serialized-form.html: Serialized forms for all packages
541
542         · *overview-frame.html: All packages for display in upper-left frame
543
544         · allclasses-frame.html: All classes for display in lower-left frame
545
546         · help-doc.html: Help about Javadoc page organization
547
548         · index-all.html: Default index created without -splitindex option
549
550         · index-files: Directory created with -splitindex option
551
552           · index-<number>.html: Index files created with -splitindex option
553
554
555         · package-list: Package names for resolving external references
556
557         · stylesheet.css: Defines fonts, colors, positions, and so on
558
559
560       · java: Package directory
561
562         · applet: Subpackage directory
563
564           · Applet.html: Applet class page
565
566           · AppletContext.html: AppletContext interface
567
568           · AppletStub.html: AppletStub interface
569
570           · AudioClip.html: AudioClip interface
571
572           · package-summary.html: Classes with summaries
573
574           · package-frame.html: Package classes for display in lower-left
575             frame
576
577           · package-tree.html: Class hierarchy for this package
578
579           · package-use.html: Where this package is used
580
581           · doc-files: Image and example files directory
582
583           · class-use: Image and examples file location
584
585             - Applet.html: Uses of the Applet class
586
587             - AppletContext.html: Uses of the AppletContext interface
588
589             - AppletStub.html: Uses of the AppletStub interface
590
591             - AudioClip.html: Uses of the AudioClip interface
592
593
594
595       · src-html: Source code directory
596
597         · java: Package directory
598
599           · applet: Subpackage directory
600
601             - Applet.html: Applet source code
602
603             - AppletContext.html: AppletContext source code
604
605             - AppletStub.html: AppletStub source code
606
607             - AudioClip.html: AudioClip source code
608
609
610
611   GENERATED API DECLARATIONS
612       The javadoc command generates a declaration at the start of each class,
613       interface, field, constructor, and method description for that API
614       item. For example, the declaration for the Boolean class is:
615
616       public final class Boolean
617       extends Object
618       implements Serializable
619
620       The declaration for the Boolean.valueOf method is:
621
622       public static Boolean valueOf(String s)
623
624       The javadoc command can include the modifiers public, protected,
625       private, abstract, final, static, transient, and volatile, but not
626       synchronized or native. The synchronized and native modifiers are
627       considered implementation detail and not part of the API specification.
628
629       Rather than relying on the keyword synchronized, APIs should document
630       their concurrency semantics in the main description of the comment. For
631       example, a description might be: A single enumeration cannot be used by
632       multiple threads concurrently. The document should not describe how to
633       achieve these semantics. As another example, while the Hashtable option
634       should be thread-safe, there is no reason to specify that it is
635       achieved by synchronizing all of its exported methods. It is better to
636       reserve the right to synchronize internally at the bucket level for
637       higher concurrency.
638

DOCUMENTATION COMMENTS

640       This section describes source code comments and comment inheritance.
641
642   SOURCE CODE COMMENTS
643       You can include documentation comments in the source code, ahead of
644       declarations for any class, interface, method, constructor, or field.
645       You can also create documentation comments for each package and another
646       one for the overview, though their syntax is slightly different. A
647       documentation comment consists of the characters between /** and */
648       that end it. Leading asterisks are allowed on each line and are
649       described further in the following section. The text in a comment can
650       continue onto multiple lines.
651
652       /**
653        * This is the typical format of a simple documentation comment
654        * that spans two lines.
655        */
656
657       To save space you can put a comment on one line:
658
659       /** This comment takes up only one line. */
660
661
662
663       Placement of Comments
664
665       Documentation comments are recognized only when placed immediately
666       before class, interface, constructor, method, or field declarations.
667       Documentation comments placed in the body of a method are ignored. The
668       javadoc command recognizes only one documentation comment per
669       declaration statement. See Where Tags Can Be Used.
670
671       A common mistake is to put an import statement between the class
672       comment and the class declaration. Do not put an import statement at
673       this location because the javadoc command ignores the class comment.
674
675       /**
676        * This is the class comment for the class Whatever.
677        */
678       import com.example;   // MISTAKE - Important not to put import statement here
679       public class Whatever{ }
680
681
682
683       Parts of Comments
684
685       A documentation comment has a main description followed by a tag
686       section. The main description begins after the starting delimiter /**
687       and continues until the tag section. The tag section starts with the
688       first block tag, which is defined by the first @ character that begins
689       a line (ignoring leading asterisks, white space, and leading separator
690       /**). It is possible to have a comment with only a tag section and no
691       main description. The main description cannot continue after the tag
692       section begins. The argument to a tag can span multiple lines. There
693       can be any number of tags, and some types of tags can be repeated while
694       others cannot. For example, this @see tag starts the tag section:
695
696       /**
697        * This sentence holds the main description for this documentation comment.
698        * @see java.lang.Object
699        */
700
701
702
703       Block and inline Tags
704
705       A tag is a special keyword within a documentation comment that the
706       javadoc command processes. There are two kinds of tags: block tags,
707       which appear as an @tag tag (also known as standalone tags), and inline
708       tags, which appear within braces, as an {@tag} tag. To be interpreted,
709       a block tag must appear at the beginning of a line, ignoring leading
710       asterisks, white space, and the separator (/**). This means you can use
711       the @ character elsewhere in the text and it will not be interpreted as
712       the start of a tag. If you want to start a line with the @ character
713       and not have it be interpreted, then use the HTML entity &#064;. Each
714       block tag has associated text, which includes any text following the
715       tag up to, but not including, either the next tag, or the end of the
716       documentation comment. This associated text can span multiple lines. An
717       inline tag is allowed and interpreted anywhere that text is allowed.
718       The following example contains the @deprecated block tag and the
719       {@link} inline tag. See Javadoc Tags.
720
721       /**
722        * @deprecated  As of JDK 1.1, replaced by {@link #setBounds(int,int,int,int)}
723        */
724
725
726
727       Write Comments in HTML
728
729       The text must be written in HTML with HTML entities and HTML tags. You
730       can use whichever version of HTML your browser supports. The standard
731       doclet generates HTML 3.2-compliant code elsewhere (outside of the
732       documentation comments) with the inclusion of cascading style sheets
733       and frames. HTML 4.0 is preferred for generated files because of the
734       frame sets.
735
736       For example, entities for the less than symbol (<) and the greater than
737       symbol (>) should be written as &lt; and &gt;. Similarly, the ampersand
738       (&) should be written as &amp;. The bold HTML tag <b> is shown in the
739       following example.
740
741       /**
742        * This is a <b>doc</b> comment.
743        * @see java.lang.Object
744        */
745
746
747
748       Leading Asterisks
749
750       When the javadoc command parses a documentation comment, leading
751       asterisks (*) on each line are discarded, and blanks and tabs that
752       precede the initial asterisks (*) are also discarded. If you omit the
753       leading asterisk on a line, then the leading white space is no longer
754       removed so that you can paste code examples directly into a
755       documentation comment inside a <PRE> tag with its indentation
756       preserved. Spaces are interpreted by browsers more uniformly than tabs.
757       Indentation is relative to the left margin (rather than the separator
758       /** or <PRE> tag).
759
760       First Sentence
761
762       The first sentence of each documentation comment should be a summary
763       sentence that contains a concise but complete description of the
764       declared entity. This sentence ends at the first period that is
765       followed by a blank, tab, or line terminator, or at the first block
766       tag. The javadoc command copies this first sentence to the member
767       summary at the top of the HTML page.
768
769       Multiple-Field Declarations
770
771       The Java platform lets you declare multiple fields in a single
772       statement, but this statement can have only one documentation comment
773       that is copied for all fields. If you want individual documentation
774       comments for each field, then declare each field in a separate
775       statement. For example, the following documentation comment does not
776       make sense written as a single declaration and would be better handled
777       as two declarations:
778
779       /**
780        * The horizontal and vertical distances of point (x,y)
781        */
782       public int x, y;      // Avoid this
783
784       The javadoc command generates the following documentation from the
785       previous code:
786
787       public int x
788
789       The horizontal and vertical distances of point (x, y).
790
791       public int y
792
793       The horizontal and vertical distances of point (x, y).
794
795       Use of Header Tags
796
797       When writing documentation comments for members, it is best not to use
798       HTML heading tags such as <H1> and <H2>, because the javadoc command
799       creates an entire structured document, and these structural tags might
800       interfere with the formatting of the generated document. However, you
801       can use these headings in class and package comments to provide your
802       own structure.
803
804   METHOD COMMENT INHERITANCE
805       The javadoc command allows method comment inheritance in classes and
806       interfaces to fill in missing text or to explicitly inherit method
807       comments. Constructors, fields, and nested classes do not inherit
808       documentation comments.
809
810       Note: The source file for an inherited method must be on the path
811       specified by the -sourcepath option for the documentation comment to be
812       available to copy. Neither the class nor its package needs to be passed
813       in on the command line. This contrasts with Release 1.3.n and earlier
814       releases, where the class had to be a documented class.
815
816       Fill in Missing Text
817
818       When a main description, or @return, @param, or @throws tag is missing
819       from a method comment, the javadoc command copies the corresponding
820       main description or tag comment from the method it overrides or
821       implements (if any). See Method Comment Inheritance.
822
823       When an @param tag for a particular parameter is missing, the comment
824       for that parameter is copied from the method further up the inheritance
825       hierarchy. When an @throws tag for a particular exception is missing,
826       the @throws tag is copied only when that exception is declared.
827
828       This behavior contrasts with Release 1.3 and earlier, where the
829       presence of any main description or tag would prevent all comments from
830       being inherited.
831
832       See Javadoc Tags and Options.
833
834       Explicit Inheritance
835
836       Insert the {@inheritDoc} inline tag in a method main description or
837       @return, @param, or @throws tag comment. The corresponding inherited
838       main description or tag comment is copied into that spot.
839
840   CLASS AND INTERFACE INHERITANCE
841       Comment inheritance occurs in all possible cases of inheritance from
842       classes and interfaces:
843
844       · When a method in a class overrides a method in a superclass
845
846       · When a method in an interface overrides a method in a superinterface
847
848       · When a method in a class implements a method in an interface
849
850       In the first two cases, the javadoc command generates the subheading
851       Overrides in the documentation for the overriding method. A link to the
852       method being overridden is included, whether or not the comment is
853       inherited.
854
855       In the third case, when a method in a specified class implements a
856       method in an interface, the javadoc command generates the subheading
857       Specified by in the documentation for the overriding method. A link to
858       the method being implemented is included, whether or not the comment is
859       inherited.
860
861   METHOD COMMENTS ALGORITHM
862       If a method does not have a documentation comment, or has an
863       {@inheritDoc} tag, then the javadoc command uses the following
864       algorithm to search for an applicable comment. The algorithm is
865       designed to find the most specific applicable documentation comment,
866       and to give preference to interfaces over superclasses:
867
868       1.  Look in each directly implemented (or extended) interface in the
869           order they appear following the word implements (or extends) in the
870           method declaration. Use the first documentation comment found for
871           this method.
872
873       2.  If Step 1 failed to find a documentation comment, then recursively
874           apply this entire algorithm to each directly implemented (or
875           extended) interface in the same order they were examined in Step 1.
876
877       3.  When Step 2 fails to find a documentation comment and this is a
878           class other than the Object class, but not an interface:
879
880           1.  If the superclass has a documentation comment for this method,
881               then use it.
882
883           2.  If Step 3a failed to find a documentation comment, then
884               recursively apply this entire algorithm to the superclass.
885
886

JAVADOC TAGS

888       The javadoc command parses special tags when they are embedded within a
889       Java documentation comment. The javadoc tags let you autogenerate a
890       complete, well-formatted API from your source code. The tags start with
891       an at sign (@) and are case-sensitive. They must be typed with the
892       uppercase and lowercase letters as shown. A tag must start at the
893       beginning of a line (after any leading spaces and an optional
894       asterisk), or it is treated as text. By convention, tags with the same
895       name are grouped together. For example, put all @see tags together. For
896       more information, see Where Tags Can Be Used.
897
898       Tags have the following types:
899
900       · Bock tags: Place block tags only in the tag section that follows the
901         description. Block tags have the form: @tag.
902
903       · Inline tags: Place inline tags anywhere in the main description or in
904         the comments for block tags. Inline tags are enclosed within braces:
905         {@tag}.
906
907       For custom tags, see -tag tagname:Xaoptcmf:"taghead". See also Where
908       Tags Can Be Used.
909
910   TAG DESCRIPTIONS
911       @author name-text
912              Introduced in JDK 1.0
913
914              Adds an Author entry with the specified name text to the
915              generated documents when the -author option is used. A
916              documentation comment can contain multiple @author tags. You can
917              specify one name per @author tag or multiple names per tag. In
918              the former case, the javadoc command inserts a comma (,) and
919              space between names. In the latter case, the entire text is
920              copied to the generated document without being parsed.
921              Therefore, you can use multiple names per line if you want a
922              localized name separator other than a comma. See @author in How
923              to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool at
924              http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137868.html#@author
925
926       {@code text}
927              Introduced in JDK 1.5
928
929              Equivalent to <code>{@literal}</code>.
930
931              Displays text in code font without interpreting the text as HTML
932              markup or nested Javadoc tags. This enables you to use regular
933              angle brackets (< and >) instead of the HTML entities (&lt; and
934              &gt;) in documentation comments, such as in parameter types
935              (<Object>), inequalities (3 < 4), or arrows (<-). For example,
936              the documentation comment text {@code A<B>C} displayed in the
937              generated HTML page unchanged as A<B>C. This means that the <B>
938              is not interpreted as bold and is in code font. If you want the
939              same functionality without the code font, then use the
940              {@literal} tag.
941
942       @deprecated deprecated-text
943              Introduced in JDK 1.0
944
945              Adds a comment indicating that this API should no longer be used
946              (even though it may continue to work). The javadoc command moves
947              deprecated-textahead of the main description, placing it in
948              italics and preceding it with a bold warning: Deprecated. This
949              tag is valid in all documentation comments: overview, package,
950              class, interface, constructor, method and field.
951
952              The first sentence of deprecated text should tell the user when
953              the API was deprecated and what to use as a replacement. The
954              javadoc command copies the first sentence to the summary section
955              and index. Subsequent sentences can also explain why it was
956              deprecated. You should include an {@link} tag (for Javadoc 1.2
957              or later) that points to the replacement API.
958
959              Use the @deprecated annotation tag to deprecate a program
960              element. See How and When to Deprecate APIs at
961              http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/deprecation/deprecation.html
962
963              See also @deprecated in How to Write Doc Comments for the
964              Javadoc Tool at
965              http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137868.html#@deprecated
966
967       {@docRoot}
968              Introduced in JDK 1.3
969
970              Represents the relative path to the generated document's
971              (destination) root directory from any generated page. This tag
972              is useful when you want to include a file, such as a copyright
973              page or company logo, that you want to reference from all
974              generated pages. Linking to the copyright page from the bottom
975              of each page is common.
976
977              This {@docRoot} tag can be used both on the command line and in
978              a documentation comment. This tag is valid in all documentation
979              comments: overview, package, class, interface, constructor,
980              method and field, and includes the text portion of any tag (such
981              as the @return, @param and @deprecated tags).
982
983              · On the command line, where the header, footer, or bottom are
984                defined: javadoc -bottom '<a
985                href="{@docRoot}/copyright.html">Copyright</a>'.
986
987                When you use the {@docRoot} tag this way in a make file, some
988                makefile programs require a special way to escape for the
989                brace {} characters. For example, the Inprise MAKE version 5.2
990                running on Windows requires double braces: {{@docRoot}}. It
991                also requires double (rather than single) quotation marks to
992                enclose arguments to options such as the -bottom option (with
993                the quotation marks around the href argument omitted).
994
995              · In a documentation comment:
996
997                /**
998                 * See the <a href="{@docRoot}/copyright.html">Copyright</a>.
999                 */
1000
1001
1002
1003                This tag is needed because the generated documents are in
1004                hierarchical directories, as deep as the number of
1005                subpackages. The expression: <a
1006                href="{@docRoot}/copyright.html"> resolves to <a
1007                href="../../copyright.html"> for java/lang/Object.java and <a
1008                href="../../../copyright.html"> for
1009                java/lang/ref/Reference.java.
1010
1011
1012       @exception class-name description
1013              Introduced in JDK 1.0
1014
1015              Identical to the @throws tag. See @throws class-name
1016              description.
1017
1018       {@inheritDoc}
1019              Introduced in JDK 1.4
1020
1021              Inherits (copies) documentation from the nearest inheritable
1022              class or implementable interface into the current documentation
1023              comment at this tag's location. This enables you to write more
1024              general comments higher up the inheritance tree and to write
1025              around the copied text.
1026
1027              This tag is valid only in these places in a documentation
1028              comment:
1029
1030              · In the main description block of a method. In this case, the
1031                main description is copied from a class or interface up the
1032                hierarchy.
1033
1034              · In the text arguments of the @return, @param, and @throws tags
1035                of a method. In this case, the tag text is copied from the
1036                corresponding tag up the hierarchy.
1037
1038
1039       See Method Comment Inheritance for a description of how comments are
1040       found in the inheritance hierarchy. Note that if this tag is missing,
1041       then the comment is or is not automatically inherited according to
1042       rules described in that section.
1043
1044       {@link package.class#member label}
1045              Introduced in JDK 1.2
1046
1047              Inserts an inline link with a visible text label that points to
1048              the documentation for the specified package, class, or member
1049              name of a referenced class. This tag is valid in all
1050              documentation comments: overview, package, class, interface,
1051              constructor, method and field, including the text portion of any
1052              tag, such as the @return, @param and @deprecated tags. See @link
1053              in How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool at
1054              http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137868.html#{@link
1055
1056              This tag is similar to the @see tag. Both tags require the same
1057              references and accept the same syntax for package.class#member
1058              and label. The main difference is that the {@link} tag generates
1059              an inline link rather than placing the link in the See Also
1060              section. The {@link} tag begins and ends with braces to separate
1061              it from the rest of the inline text. If you need to use the
1062              right brace (}) inside the label, then use the HTML entity
1063              notation &#125;.
1064
1065              There is no limit to the number of {@link} tags allowed in a
1066              sentence. You can use this tag in the main description part of
1067              any documentation comment or in the text portion of any tag,
1068              such as the @deprecated, @return or @param tags.
1069
1070              For example, here is a comment that refers to the
1071              getComponentAt(int, int) method:
1072
1073              Use the {@link #getComponentAt(int, int) getComponentAt} method.
1074
1075
1076
1077              From this code, the standard doclet generates the following HTML
1078              (assuming it refers to another class in the same package):
1079
1080              Use the <a href="Component.html#getComponentAt(int, int)">getComponentAt</a> method.
1081
1082
1083
1084              The previous line appears on the web page as:
1085
1086              Use the getComponentAt method.
1087
1088
1089
1090       {@linkplain package.class#member label}
1091              Introduced in JDK 1.4
1092
1093              Behaves the same as the {@link} tag, except the link label is
1094              displayed in plain text rather than code font. Useful when the
1095              label is plain text. For example, Refer to {@linkplain add() the
1096              overridden method}. displays as: Refer to the overridden method.
1097
1098       {@literal text}
1099              Introduced in JDK 1.5
1100
1101              Displays text without interpreting the text as HTML markup or
1102              nested Javadoc tags. This enables you to use angle brackets (<
1103              and >) instead of the HTML entities (&lt; and &gt;) in
1104              documentation comments, such as in parameter types (<Object>),
1105              inequalities (3 < 4), or arrows (<-). For example, the
1106              documentation comment text {@literal A<B>C} displays unchanged
1107              in the generated HTML page in your browser, as A<B>C. The <B> is
1108              not interpreted as bold (and it is not in code font). If you
1109              want the same functionality with the text in code font, then use
1110              the {@code} tag.
1111
1112       @param parameter-name description
1113              Introduced in JDK 1.0
1114
1115              Adds a parameter with the specified parameter-name followed by
1116              the specified description to the Parameters section. When
1117              writing the documentation comment, you can continue the
1118              description onto multiple lines. This tag is valid only in a
1119              documentation comment for a method, constructor, or class. See
1120              @param in How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool at
1121              http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137868.html#@param
1122
1123              The parameter-name can be the name of a parameter in a method or
1124              constructor, or the name of a type parameter of a class, method,
1125              or constructor. Use angle brackets around this parameter name to
1126              specify the use of a type parameter.
1127
1128              Example of a type parameter of a class:
1129
1130              /**
1131               * @param <E> Type of element stored in a list
1132               */
1133              public interface List<E> extends Collection<E> {
1134              }
1135
1136
1137
1138              Example of a type parameter of a method:
1139
1140              /**
1141               * @param string  the string to be converted
1142               * @param type    the type to convert the string to
1143               * @param <T>     the type of the element
1144               * @param <V>     the value of the element
1145               */
1146              <T, V extends T> V convert(String string, Class<T> type) {
1147              }
1148
1149
1150
1151       @return description
1152              Introduced in JDK 1.0
1153
1154              Adds a Returns section with the description text. This text
1155              should describe the return type and permissible range of values.
1156              This tag is valid only in a documentation comment for a method.
1157              See @return in How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool at
1158              http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137868.html#@return
1159
1160       @see reference
1161              Introduced in JDK 1.0
1162
1163              Adds a See Also heading with a link or text entry that points to
1164              a reference. A documentation comment can contain any number of
1165              @see tags, which are all grouped under the same heading. The
1166              @see tag has three variations. The form is the most common. This
1167              tag is valid in any documentation comment: overview, package,
1168              class, interface, constructor, method, or field. For inserting
1169              an inline link within a sentence to a package, class, or member,
1170              see {@link}.
1171
1172              Form 1. The @see string tag form adds a text entry for string.
1173              No link is generated. The string is a book or other reference to
1174              information not available by URL. The javadoc command
1175              distinguishes this from the previous cases by searching for a
1176              double quotation mark (") as the first character. For example,
1177              @see "The Java Programming Language" that generates the
1178              following text:
1179
1180              See Also:
1181
1182              "The Java Programming Language"
1183
1184              Form 2. The @see <a href="URL#value">label</a> form adds a link
1185              as defined by URL#value. The URL#value parameter is a relative
1186              or absolute URL. The javadoc command distinguishes this from
1187              other cases by searching for a less-than symbol (<) as the first
1188              character. For example, @see <a href="spec.html#section">Java
1189              Spec</a> generates the following link:
1190
1191              See Also:
1192
1193              Java Spec
1194
1195              Form 3. The @see package.class#member label form adds a link
1196              with a visible text label that points to the documentation for
1197              the specified name in the Java Language that is referenced. The
1198              label is optional. If the label is omitted, then the name
1199              appears instead as visible text, suitably shortened. Use the
1200              -noqualifier option to globally remove the package name from
1201              this visible text. Use the label when you want the visible text
1202              to be different from the autogenerated visible text. See How a
1203              Name Appears.
1204
1205              In Java SE 1.2 only, the name but not the label automatically
1206              appears in <code> HTML tags. Starting with Java SE 1.2.2, the
1207              <code> tag is always included around the visible text, whether
1208              or not a label is used.
1209
1210              · package.class#member is any valid program element name that is
1211                referenced, such as a package, class, interface, constructor,
1212                method or field name, except that the character ahead of the
1213                member name should be a number sign (#). The class represents
1214                any top-level or nested class or interface. The member
1215                represents any constructor, method, or field (not a nested
1216                class or interface). If this name is in the documented
1217                classes, then the javadoc command create a link to it. To
1218                create links to external referenced classes, use the -link
1219                option. Use either of the other two @see tag forms to refer to
1220                the documentation of a name that does not belong to a
1221                referenced class. See Specify a Name.
1222
1223                Note: External referenced classes are classes that are not
1224                passed into the javadoc command on the command line. Links in
1225                the generated documentation to external referenced classes are
1226                called external references or external links. For example, if
1227                you run the javadoc command on only the java.awt package, then
1228                any class in java.lang, such as Object, is an external
1229                referenced class. Use the -link and -linkoffline options to
1230                link to external referenced classes. The source comments of
1231                external referenced classes are not available to the javadoc
1232                command run.
1233
1234              · label is optional text that is visible as the link label. The
1235                label can contain white space. If label is omitted, then
1236                package.class.member appears, suitably shortened relative to
1237                the current class and package. See How a Name Appears.
1238
1239              · A space is the delimiter between package.class#member and
1240                label. A space inside parentheses does not indicate the start
1241                of a label, so spaces can be used between parameters in a
1242                method.
1243
1244
1245       In the following example, an @see tag (in the Character class) refers
1246       to the equals method in the String class. The tag includes both
1247       arguments: the name String#equals(Object) and the label equals.
1248
1249       /**
1250        * @see String#equals(Object) equals
1251        */
1252
1253
1254
1255       The standard doclet produces HTML that is similar to:
1256
1257       <dl>
1258       <dt><b>See Also:</b>
1259       <dd><a href="../../java/lang/String#equals(java.lang.Object)"><code>equals<code></a>
1260       </dl>
1261
1262
1263
1264       The previous code looks similar to the following in a browser, where
1265       the label is the visible link text:
1266
1267       See Also:
1268
1269       equals
1270
1271       Specify a Name
1272
1273       This package.class#member name can be either fully qualified, such as
1274       java.lang.String#toUpperCase() or not, such as String#toUpperCase() or
1275       #toUpperCase(). If the name is less than fully qualified, then the
1276       javadoc command uses the standard Java compiler search order to find
1277       it. See Search Order for the @see Tag. The name can contain white space
1278       within parentheses, such as between method arguments.The advantage to
1279       providing shorter, partially qualified names is that they are shorter
1280       to type and there is less clutter in the source code. The following
1281       listing shows the different forms of the name, where Class can be a
1282       class or interface; Type can be a class, interface, array, or
1283       primitive; and method can be a method or constructor.
1284
1285       Typical forms for @see package.class#member
1286       Referencing a member of the current class
1287       @see #field
1288       @see #method(Type, Type,...)
1289       @see #method(Type argname, Type argname,...)
1290       @see #constructor(Type, Type,...)
1291       @see #constructor(Type argname, Type argname,...)
1292       Referencing another class in the current or imported packages
1293       @see Class#field
1294       @see Class#method(Type, Type,...)
1295       @see Class#method(Type argname, Type argname,...)
1296       @see Class#constructor(Type, Type,...)
1297       @see Class#constructor(Type argname, Type argname,...)
1298       @see Class.NestedClass
1299       @see Class
1300       Referencing an element in another package (fully qualified)
1301       @see package.Class#field
1302       @see package.Class#method(Type, Type,...)
1303       @see package.Class#method(Type argname, Type argname,...)
1304       @see package.Class#constructor(Type, Type,...)
1305       @see package.Class#constructor(Type argname, Type argname,...)
1306       @see package.Class.NestedClass
1307       @see package.Class
1308       @see package
1309
1310       Notes about the previous listing:
1311
1312       · The first set of forms with no class or package causes the javadoc
1313         command to search only through the current class hierarchy. It finds
1314         a member of the current class or interface, one of its superclasses
1315         or superinterfaces, or one of its enclosing classes or interfaces
1316         (search Items 1–3). It does not search the rest of the current
1317         package or other packages (search Items 4–5). See Search Order for
1318         the @see Tag.
1319
1320       · If any method or constructor is entered as a name with no
1321         parentheses, such as getValue, and if there is no field with the same
1322         name, then the javadoc command still creates a link to the method. If
1323         this method is overloaded, then the javadoc command links to the
1324         first method its search encounters, which is unspecified.
1325
1326       · Nested classes must be specified as outer.inner, not simply inner,
1327         for all forms.
1328
1329       · As stated, the number sign (#), rather than a dot (.) separates a
1330         member from its class. This enables the javadoc command to resolve
1331         ambiguities, because the dot also separates classes, nested classes,
1332         packages, and subpackages. However, the javadoc command properly
1333         parses a dot when there is no ambiguity, but prints a warning to
1334         alert you.
1335
1336       Search Order for the @see Tag
1337
1338       The javadoc command processes an @see tag that appears in a source
1339       file, package file, or overview file. In the latter two files, you must
1340       fully qualify the name you supply with the @see tag. In a source file,
1341       you can specify a name that is fully qualified or partially qualified.
1342
1343       The following is the search order for the @see tag.
1344
1345       1.  The current class or interface.
1346
1347       2.  Any enclosing classes and interfaces searching the closest first.
1348
1349       3.  Any superclasses and superinterfaces, searching the closest first.
1350
1351       4.  The current package.
1352
1353       5.  Any imported packages, classes, and interfaces, searching in the
1354           order of the import statement.
1355
1356       The javadoc command continues to search recursively through Items 1-3
1357       for each class it encounters until it finds a match. That is, after it
1358       searches through the current class and its enclosing class E, it
1359       searches through the superclasses of E before the enclosing classes of
1360       E. In Items 4 and 5, the javadoc command does not search classes or
1361       interfaces within a package in any specified order (that order depends
1362       on the particular compiler). In Item 5, the javadoc command searches in
1363       java.lang because that is imported by all programs.
1364
1365       When the javadoc command encounters an @see tag in a source file that
1366       is not fully qualified, it searches for the specified name in the same
1367       order as the Java compiler would, except the javadoc command does not
1368       detect certain name space ambiguities because it assumes the source
1369       code is free of these errors. This search order is formally defined in
1370       the Java Language Specification. The javadoc command searches for that
1371       name through all related and imported classes and packages. In
1372       particular, it searches in this order:
1373
1374       1.  The current class or interface.
1375
1376       2.  Any enclosing classes and interfaces, searching the closest first.
1377
1378       3.  Any superclasses and superinterfaces, searching the closest first.
1379
1380       4.  The current package.
1381
1382       5.  Any imported packages, classes, and interfaces, searching in the
1383           order of the import statements.
1384
1385       The javadoc command does not necessarily look in subclasses, nor will
1386       it look in other packages even when their documentation is being
1387       generated in the same run. For example, if the @see tag is in the
1388       java.awt.event.KeyEvent class and refers to a name in the java.awt
1389       package, then the javadoc command does not look in that package unless
1390       that class imports it.
1391
1392       How a Name Appears
1393
1394       If label is omitted, then package.class.member appears. In general, it
1395       is suitably shortened relative to the current class and package.
1396       Shortened means the javadoc command displays only the minimum name
1397       necessary. For example, if the String.toUpperCase() method contains
1398       references to a member of the same class and to a member of a different
1399       class, then the class name is displayed only in the latter case, as
1400       shown in the following listing. Use the -noqualifier option to globally
1401       remove the package names.
1402
1403       Type of reference: The @see tag refers to a member of the same class,
1404       same package
1405       Example in: @see String#toLowerCase()
1406       Appears as: toLowerCase() - omits the package and class names
1407
1408
1409       Type of reference: The @see tag refers to a member of a different
1410       class, same package
1411       Example in: @see Character#toLowerCase(char)
1412       Appears as: Character.toLowerCase(char) - omits the package name,
1413       includes the class name
1414
1415
1416       Type of reference: The @see tag refers to a member of a different
1417       class, different package
1418       Example in: @see java.io.File#exists()
1419       Appears as: java.io.File.exists() - includes the package and class
1420       names
1421
1422
1423       Examples of the @see Tag
1424
1425       The comment to the right shows how the name appears when the @see tag
1426       is in a class in another package, such as java.applet.Applet. See @see
1427       in How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool at
1428       http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137868.html#@see
1429
1430                                                   See also:
1431       @see java.lang.String                   //  String
1432       @see java.lang.String The String class  //  The String class
1433       @see String                             //  String
1434       @see String#equals(Object)              //  String.equals(Object)
1435       @see String#equals                      //  String.equals(java.lang.Object)
1436       @see java.lang.Object#wait(long)        //  java.lang.Object.wait(long)
1437       @see Character#MAX_RADIX                //  Character.MAX_RADIX
1438       @see <a href="spec.html">Java Spec</a>  //  Java Spec
1439       @see "The Java Programming Language"    //  "The Java Programming Language"
1440
1441       Note: You can extend the @see tag to link to classes not being
1442       documented with the -link option.
1443
1444       @serial field-description | include | exclude
1445              Introduced in JDK 1.2
1446
1447              Used in the documentation comment for a default serializable
1448              field. See Documenting Serializable Fields and Data for a Class
1449              at
1450              http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/platform/serialization/spec/serial-
1451              arch.html#5251
1452
1453              See also Oracle’s Criteria for Including Classes in the
1454              Serialized Form Specification at
1455              http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/serialized-
1456              criteria-137781.html
1457
1458              An optional field-description should explain the meaning of the
1459              field and list the acceptable values. When needed, the
1460              description can span multiple lines. The standard doclet adds
1461              this information to the serialized form page. See Cross-
1462              Reference Pages.
1463
1464              If a serializable field was added to a class after the class was
1465              made serializable, then a statement should be added to its main
1466              description to identify at which version it was added.
1467
1468              The include and exclude arguments identify whether a class or
1469              package should be included or excluded from the serialized form
1470              page. They work as follows:
1471
1472              · A public or protected class that implements Serializable is
1473                included unless that class (or its package) is marked with the
1474                @serial exclude tag.
1475
1476              · A private or package-private class that implements
1477                Serializable is excluded unless that class (or its package) is
1478                marked with the @serial include tag.
1479
1480
1481       For example, the javax.swing package is marked with the @serialexclude
1482       tag in package.html or package-info.java. The public class
1483       java.security.BasicPermission is marked with the @serial exclude tag.
1484       The package-private class java.util.PropertyPermissionCollection is
1485       marked with the @serial include tag.
1486
1487       The @serial tag at the class level overrides the @serial tag at the
1488       package level.
1489
1490       @serialData data-description
1491              Introduced in JDK 1.2
1492
1493              Uses the data description value to document the types and order
1494              of data in the serialized form. This data includes the optional
1495              data written by the writeObject method and all data (including
1496              base classes) written by the Externalizable.writeExternal
1497              method.
1498
1499              The @serialData tag can be used in the documentation comment for
1500              the writeObject, readObject, writeExternal, readExternal,
1501              writeReplace, and readResolve methods.
1502
1503       @serialField field-namefield-typefield-description
1504              Introduced in JDK 1.2
1505
1506              Documents an ObjectStreamField component of the
1507              serialPersistentFields member of a Serializable class. Use one
1508              @serialField tag for each ObjectStreamField component.
1509
1510       @since since-text
1511              Introduced in JDK 1.1
1512
1513              Adds a Since heading with the specified since-text value to the
1514              generated documentation. The text has no special internal
1515              structure. This tag is valid in any documentation comment:
1516              overview, package, class, interface, constructor, method, or
1517              field. This tag means that this change or feature has existed
1518              since the software release specified by the since-text value,
1519              for example: @since 1.5.
1520
1521              For Java platform source code, the @since tag indicates the
1522              version of the Java platform API specification, which is not
1523              necessarily when the source code was added to the reference
1524              implementation. Multiple @since tags are allowed and are treated
1525              like multiple @author tags. You could use multiple tags when the
1526              program element is used by more than one API.
1527
1528       @throws class-namedescription
1529              Introduced in JDK 1.2
1530
1531              Behaves the same as the @exception tag. See @throws in How to
1532              Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool at
1533              http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137868.html#@exception
1534
1535              The @throws tag adds a Throws subheading to the generated
1536              documentation, with the class-name and description text. The
1537              class-name is the name of the exception that might be thrown by
1538              the method. This tag is valid only in the documentation comment
1539              for a method or constructor. If this class is not fully
1540              specified, then the javadoc command uses the search order to
1541              look up this class. Multiple @throws tags can be used in a
1542              specified documentation comment for the same or different
1543              exceptions. See Search Order for the @see Tag.
1544
1545              To ensure that all checked exceptions are documented, when an
1546              @throws tag does not exist for an exception in the throws
1547              clause, the javadoc command adds that exception to the HTML
1548              output (with no description) as though it were documented with
1549              the @throws tag.
1550
1551              The @throws documentation is copied from an overridden method to
1552              a subclass only when the exception is explicitly declared in the
1553              overridden method. The same is true for copying from an
1554              interface method to an implementing method. You can use the
1555              {@inheritDoc} tag to force the @throws tag to inherit
1556              documentation.
1557
1558       {@value package.class#field}
1559              Introduced in JDK 1.4
1560
1561              Displays constant values. When the {@value} tag is used without
1562              an argument in the documentation comment of a static field, it
1563              displays the value of that constant:
1564
1565              /**
1566               * The value of this constant is {@value}.
1567               */
1568              public static final String SCRIPT_START = "<script>"
1569
1570
1571
1572              When used with the argument package.class#field in any
1573              documentation comment, he {@value} tag displays the value of the
1574              specified constant:
1575
1576              /**
1577               * Evaluates the script starting with {@value #SCRIPT_START}.
1578               */
1579              public String evalScript(String script) {}
1580
1581
1582
1583              The argument package.class#field takes a form similar to that of
1584              the @see tag argument, except that the member must be a static
1585              field.
1586
1587              The values of these constants are also displayed in Constant
1588              Field Values at
1589              http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/constant-values.html
1590
1591       @version version-text
1592              Introduced in JDK 1.0
1593
1594              Adds a Version subheading with the specified version-text value
1595              to the generated documents when the -version option is used.
1596              This tag is intended to hold the current release number of the
1597              software that this code is part of, as opposed to the@since tag,
1598              which holds the release number where this code was introduced.
1599              The version-text value has no special internal structure. See
1600              @version in How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool at
1601              http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137868.html#@version
1602
1603              A documentation comment can contain multiple @version tags. When
1604              it makes sense, you can specify one release number per @version
1605              tag or multiple release numbers per tag. In the former case, the
1606              javadoc command inserts a comma (,) and a space between the
1607              names. In the latter case, the entire text is copied to the
1608              generated document without being parsed. Therefore, you can use
1609              multiple names per line when you want a localized name separator
1610              other than a comma.
1611

WHERE TAGS CAN BE USED

1613       The following sections describe where tags can be used. Note that the
1614       following tags can be used in all documentation comments: @see, @since,
1615       @deprecated, {@link}, {@linkplain}, and {@docroot}.
1616
1617   OVERVIEW TAGS
1618       Overview tags are tags that can appear in the documentation comment for
1619       the overview page (which resides in the source file typically named
1620       overview.html). Similar to any other documentation comments, these tags
1621       must appear after the main description
1622
1623       Note: The {@link} tag has a bug in overview documents in Java SE 1.2.
1624       The text appears correctly but has no link. The {@docRoot} tag does not
1625       currently work in overview documents.
1626
1627       The overview tags are the following:
1628
1629       @see reference || @since since-text || @serialField field-name field-
1630       type field-description || @author name-text || @version version-text ||
1631       {@link package.class#member label} || {@linkplain package.class#member
1632       label} || {@docRoot} ||
1633
1634   PACKAGE TAGS
1635       Package tags are tags that can appear in the documentation comment for
1636       a package, that resides in the source file named package.html or
1637       package-info.java. The @serial tag can only be used here with the
1638       include or exclude argument.
1639
1640       The package tags are the following:
1641
1642       @see reference || @since since-text || @serial field-description |
1643       include | exclude || @author name-text || @version version-text ||
1644       {@linkplain package.class#member label} || {@linkplain
1645       package.class#member label} || {@docRoot} ||
1646
1647   CLASS AND INTERFACE TAGS
1648       The following are tags that can appear in the documentation comment for
1649       a class or interface. The @serial tag can only be used within the
1650       documentation for a class or interface with an include or exclude
1651       argument.
1652
1653       @see reference || @since since-text || @deprecated deprecated-text ||
1654       @serial field-description | include | exclude || @author name-text ||
1655       @version version-text || {@link package.class#member label} ||
1656       {@linkplain package.class#member label} || {@docRoot} ||
1657
1658       Class comment example:
1659
1660       /**
1661        * A class representing a window on the screen.
1662        * For example:
1663        * <pre>
1664        *    Window win = new Window(parent);
1665        *    win.show();
1666        * </pre>
1667        *
1668        * @author  Sami Shaio
1669        * @version 1.13, 06/08/06
1670        * @see     java.awt.BaseWindow
1671        * @see     java.awt.Button
1672        */
1673       class Window extends BaseWindow {
1674          ...
1675       }
1676
1677
1678   FIELD TAGS
1679       These tags can appear in fields:
1680
1681       @see reference || @since since-text || @deprecated deprecated-text ||
1682       @serial field-description | include | exclude || @serialField field-
1683       name field-type field-description || {@link package.class#member label}
1684       || {@linkplain package.class#member label} || {@docRoot} || {@value
1685       package.class#field}
1686
1687       Field comment example:
1688
1689           /**
1690            * The X-coordinate of the component.
1691            *
1692            * @see #getLocation()
1693            */
1694           int x = 1263732;
1695
1696
1697   CONSTRUCTOR AND METHOD TAGS
1698       The following tags can appear in the documentation comment for a
1699       constructor or a method, except for the @return tag, which cannot
1700       appear in a constructor, and the {@inheritDoc} tag, which has
1701       restrictions.
1702
1703       @see reference || @since since-text || @deprecated deprecated-text ||
1704       @param parameter-name description || @return description || @throws
1705       class-name description || @exception class-name description ||
1706       @serialData data-description || {@link package.class#member label} ||
1707       {@linkplain package.class#member label} || {@inheritDoc} || {@docRoot}
1708
1709       Note: The @serialData tag can only be used in the documentation comment
1710       for the writeObject, readObject, writeExternal, readExternal,
1711       writeReplace, and readResolve methods.
1712
1713       Method comment example:
1714
1715       /**
1716            * Returns the character at the specified index. An index
1717            * ranges from <code>0</code> to <code>length() - 1</code>
1718            *
1719            * @param     index the index of the desired character.
1720            * @return    the desired character.
1721            * @exception StringIndexOutOfRangeException
1722            *              if the index is not in the range <code>0</code>
1723            *              to <code>length()-1</code>
1724            * @see       java.lang.Character#charValue()
1725            */
1726           public char charAt(int index) {
1727              ...
1728           }
1729
1730

OPTIONS

1732       The javadoc command uses doclets to determine its output. The javadoc
1733       command uses the default standard doclet unless a custom doclet is
1734       specified with the -doclet option. The javadoc command provides a set
1735       of command-line options that can be used with any doclet. These options
1736       are described in Javadoc Options. The standard doclet provides an
1737       additional set of command-line options that are described in Standard
1738       Doclet Options. All option names are not case-sensitive, but their
1739       arguments are case-sensitive.
1740
1741       · See also Javadoc Options
1742
1743       · See also Standard Doclet Options
1744
1745       The options are:
1746
1747       -1.1 || -author || -bootclasspath classpathlist || -bottom text ||
1748       -breakiterator || -charset name || -classpath classpathlist || -d
1749       directory || -docencoding name || -docfilesubdirs || -doclet class ||
1750       -docletpath classpathlist || -doctitle title || -encoding || -exclude
1751       packagename1:packagename2:... || -excludedocfilessubdir name1:name2 ||
1752       -extdirs dirist || -footer footer || -group groupheading
1753       packagepattern:packagepattern || -header header || -help || -helpfile
1754       path\filename || -Jflag || -javafx ||-keywords || -link extdocURL ||
1755       -linkoffline extdocURL packagelistLoc || -linksource || -locale
1756       language_country_variant || -nocomment || -nodeprecated ||
1757       -nodeprecatedlist || -nohelp || -noindex || -nonavbar || -noqualifier
1758       all | packagename1:packagename2... || -nosince || -notimestamp ||
1759       -notree || -overview path/filename || -package || -private ||
1760       -protected || -public || -quiet || -serialwarn || -source release ||
1761       -sourcepath sourcepathlist || -sourcetab tablength || -splitindex ||
1762       -stylesheet path/filename || -subpackages package1:package2:... || -tag
1763       tagname:Xaoptcmf:"taghead" || -taglet class || -tagletpath
1764       tagletpathlist || -title title || -top || -use || -verbose || -version
1765       || -windowtitle title
1766
1767       The following options are the core Javadoc options that are available
1768       to all doclets. The standard doclet provides the rest of the doclets:
1769       -bootclasspath, -breakiterator, -classpath, -doclet, -docletpath,
1770       -encoding, -exclude, -extdirs, -help, -locale, -overview, -package,
1771       -private, -protected, -public, -quiet, -source, -sourcepath,
1772       -subpackages, and -verbose.
1773
1774   JAVADOC OPTIONS
1775       -overview path/filename
1776              Specifies that the javadoc command should retrieve the text for
1777              the overview documentation from the source file specified by the
1778              path/filenameand place it on the Overview page (overview-
1779              summary.html). The path/filenameis relative to the current
1780              directory.
1781
1782              While you can use any name you want for the filename value and
1783              place it anywhere you want for the path, it is typical to name
1784              it overview.html and place it in the source tree at the
1785              directory that contains the topmost package directories. In this
1786              location, no path is needed when documenting packages, because
1787              the -sourcepath option points to this file.
1788
1789              For example, if the source tree for the java.lang package is
1790              /src/classes/java/lang/, then you could place the overview file
1791              at /src/classes/overview.html
1792
1793              See Real-World Examples.
1794
1795              For information about the file specified by path/filename,see
1796              Overview Comment Files.
1797
1798              The overview page is created only when you pass two or more
1799              package names to the javadoc command. For a further explanation,
1800              see HTML Frames. The title on the overview page is set by
1801              -doctitle.
1802
1803       -Xdoclint:(all|none|[-]<group>)
1804              Reports warnings for bad references, lack of accessibility and
1805              missing Javadoc comments, and reports errors for invalid Javadoc
1806              syntax and missing HTML tags.
1807
1808              This option enables the javadoc command to check for all
1809              documentation comments included in the generated output. As
1810              always, you can select which items to include in the generated
1811              output with the standard options -public, -protected, -package
1812              and -private.
1813
1814              When the -Xdoclint is enabled, it reports issues with messages
1815              similar to the javac command. The javadoc command prints a
1816              message, a copy of the source line, and a caret pointing at the
1817              exact position where the error was detected. Messages may be
1818              either warnings or errors, depending on their severity and the
1819              likelihood to cause an error if the generated documentation were
1820              run through a validator. For example, bad references or missing
1821              Javadoc comments do not cause the javadoc command to generate
1822              invalid HTML, so these issues are reported as warnings. Syntax
1823              errors or missing HTML end tags cause the javadoc command to
1824              generate invalid output, so these issues are reported as errors.
1825
1826              By default, the -Xdoclint option is enabled. Disable it with the
1827              option -Xdoclint:none.
1828
1829              Change what the -Xdoclint option reports with the following
1830              options:
1831
1832              · -Xdoclint none : disable the -Xdoclint option
1833
1834              · -Xdoclintgroup : enable group checks
1835
1836              · -Xdoclint all : enable all groups of checks
1837
1838              · -Xdoclint all,-group : enable all except group checks
1839
1840
1841       The variable group has one of the following values:
1842
1843              · accessibility : Checks for the issues to be detected by an
1844                accessibility checker (for example, no caption or summary
1845                attributes specified in a <table> tag).
1846
1847              · html : Detects high-level HTML issues, like putting block
1848                elements inside inline elements, or not closing elements that
1849                require an end tag. The rules are derived from theHTML 4.01
1850                Specification. This type of check enables the javadoc command
1851                to detect HTML issues that many browsers might accept.
1852
1853              · missing : Checks for missing Javadoc comments or tags (for
1854                example, a missing comment or class, or a missing @return tag
1855                or similar tag on a method).
1856
1857              · reference : Checks for issues relating to the references to
1858                Java API elements from Javadoc tags (for example, item not
1859                found in @see , or a bad name after @param).
1860
1861              · syntax : Checks for low level issues like unescaped angle
1862                brackets (< and >) and ampersands (&) and invalid Javadoc
1863                tags.
1864
1865
1866       You can specify the -Xdoclint option multiple times to enable the
1867       option to check errors and warnings in multiple categories.
1868       Alternatively, you can specify multiple error and warning categories by
1869       using the preceding options. For example, use either of the following
1870       commands to check for the HTML, syntax, and accessibility issues in the
1871       file filename.
1872
1873       javadoc -Xdoclint:html -Xdoclint:syntax -Xdoclint:accessibility filename
1874       javadoc -Xdoclint:html,syntax,accessibility filename
1875
1876
1877
1878       Note: The javadoc command does not guarantee the completeness of these
1879       checks. In particular, it is not a full HTML compliance checker. The
1880       goal of the -Xdoclint option is to enable the javadoc command to report
1881       majority of common errors.
1882
1883       The javadoc command does not attempt to fix invalid input, it just
1884       reports it.
1885
1886       -public
1887              Shows only public classes and members.
1888
1889       -protected
1890              Shows only protected and public classes and members. This is the
1891              default.
1892
1893       -package
1894              Shows only package, protected, and public classes and members.
1895
1896       -private
1897              Shows all classes and members.
1898
1899       -help
1900              Displays the online help, which lists all of the javadoc and
1901              doclet command-line options.
1902
1903       -doclet class
1904              Specifies the class file that starts the doclet used in
1905              generating the documentation. Use the fully qualified name. This
1906              doclet defines the content and formats the output. If the
1907              -doclet option is not used, then the javadoc command uses the
1908              standard doclet for generating the default HTML format. This
1909              class must contain the start(Root) method. The path to this
1910              starting class is defined by the -docletpath option. See Doclet
1911              Overview at
1912              http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/doclet/overview.html
1913
1914       -docletpath classpathlist
1915              Specifies the path to the doclet starting class file (specified
1916              with the -doclet option) and any JAR files it depends on. If the
1917              starting class file is in a JAR file, then this option specifies
1918              the path to that JAR file. You can specify an absolute path or a
1919              path relative to the current directory. If classpathlist
1920              contains multiple paths or JAR files, then they should be
1921              separated with a colon (:) on Oracle Solaris and a semi-colon
1922              (;) on Windows. This option is not necessary when the doclet
1923              starting class is already in the search path. See Doclet
1924              Overview at
1925              http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/doclet/overview.html
1926
1927       -1.1
1928              Removed from Javadoc 1.4 with no replacement. This option
1929              created documentation with the appearance and functionality of
1930              documentation generated by Javadoc 1.1 (it never supported
1931              nested classes). If you need this option, then use Javadoc 1.2
1932              or 1.3 instead.
1933
1934       -source release
1935              Specifies the release of source code accepted. The following
1936              values for the release parameter are allowed. Use the value of
1937              release that corresponds to the value used when you compile code
1938              with the javac command.
1939
1940              · Release Value: 1.5. The javadoc command accepts code
1941                containing generics and other language features introduced in
1942                JDK 1.5. The compiler defaults to the 1.5 behavior when the
1943                -source option is not used.
1944
1945              · Release Value: 1.4. The javadoc command accepts code
1946                containing assertions, which were introduced in JDK 1.4.
1947
1948              · Release Value: 1.3. The javadoc command does not support
1949                assertions, generics, or other language features introduced
1950                after JDK 1.3.
1951
1952
1953       -sourcepath sourcepathlist
1954              Specifies the search paths for finding source files when passing
1955              package names or the -subpackages option into the javadoc
1956              command. Separate multiple paths with a colon (:). The javadoc
1957              command searches all subdirectories of the specified paths. Note
1958              that this option is not only used to locate the source files
1959              being documented, but also to find source files that are not
1960              being documented, but whose comments are inherited by the source
1961              files being documented.
1962
1963              You can use the -sourcepath option only when passing package
1964              names into the javadoc command. This will not locate source
1965              files passed into the javadoc command. To locate source files,
1966              change to that directory or include the path ahead of each file,
1967              as shown at Document One or More Classes. If you omit
1968              -sourcepath, then the javadoc command uses the class path to
1969              find the source files (see -classpath). The default -sourcepath
1970              is the value of class path. If -classpath is omitted and you
1971              pass package names into the javadoc command, then the javadoc
1972              command searches in the current directory and subdirectories for
1973              the source files.
1974
1975              Set sourcepathlist to the root directory of the source tree for
1976              the package you are documenting.
1977
1978              For example, suppose you want to document a package called
1979              com.mypackage, whose source files are located
1980              at:/home/user/src/com/mypackage/*.java. Specify the sourcepath
1981              to /home/user/src, the directory that contains com\mypackage,
1982              and then supply the package name, as follows:
1983
1984              javadoc -sourcepath /home/user/src/ com.mypackage
1985
1986
1987
1988              Notice that if you concatenate the value of sourcepath and the
1989              package name together and change the dot to a slash (/), then
1990              you have the full path to the package:
1991
1992              /home/user/src/com/mypackage
1993
1994              To point to two source paths:
1995
1996              javadoc -sourcepath /home/user1/src:/home/user2/src com.mypackage
1997
1998
1999
2000       -classpath classpathlist
2001              Specifies the paths where the javadoc command searches for
2002              referenced classes These are the documented classes plus any
2003              classes referenced by those classes. Separate multiple paths
2004              with a colon (:). The javadoc command searches all
2005              subdirectories of the specified paths. Follow the instructions
2006              in the class path documentation for specifying the classpathlist
2007              value.
2008
2009              If you omit -sourcepath, then the javadoc command uses
2010              -classpath to find the source files and class files (for
2011              backward compatibility). If you want to search for source and
2012              class files in separate paths, then use both -sourcepath and
2013              -classpath.
2014
2015              For example, if you want to document com.mypackage, whose source
2016              files reside in the directory /home/user/src/com/mypackage, and
2017              if this package relies on a library in /home/user/lib, then you
2018              would use the following command:
2019
2020              javadoc -sourcepath /home/user/lib -classpath /home/user/src com.mypackage
2021
2022
2023
2024              Similar to other tools, if you do not specify -classpath, then
2025              the javadoc command uses the CLASSPATH environment variable when
2026              it is set. If both are not set, then the javadoc command
2027              searches for classes from the current directory.
2028
2029              For an in-depth description of how the javadoc command uses
2030              -classpath to find user classes as it relates to extension
2031              classes and bootstrap classes, see How Classes Are Found at
2032              http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/findingclasses.html
2033
2034              A class path element that contains a base name of * is
2035              considered equivalent to specifying a list of all the files in
2036              the directory with the extension .jar or .JAR.
2037
2038              For example, if directory mydir contains a.jar and b.JAR, then
2039              the class path element foo/* is expanded to a A.jar:b.JAR,
2040              except that the order of JAR files is unspecified. All JAR files
2041              in the specified directory including hidden files are included
2042              in the list. A class path entry that consists of * expands to a
2043              list of all the jar files in the current directory. The
2044              CLASSPATH environment variable is similarly expanded. Any class
2045              path wildcard expansion occurs before the Java Virtual Machine
2046              (JVM) starts. No Java program ever sees unexpanded wild cards
2047              except by querying the environment, for example, by calling
2048              System.getenv("CLASSPATH").
2049
2050       -subpackages package1:package2:...
2051              Generates documentation from source files in the specified
2052              packages and recursively in their subpackages. This option is
2053              useful when adding new subpackages to the source code because
2054              they are automatically included. Each package argument is any
2055              top-level subpackage (such as java) or fully qualified package
2056              (such as javax.swing) that does not need to contain source
2057              files. Arguments are separated by colons on all operating
2058              systems. Wild cards are not allowed. Use -sourcepath to specify
2059              where to find the packages. This option does not process source
2060              files that are in the source tree but do not belong to the
2061              packages. See Process Source Files.
2062
2063              For example, the following command generates documentation for
2064              packages named java and javax.swing and all of their
2065              subpackages.
2066
2067              javadoc -d docs -sourcepath /home/user/src  -subpackages java:javax.swing
2068
2069
2070
2071       -exclude packagename1:packagename2:...
2072              Unconditionally excludes the specified packages and their
2073              subpackages from the list formed by -subpackages. It excludes
2074              those packages even when they would otherwise be included by
2075              some earlier or later -subpackages option.
2076
2077              The following example would include java.io, java.util, and
2078              java.math (among others), but would exclude packages rooted at
2079              java.net and java.lang. Notice that this example excludes
2080              java.lang.ref, which is a subpackage of java.lang.
2081
2082              javadoc -sourcepath /home/user/src -subpackages java -exclude
2083                  java.net:java.lang
2084
2085
2086
2087       -bootclasspath classpathlist
2088              Specifies the paths where the boot classes reside. These are
2089              typically the Java platform classes. The bootclasspath is part
2090              of the search path the javadoc command uses to look up source
2091              and class files. For more information, see How Classes Are Found
2092              at
2093              http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/findingclasses.html
2094
2095              Separate directories in the classpathlist parameters with
2096              semicolons (;) for Windows and colons (:) for Oracle Solaris.
2097
2098       -extdirs dirist
2099              Specifies the directories where extension classes reside. These
2100              are any classes that use the Java Extension mechanism. The
2101              extdirs option is part of the search path the javadoc command
2102              uses to look up source and class files. See the -classpath
2103              option for more information. Separate directories in dirlist
2104              with semicolons (;) for Windows and colons (:) for Oracle
2105              Solaris.
2106
2107       -verbose
2108              Provides more detailed messages while the javadoc command runs.
2109              Without the verbose option, messages appear for loading the
2110              source files, generating the documentation (one message per
2111              source file), and sorting. The verbose option causes the
2112              printing of additional messages that specify the number of
2113              milliseconds to parse each Java source file.
2114
2115       -quiet
2116              Shuts off messages so that only the warnings and errors appear
2117              to make them easier to view. It also suppresses the version
2118              string.
2119
2120       -breakiterator
2121              Uses the internationalized sentence boundary of
2122              java.text.BreakIterator to determine the end of the first
2123              sentence in the main description of a package, class, or member
2124              for English. All other locales already use the BreakIterator
2125              class, rather than an English language, locale-specific
2126              algorithm. The first sentence is copied to the package, class,
2127              or member summary and to the alphabetic index. From JDK 1.2 and
2128              later, the BreakIterator class is used to determine the end of a
2129              sentence for all languages except for English. Therefore, the
2130              -breakiterator option has no effect except for English from 1.2
2131              and later. English has its own default algorithm:
2132
2133              · English default sentence-break algorithm. Stops at a period
2134                followed by a space or an HTML block tag, such as <P>.
2135
2136              · Breakiterator sentence-break algorithm. Stops at a period,
2137                question mark, or exclamation point followed by a space when
2138                the next word starts with a capital letter. This is meant to
2139                handle most abbreviations (such as "The serial no. is valid",
2140                but will not handle "Mr. Smith"). The -breakiterator option
2141                does not stop at HTML tags or sentences that begin with
2142                numbers or symbols. The algorithm stops at the last period in
2143                ../filename, even when embedded in an HTML tag.
2144
2145
2146       In Java SE 1.5 the -breakiterator option warning messages are removed,
2147       and the default sentence-break algorithm is unchanged. If you have not
2148       modified your source code to eliminate the -breakiterator option
2149       warnings in Java SE 1.4.x, then you do not have to do anything. The
2150       warnings go away starting with Java SE 1.5.0.
2151
2152       -locale language_country_variant
2153              Specifies the locale that the javadoc command uses when it
2154              generates documentation. The argument is the name of the locale,
2155              as described in java.util.Locale documentation, such as en_US
2156              (English, United States) or en_US_WIN (Windows variant).
2157
2158              Note: The -locale option must be placed ahead (to the left) of
2159              any options provided by the standard doclet or any other doclet.
2160              Otherwise, the navigation bars appear in English. This is the
2161              only command-line option that depends on order. See Standard
2162              Doclet Options.
2163
2164              Specifying a locale causes the javadoc command to choose the
2165              resource files of that locale for messages such as strings in
2166              the navigation bar, headings for lists and tables, help file
2167              contents, comments in the stylesheet.css file, and so on. It
2168              also specifies the sorting order for lists sorted
2169              alphabetically, and the sentence separator to determine the end
2170              of the first sentence. The -locale option does not determine the
2171              locale of the documentation comment text specified in the source
2172              files of the documented classes.
2173
2174       -encoding
2175              Specifies the encoding name of the source files, such as
2176              EUCJIS/SJIS. If this option is not specified, then the platform
2177              default converter is used. See also the-docencoding name and
2178              -charset name options.
2179
2180       -Jflag
2181              Passes flag directly to the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) that
2182              runs the javadoc command. For example, if you must ensure that
2183              the system sets aside 32 MB of memory in which to process the
2184              generated documentation, then you would call the -Xmx option as
2185              follows: javadoc -J-Xmx32m -J-Xms32m com.mypackage. Be aware
2186              that -Xms is optional because it only sets the size of initial
2187              memory, which is useful when you know the minimum amount of
2188              memory required.
2189
2190              There is no space between the J and the flag.
2191
2192              Use the -version option to find out what version of the javadoc
2193              command you are using. The version number of the standard doclet
2194              appears in its output stream. See Running the Javadoc Command.
2195
2196              javadoc -J-version
2197              java version "1.7.0_09"
2198              Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_09-b05)
2199              Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.5-b02, mixed mode)
2200
2201
2202
2203       -javafx
2204              Generates HTML documentation using the JavaFX extensions to the
2205              standard doclet. The generated documentation includes a Property
2206              Summary section in addition to the other summary sections
2207              generated by the standard Java doclet. The listed properties are
2208              linked to the sections for the getter and setter methods of each
2209              property.
2210
2211              If there are no documentation comments written explicitly for
2212              getter and setter methods, the documentation comments from the
2213              property method are automatically copied to the generated
2214              documentation for these methods. This option also adds a new
2215              @defaultValue tag that allows documenting the default value for
2216              a property.
2217
2218              Example:
2219
2220              javadoc -javafx MyClass.java -d testdir
2221
2222
2223
2224   STANDARD DOCLET OPTIONS
2225       -d directory
2226              Specifies the destination directory where the javadoc command
2227              saves the generated HTML files. If you omit the -d option, then
2228              the files are saved to the current directory. The directory
2229              value can be absolute or relative to the current working
2230              directory. As of Java SE 1.4, the destination directory is
2231              automatically created when the javadoc command runs.
2232
2233              For example, the following command generates the documentation
2234              for the package com.mypackage and saves the results in the
2235              /user/doc/ directory: javadoc -d/user/doc/com.mypackage.
2236
2237       -use
2238              Includes one Use page for each documented class and package. The
2239              page describes what packages, classes, methods, constructors and
2240              fields use any API of the specified class or package. Given
2241              class C, things that use class C would include subclasses of C,
2242              fields declared as C, methods that return C, and methods and
2243              constructors with parameters of type C. For example, you can
2244              look at the Use page for the String type. Because the getName
2245              method in the java.awt.Font class returns type String, the
2246              getName method uses String and so the getName method appears on
2247              the Use page for String.This documents only uses of the API, not
2248              the implementation. When a method uses String in its
2249              implementation, but does not take a string as an argument or
2250              return a string, that is not considered a use of String.To
2251              access the generated Use page, go to the class or package and
2252              click the Use link in the navigation bar.
2253
2254       -version
2255              Includes the @version text in the generated docs. This text is
2256              omitted by default. To find out what version of the javadoc
2257              command you are using, use the -J-version option.
2258
2259       -author
2260              Includes the @author text in the generated docs.
2261
2262       -splitindex
2263              Splits the index file into multiple files, alphabetically, one
2264              file per letter, plus a file for any index entries that start
2265              with non-alphabetical symbols.
2266
2267       -windowtitle title
2268              Specifies the title to be placed in the HTML <title> tag. The
2269              text specified in the title tag appears in the window title and
2270              in any browser bookmarks (favorite places) that someone creates
2271              for this page. This title should not contain any HTML tags
2272              because the browser does not interpret them correctly. Use
2273              escape characters on any internal quotation marks within the
2274              title tag. If the -windowtitle option is omitted, then the
2275              javadoc command uses the value of the -doctitle option for the
2276              -windowtitle option. For example, javadoc -windowtitle "Java SE
2277              Platform" com.mypackage.
2278
2279       -doctitle title
2280              Specifies the title to place near the top of the overview
2281              summary file. The text specified in the title tag is placed as a
2282              centered, level-one heading directly beneath the top navigation
2283              bar. The title tag can contain HTML tags and white space, but
2284              when it does, you must enclose the title in quotation marks.
2285              Internal quotation marks within the title tag must be escaped.
2286              For example, javadoc -header "<b>Java Platform </b><br>v1.4"
2287              com.mypackage.
2288
2289       -title title
2290              No longer exists. It existed only in Beta releases of Javadoc
2291              1.2. It was renamed to -doctitle. This option was renamed to
2292              make it clear that it defines the document title, rather than
2293              the window title.
2294
2295       -header header
2296              Specifies the header text to be placed at the top of each output
2297              file. The header is placed to the right of the upper navigation
2298              bar. The header can contain HTML tags and white space, but when
2299              it does, the header must be enclosed in quotation marks. Use
2300              escape characters for internal quotation marks within a header.
2301              For example, javadoc -header "<b>Java Platform </b><br>v1.4"
2302              com.mypackage.
2303
2304       -footer footer
2305              Specifies the footer text to be placed at the bottom of each
2306              output file. The footer value is placed to the right of the
2307              lower navigation bar. The footer value can contain HTML tags and
2308              white space, but when it does, the footer value must be enclosed
2309              in quotation marks. Use escape characters for any internal
2310              quotation marks within a footer.
2311
2312       -top
2313              Specifies the text to be placed at the top of each output file.
2314
2315       -bottom text
2316              Specifies the text to be placed at the bottom of each output
2317              file. The text is placed at the bottom of the page, underneath
2318              the lower navigation bar. The text can contain HTML tags and
2319              white space, but when it does, the text must be enclosed in
2320              quotation marks. Use escape characters for any internal
2321              quotation marks within text.
2322
2323       -link extdocURL
2324              Creates links to existing Javadoc-generated documentation of
2325              externally referenced classes. The extdocURL argument is the
2326              absolute or relative URL of the directory that contains the
2327              external Javadoc-generated documentation you want to link to.
2328              You can specify multiple -link options in a specified javadoc
2329              command run to link to multiple documents.
2330
2331              The package-list file must be found in this directory
2332              (otherwise, use the -linkoffline option). The javadoc command
2333              reads the package names from the package-list file and links to
2334              those packages at that URL. When the javadoc command runs, the
2335              extdocURL value is copied into the <A HREF> links that are
2336              created. Therefore, extdocURL must be the URL to the directory,
2337              and not to a file. You can use an absolute link for extdocURL to
2338              enable your documents to link to a document on any web site, or
2339              you can use a relative link to link only to a relative location.
2340              If you use a relative link, then the value you pass in should be
2341              the relative path from the destination directory (specified with
2342              the -d option) to the directory containing the packages being
2343              linked to.When you specify an absolute link, you usually use an
2344              HTTP link. However, if you want to link to a file system that
2345              has no web server, then you can use a file link. Use a file link
2346              only when everyone who wants to access the generated
2347              documentation shares the same file system.In all cases, and on
2348              all operating systems, use a slash as the separator, whether the
2349              URL is absolute or relative, and http: or file: as specified in
2350              the URL Memo: Uniform Resource Locators at
2351              http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt
2352
2353              -link  http://<host>/<directory>/<directory>/.../<name>
2354              -link file://<host>/<directory>/<directory>/.../<name>
2355              -link <directory>/<directory>/.../<name>
2356
2357
2358
2359       Differences between the -linkoffline and -link options
2360
2361       Use the -link option in the following cases:
2362
2363       · When you use a relative path to the external API document.
2364
2365       · When you use an absolute URL to the external API document if your
2366         shell lets you open a connection to that URL for reading.
2367
2368       Use the -linkoffline option when you use an absolute URL to the
2369       external API document, if your shell does not allow a program to open a
2370       connection to that URL for reading. This can occur when you are behind
2371       a firewall and the document you want to link to is on the other side.
2372
2373       Example 1 Absolute Link to External Documents
2374
2375       Use the following command if you want to link to the java.lang, java.io
2376       and other Java platform packages, shown at
2377       http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/index.html
2378
2379       javadoc -link http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/ com.mypackage
2380
2381       The command generates documentation for the package com.mypackage with
2382       links to the Java SE packages. The generated documentation contains
2383       links to the Object class, for example, in the class trees. Other
2384       options, such as the -sourcepath and -d options, are not shown.
2385
2386       Example 2 Relative Link to External Documents
2387
2388       In this example, there are two packages with documents that are
2389       generated in different runs of the javadoc command, and those documents
2390       are separated by a relative path. The packages are com.apipackage, an
2391       API, and com.spipackage, an Service Provide Interface (SPI). You want
2392       the documentation to reside in docs/api/com/apipackage and
2393       docs/spi/com/spipackage. Assuming that the API package documentation is
2394       already generated, and that docs is the current directory, you document
2395       the SPI package with links to the API documentation by running: javadoc
2396       -d ./spi -link ../api com.spipackage.
2397
2398       Notice the -link option is relative to the destination directory
2399       (docs/spi).
2400
2401       Notes
2402
2403       The -link option lets you link to classes referenced to by your code,
2404       but not documented in the current javadoc command run. For these links
2405       to go to valid pages, you must know where those HTML pages are located
2406       and specify that location with extdocURL. This allows third-party
2407       documentation to link to java.* documentation at
2408       http://docs.oracle.com.Omit the -link option when you want the javadoc
2409       command to create links only to APIs within the documentation it is
2410       generating in the current run. Without the -link option, the javadoc
2411       command does not create links to documentation for external references
2412       because it does not know whether or where that documentation exists.The
2413       -link option can create links in several places in the generated
2414       documentation. See Process Source Files. Another use is for cross-links
2415       between sets of packages: Execute the javadoc command on one set of
2416       packages, then run the javadoc command again on another set of
2417       packages, creating links both ways between both sets.
2418
2419       How to Reference a Class
2420
2421       For a link to an externally referenced class to appear (and not just
2422       its text label), the class must be referenced in the following way. It
2423       is not sufficient for it to be referenced in the body of a method. It
2424       must be referenced in either an import statement or in a declaration.
2425       Here are examples of how the class java.io.File can be referenced:
2426
2427       In any kind of import statement. By wildcard import, import explicitly
2428       by name, or automatically import for java.lang.*.
2429
2430       In Java SE 1.3.n and 1.2.n, only an explicit import by name works. A
2431       wildcard import statement does not work, nor does the automatic import
2432       java.lang.*.
2433
2434       In a declaration: void mymethod(File f) {}
2435
2436       The reference can be in the return type or parameter type of a method,
2437       constructor, field, class, or interface, or in an implements, extends,
2438       or throws statement.
2439
2440       An important corollary is that when you use the -link option, there can
2441       be many links that unintentionally do not appear due to this
2442       constraint. The text would appear without being a link. You can detect
2443       these by the warnings they emit. The simplest way to properly reference
2444       a class and add the link would be to import that class.
2445
2446       Package List
2447
2448       The -link option requires that a file named package-list, which is
2449       generated by the javadoc command, exists at the URL you specify with
2450       the -link option. The package-list file is a simple text file that
2451       lists the names of packages documented at that location. In the earlier
2452       example, the javadoc command searches for a file named package-list at
2453       the specified URL, reads in the package names, and links to those
2454       packages at that URL.
2455
2456       For example, the package list for the Java SE API is located at
2457       http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/package-list
2458
2459       The package list starts as follows:
2460
2461       java.applet
2462       java.awt
2463       java.awt.color
2464       java.awt.datatransfer
2465       java.awt.dnd
2466       java.awt.event
2467       java.awt.font
2468       and so on ....
2469
2470       When javadoc is run without the -link option and encounters a name that
2471       belongs to an externally referenced class, it prints the name with no
2472       link. However, when the -link option is used, the javadoc command
2473       searches the package-list file at the specified extdocURL location for
2474       that package name. When it finds the package name, it prefixes the name
2475       with extdocURL.
2476
2477       For there to be no broken links, all of the documentation for the
2478       external references must exist at the specified URLs. The javadoc
2479       command does not check that these pages exist, but only that the
2480       package-list exists.
2481
2482       Multiple Links
2483
2484       You can supply multiple -link options to link to any number of
2485       externally generated documents. Javadoc 1.2 has a known bug that
2486       prevents you from supplying more than one -link options. This was fixed
2487       in Javadoc 1.2.2. Specify a different link option for each external
2488       document to link to javadoc -link extdocURL1 -link extdocURL2 ... -link
2489       extdocURLn com.mypackage where extdocURL1, extdocURL2, ... extdocURLn
2490       point respectively to the roots of external documents, each of which
2491       contains a file named package-list.
2492
2493       Cross Links
2494
2495       Note that bootstrapping might be required when cross-linking two or
2496       more documents that were previously generated. If package-list does not
2497       exist for either document when you run the javadoc command on the first
2498       document, then the package-list does not yet exist for the second
2499       document. Therefore, to create the external links, you must regenerate
2500       the first document after you generate the second document.
2501
2502       In this case, the purpose of first generating a document is to create
2503       its package-list (or you can create it by hand if you are certain of
2504       the package names). Then, generate the second document with its
2505       external links. The javadoc command prints a warning when a needed
2506       external package-list file does not exist.
2507
2508       -linkoffline extdocURL packagelistLoc
2509              This option is a variation of the -link option. They both create
2510              links to Javadoc-generated documentation for externally
2511              referenced classes. Use the -linkoffline option when linking to
2512              a document on the web when the javadoc command cannot access the
2513              document through a web connection. Use the -linkoffline option
2514              when package-list file of the external document is not
2515              accessible or does not exist at the extdocURL location, but does
2516              exist at a different location that can be specified by
2517              packageListLoc (typically local). If extdocURL is accessible
2518              only on the World Wide Web, then the -linkoffline option removes
2519              the constraint that the javadoc command must have a web
2520              connection to generate documentation. Another use is as a work-
2521              around to update documents: After you have run the javadoc
2522              command on a full set of packages, you can run the javadoc
2523              command again on a smaller set of changed packages, so that the
2524              updated files can be inserted back into the original set.
2525              Examples follow. The -linkoffline option takes two arguments.
2526              The first is for the string to be embedded in the <a href>
2527              links, and the second tells the -linkoffline option where to
2528              find package-list:
2529
2530              · The extdocURL value is the absolute or relative URL of the
2531                directory that contains the external Javadoc-generated
2532                documentation you want to link to. When relative, the value
2533                should be the relative path from the destination directory
2534                (specified with the -d option) to the root of the packages
2535                being linked to. For more information, see extdocURL in the
2536                -link option.
2537
2538              · The packagelistLoc value is the path or URL to the directory
2539                that contains the package-list file for the external
2540                documentation. This can be a URL (http: or file:) or file
2541                path, and can be absolute or relative. When relative, make it
2542                relative to the current directory from where the javadoc
2543                command was run. Do not include the package-list file name.
2544
2545                You can specify multiple -linkoffline options in a specified
2546                javadoc command run. Before Javadoc 1.2.2, the -linkfile
2547                options could be specified once.
2548
2549
2550       Absolute Links to External Documents
2551
2552       You might have a situation where you want to link to the java.lang,
2553       java.io and other Java SE packages at
2554       http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/index.html
2555
2556       However, your shell does not have web access. In this case, do the
2557       following:
2558
2559       1.  Open the package-list file in a browser at
2560           http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/package-list
2561
2562       2.  Save the file to a local directory, and point to this local copy
2563           with the second argument, packagelistLoc. In this example, the
2564           package list file was saved to the current directory (.).
2565
2566       The following command generates documentation for the package
2567       com.mypackage with links to the Java SE packages. The generated
2568       documentation will contain links to the Object class, for example, in
2569       the class trees. Other necessary options, such as -sourcepath, are not
2570       shown.
2571
2572       javadoc -linkoffline http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/ .  com.mypackage
2573
2574
2575
2576       Relative Links to External Documents
2577
2578       It is not very common to use -linkoffline with relative paths, for the
2579       simple reason that the -link option is usually enough. When you use the
2580       -linkoffline option, the package-list file is usually local, and when
2581       you use relative links, the file you are linking to is also local, so
2582       it is usually unnecessary to give a different path for the two
2583       arguments to the -linkoffline option When the two arguments are
2584       identical, you can use the -link option.
2585
2586       Create a package-list File Manually
2587
2588       If a package-list file does not exist yet, but you know what package
2589       names your document will link to, then you can manually create your own
2590       copy of this file and specify its path with packagelistLoc. An example
2591       would be the previous case where the package list for com.spipackage
2592       did not exist when com.apipackage was first generated. This technique
2593       is useful when you need to generate documentation that links to new
2594       external documentation whose package names you know, but which is not
2595       yet published. This is also a way of creating package-list files for
2596       packages generated with Javadoc 1.0 or 1.1, where package-list files
2597       were not generated. Similarly, two companies can share their
2598       unpublished package-list files so they can release their cross-linked
2599       documentation simultaneously.
2600
2601       Link to Multiple Documents
2602
2603       You can include the -linkoffline option once for each generated
2604       document you want to refer to:
2605
2606       javadoc -linkoffline extdocURL1 packagelistLoc1 -linkoffline extdocURL2
2607       packagelistLoc2 ...
2608
2609
2610
2611       Update Documents
2612
2613       You can also use the -linkoffline option when your project has dozens
2614       or hundreds of packages. If you have already run the javadoc command on
2615       the entire source tree, then you can quickly make small changes to
2616       documentation comments and rerun the javadoc command on a portion of
2617       the source tree. Be aware that the second run works properly only when
2618       your changes are to documentation comments and not to declarations. If
2619       you were to add, remove, or change any declarations from the source
2620       code, then broken links could show up in the index, package tree,
2621       inherited member lists, Use page, and other places.
2622
2623       First, create a new destination directory, such as update, for this new
2624       small run. In this example, the original destination directory is named
2625       html. In the simplest example, change directory to the parent of html.
2626       Set the first argument of the -linkoffline option to the current
2627       directory (.) and set the second argument to the relative path to html,
2628       where it can find package-list and pass in only the package names of
2629       the packages you want to update:
2630
2631       javadoc -d update -linkoffline . html com.mypackage
2632
2633       When the javadoc command completes, copy these generated class pages in
2634       update/com/package (not the overview or index) to the original files in
2635       html/com/package.
2636
2637       -linksource
2638              Creates an HTML version of each source file (with line numbers)
2639              and adds links to them from the standard HTML documentation.
2640              Links are created for classes, interfaces, constructors,
2641              methods, and fields whose declarations are in a source file.
2642              Otherwise, links are not created, such as for default
2643              constructors and generated classes.
2644
2645              This option exposes all private implementation details in the
2646              included source files, including private classes, private
2647              fields, and the bodies of private methods, regardless of the
2648              -public, -package, -protected, and -private options. Unless you
2649              also use the -private option, not all private classes or
2650              interfaces are accessible through links.
2651
2652              Each link appears on the name of the identifier in its
2653              declaration. For example, the link to the source code of the
2654              Button class would be on the word Button:
2655
2656              public class Button extends Component implements Accessible
2657
2658
2659
2660              The link to the source code of the getLabel method in the Button
2661              class is on the word getLabel:
2662
2663              public String getLabel()
2664
2665
2666
2667       -group groupheading packagepattern:packagepattern
2668              Separates packages on the overview page into whatever groups you
2669              specify, one group per table. You specify each group with a
2670              different -group option. The groups appear on the page in the
2671              order specified on the command line. Packages are alphabetized
2672              within a group. For a specified -group option, the packages
2673              matching the list of packagepattern expressions appear in a
2674              table with the heading groupheading.
2675
2676              · The groupheading can be any text and can include white space.
2677                This text is placed in the table heading for the group.
2678
2679              · The packagepattern value can be any package name at the start
2680                of any package name followed by an asterisk (*). The asterisk
2681                is the only wildcard allowed and means match any characters.
2682                Multiple patterns can be included in a group by separating
2683                them with colons (:). If you use an asterisk in a pattern or
2684                pattern list, then the pattern list must be inside quotation
2685                marks, such as "java.lang*:java.util".
2686
2687
2688       When you do not supply a -group option, all packages are placed in one
2689       group with the heading Packages and appropriate subheadings. If the
2690       subheadings do not include all documented packages (all groups), then
2691       the remaining packages appear in a separate group with the subheading
2692       Other Packages.
2693
2694       For example, the following javadoc command separates the three
2695       documented packages into Core, Extension, and Other Packages. The
2696       trailing dot (.) does not appear in java.lang*. Including the dot, such
2697       as java.lang.* omits thejava.lang package.
2698
2699       javadoc -group "Core Packages" "java.lang*:java.util"
2700               -group "Extension Packages" "javax.*"
2701               java.lang java.lang.reflect java.util javax.servlet java.new
2702
2703
2704
2705       Core Packages
2706
2707       java.lang
2708
2709       java.lang.reflect
2710
2711       java.util
2712
2713       Extension Packages
2714
2715       javax.servlet
2716
2717       Other Packages
2718
2719       java.new
2720
2721       -nodeprecated
2722              Prevents the generation of any deprecated API in the
2723              documentation. This does what the -nodeprecatedlist option does,
2724              and it does not generate any deprecated API throughout the rest
2725              of the documentation. This is useful when writing code when you
2726              do not want to be distracted by the deprecated code.
2727
2728       -nodeprecatedlist
2729              Prevents the generation of the file that contains the list of
2730              deprecated APIs (deprecated-list.html) and the link in the
2731              navigation bar to that page. The javadoc command continues to
2732              generate the deprecated API throughout the rest of the document.
2733              This is useful when your source code contains no deprecated
2734              APIs, and you want to make the navigation bar cleaner.
2735
2736       -nosince
2737              Omits from the generated documents the Since sections associated
2738              with the @since tags.
2739
2740       -notree
2741              Omits the class/interface hierarchy pages from the generated
2742              documents. These are the pages you reach using the Tree button
2743              in the navigation bar. The hierarchy is produced by default.
2744
2745       -noindex
2746              Omits the index from the generated documents. The index is
2747              produced by default.
2748
2749       -nohelp
2750              Omits the HELP link in the navigation bars at the top and bottom
2751              of each page of output.
2752
2753       -nonavbar
2754              Prevents the generation of the navigation bar, header, and
2755              footer, that are usually found at the top and bottom of the
2756              generated pages. The -nonavbar option has no affect on the
2757              -bottom option. The -nonavbar option is useful when you are
2758              interested only in the content and have no need for navigation,
2759              such as when you are converting the files to PostScript or PDF
2760              for printing only.
2761
2762       -helpfile path\filename
2763              Specifies the path of an alternate help file path\filename that
2764              the HELP link in the top and bottom navigation bars link to.
2765              Without this option, the javadoc command creates a help file
2766              help-doc.html that is hard-coded in the javadoc command. This
2767              option lets you override the default. The file name can be any
2768              name and is not restricted to help-doc.html. The javadoc command
2769              adjusts the links in the navigation bar accordingly, for
2770              example:
2771
2772              javadoc -helpfile /home/user/myhelp.html java.awt.
2773
2774
2775
2776       -stylesheet path/filename
2777              Specifies the path of an alternate HTML stylesheet file. Without
2778              this option, the javadoc command automatically creates a
2779              stylesheet file stylesheet.css that is hard-coded in the javadoc
2780              command. This option lets you override the default. The file
2781              name can be any name and is not restricted to stylesheet.css,
2782              for example:
2783
2784              javadoc -stylesheet file /home/user/mystylesheet.css com.mypackage
2785
2786
2787
2788       -serialwarn
2789              Generates compile-time warnings for missing @serial tags. By
2790              default, Javadoc 1.2.2 and later versions generate no serial
2791              warnings. This is a reversal from earlier releases. Use this
2792              option to display the serial warnings, which helps to properly
2793              document default serializable fields and writeExternal methods.
2794
2795       -charset name
2796              Specifies the HTML character set for this document. The name
2797              should be a preferred MIME name as specified in the IANA
2798              Registry, Character Sets at
2799              http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets
2800
2801              For example, javadoc -charset "iso-8859-1" mypackage inserts the
2802              following line in the head of every generated page:
2803
2804              <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
2805
2806
2807
2808              This META tag is described in the HTML standard (4197265 and
2809              4137321), HTML Document Representation, at
2810              http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/charset.html#h-5.2.2
2811
2812              See also the -encoding and -docencoding name options.
2813
2814       -docencoding name
2815              Specifies the encoding of the generated HTML files. The name
2816              should be a preferred MIME name as specified in the IANA
2817              Registry, Character Sets at
2818              http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets
2819
2820              If you omit the -docencoding option but use the -encoding
2821              option, then the encoding of the generated HTML files is
2822              determined by the -encoding option, for example: javadoc
2823              -docencoding "iso-8859-1" mypackage. See also the -encoding and
2824              -docencoding name options.
2825
2826       -keywords
2827              Adds HTML keyword <META> tags to the generated file for each
2828              class. These tags can help search engines that look for <META>
2829              tags find the pages. Most search engines that search the entire
2830              Internet do not look at <META> tags, because pages can misuse
2831              them. Search engines offered by companies that confine their
2832              searches to their own website can benefit by looking at <META>
2833              tags. The <META> tags include the fully qualified name of the
2834              class and the unqualified names of the fields and methods.
2835              Constructors are not included because they are identical to the
2836              class name. For example, the class String starts with these
2837              keywords:
2838
2839              <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="java.lang.String class">
2840              <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER">
2841              <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="length()">
2842              <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="charAt()">
2843
2844
2845
2846       -tag tagname:Xaoptcmf:"taghead"
2847              Enables the javadoc command to interpret a simple, one-argument
2848              @tagname custom block tag in documentation comments. For the
2849              javadoc command to spell-check tag names, it is important to
2850              include a -tag option for every custom tag that is present in
2851              the source code, disabling (with X) those that are not being
2852              output in the current run.The colon (:) is always the separator.
2853              The -tag option outputs the tag heading taghead in bold,
2854              followed on the next line by the text from its single argument.
2855              Similar to any block tag, the argument text can contain inline
2856              tags, which are also interpreted. The output is similar to
2857              standard one-argument tags, such as the @return and @author
2858              tags. Omitting a value for taghead causes tagname to be the
2859              heading.
2860
2861              Placement of tags: The Xaoptcmf arguments determine where in the
2862              source code the tag is allowed to be placed, and whether the tag
2863              can be disabled (using X). You can supply either a, to allow the
2864              tag in all places, or any combination of the other letters:
2865
2866              X (disable tag)
2867
2868              a (all)
2869
2870              o (overview)
2871
2872              p (packages)
2873
2874              t (types, that is classes and interfaces)
2875
2876              c (constructors)
2877
2878              m (methods)
2879
2880              f (fields)
2881
2882              Examples of single tags: An example of a tag option for a tag
2883              that can be used anywhere in the source code is: -tag todo:a:"To
2884              Do:".
2885
2886              If you want the @todo tag to be used only with constructors,
2887              methods, and fields, then you use: -tag todo:cmf:"To Do:".
2888
2889              Notice the last colon (:) is not a parameter separator, but is
2890              part of the heading text. You would use either tag option for
2891              source code that contains the @todo tag, such as: @todo The
2892              documentation for this method needs work.
2893
2894              Colons in tag names: Use a backslash to escape a colon that you
2895              want to use in a tag name. Use the -tag ejb\\:bean:a:"EJB Bean:"
2896              option for the following documentation comment:
2897
2898              /**
2899               * @ejb:bean
2900               */
2901
2902
2903
2904              Spell-checking tag names: Some developers put custom tags in the
2905              source code that they do not always want to output. In these
2906              cases, it is important to list all tags that are in the source
2907              code, enabling the ones you want to output and disabling the
2908              ones you do not want to output. The presence of X disables the
2909              tag, while its absence enables the tag. This gives the javadoc
2910              command enough information to know whether a tag it encounters
2911              is unknown, which is probably the results of a typographical
2912              error or a misspelling. The javadoc command prints a warning in
2913              these cases. You can add X to the placement values already
2914              present, so that when you want to enable the tag, you can simply
2915              delete the X. For example, if the @todo tag is a tag that you
2916              want to suppress on output, then you would use: -tag
2917              todo:Xcmf:"To Do:". If you would rather keep it simple, then use
2918              this: -tag todo:X. The syntax -tag todo:X works even when the
2919              @todo tag is defined by a taglet.
2920
2921              Order of tags: The order of the -tag and -taglet options
2922              determines the order the tags are output. You can mix the custom
2923              tags with the standard tags to intersperse them. The tag options
2924              for standard tags are placeholders only for determining the
2925              order. They take only the standard tag's name. Subheadings for
2926              standard tags cannot be altered. This is illustrated in the
2927              following example.If the -tag option is missing, then the
2928              position of the -taglet option determines its order. If they are
2929              both present, then whichever appears last on the command line
2930              determines its order. This happens because the tags and taglets
2931              are processed in the order that they appear on the command line.
2932              For example, if the -taglet and -tag options have the name todo
2933              value, then the one that appears last on the command line
2934              determines the order.
2935
2936              Example of a complete set of tags: This example inserts To Do
2937              after Parameters and before Throws in the output. By using X, it
2938              also specifies that the @example tag might be encountered in the
2939              source code that should not be output during this run. If you
2940              use the @argfile tag, then you can put the tags on separate
2941              lines in an argument file similar to this (no line continuation
2942              characters needed):
2943
2944              -tag param
2945              -tag return
2946              -tag todo:a:"To Do:"
2947              -tag throws
2948              -tag see
2949              -tag example:X
2950
2951
2952
2953              When the javadoc command parses the documentation comments, any
2954              tag encountered that is neither a standard tag nor passed in
2955              with the -tag or -taglet options is considered unknown, and a
2956              warning is thrown.
2957
2958              The standard tags are initially stored internally in a list in
2959              their default order. Whenever the -tag options are used, those
2960              tags get appended to this list. Standard tags are moved from
2961              their default position. Therefore, if a -tag option is omitted
2962              for a standard tag, then it remains in its default position.
2963
2964              Avoiding conflicts: If you want to create your own namespace,
2965              then you can use a dot-separated naming convention similar to
2966              that used for packages: com.mycompany.todo. Oracle will continue
2967              to create standard tags whose names do not contain dots. Any tag
2968              you create will override the behavior of a tag by the same name
2969              defined by Oracle. If you create a @todo tag or taglet, then it
2970              always has the same behavior you define, even when Oracle later
2971              creates a standard tag of the same name.
2972
2973              Annotations vs. Javadoc tags: In general, if the markup you want
2974              to add is intended to affect or produce documentation, then it
2975              should be a Javadoc tag. Otherwise, it should be an annotation.
2976              See Custom Tags and Annotations in How to Write Doc Comments for
2977              the Javadoc Tool at
2978              http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137868.html#annotations
2979
2980              You can also create more complex block tags or custom inline
2981              tags with the -taglet option.
2982
2983       -taglet class
2984              Specifies the class file that starts the taglet used in
2985              generating the documentation for that tag. Use the fully
2986              qualified name for the class value. This taglet also defines the
2987              number of text arguments that the custom tag has. The taglet
2988              accepts those arguments, processes them, and generates the
2989              output. For extensive documentation with example taglets, see:
2990              Taglet Overview at
2991              http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/taglet/overview.html
2992
2993              Taglets are useful for block or inline tags. They can have any
2994              number of arguments and implement custom behavior, such as
2995              making text bold, formatting bullets, writing out the text to a
2996              file, or starting other processes. Taglets can only determine
2997              where a tag should appear and in what form. All other decisions
2998              are made by the doclet. A taglet cannot do things such as remove
2999              a class name from the list of included classes. However, it can
3000              execute side effects, such as printing the tag's text to a file
3001              or triggering another process. Use the -tagletpath option to
3002              specify the path to the taglet. The following example inserts
3003              the To Do taglet after Parameters and ahead of Throws in the
3004              generated pages. Alternately, you can use the -taglet option in
3005              place of its -tag option, but that might be difficult to read.
3006
3007              -taglet com.sun.tools.doclets.ToDoTaglet
3008              -tagletpath /home/taglets
3009              -tag return
3010              -tag param
3011              -tag todo
3012              -tag throws
3013              -tag see
3014
3015
3016
3017       -tagletpath tagletpathlist
3018              Specifies the search paths for finding taglet class files. The
3019              tagletpathlist can contain multiple paths by separating them
3020              with a colon (:). The javadoc command searches all
3021              subdirectories of the specified paths.
3022
3023       -docfilesubdirs
3024              Enables deep copying of doc-files directories. Subdirectories
3025              and all contents are recursively copied to the destination. For
3026              example, the directory doc-files/example/images and all of its
3027              contents would be copied. There is also an option to exclude
3028              subdirectories.
3029
3030       -excludedocfilessubdir name1:name2
3031              Excludes any doc-files subdirectories with the specified names.
3032              This prevents the copying of SCCS and other source-code-control
3033              subdirectories.
3034
3035       -noqualifier all | packagename1:packagename2...
3036              Omits qualifying package names from class names in output. The
3037              argument to the -noqualifier option is either all (all package
3038              qualifiers are omitted) or a colon-separate list of packages,
3039              with wild cards, to be removed as qualifiers. The package name
3040              is removed from places where class or interface names appear.
3041              See Process Source Files.
3042
3043              The following example omits all package qualifiers: -noqualifier
3044              all.
3045
3046              The following example omits java.lang and java.io package
3047              qualifiers: -noqualifier java.lang:java.io.
3048
3049              The following example omits package qualifiers starting with
3050              java, and com.sun subpackages, but not javax: -noqualifier
3051              java.*:com.sun.*.
3052
3053              Where a package qualifier would appear due to the previous
3054              behavior, the name can be suitably shortened. See How a Name
3055              Appears. This rule is in effect whether or not the -noqualifier
3056              option is used.
3057
3058       -notimestamp
3059              Suppresses the time stamp, which is hidden in an HTML comment in
3060              the generated HTML near the top of each page. The -notimestamp
3061              option is useful when you want to run the javadoc command on two
3062              source bases and get the differences between diff them, because
3063              it prevents time stamps from causing a diff (which would
3064              otherwise be a diff on every page). The time stamp includes the
3065              javadoc command release number, and currently appears similar to
3066              this: <!-- Generated by javadoc (build 1.5.0_01) on Thu Apr 02
3067              14:04:52 IST 2009 -->.
3068
3069       -nocomment
3070              Suppresses the entire comment body, including the main
3071              description and all tags, and generate only declarations. This
3072              option lets you reuse source files that were originally intended
3073              for a different purpose so that you can produce skeleton HTML
3074              documentation at the early stages of a new project.
3075
3076       -sourcetab tablength
3077              Specifies the number of spaces each tab uses in the source.
3078

COMMAND-LINE ARGUMENT FILES

3080       To shorten or simplify the javadoc command, you can specify one or more
3081       files that contain arguments to the javadoc command (except -J
3082       options). This enables you to create javadoc commands of any length on
3083       any operating system.
3084
3085       An argument file can include javac options and source file names in any
3086       combination. The arguments within a file can be space-separated or
3087       newline-separated. If a file name contains embedded spaces, then put
3088       the whole file name in double quotation marks.
3089
3090       File Names within an argument file are relative to the current
3091       directory, not the location of the argument file. Wild cards (*) are
3092       not allowed in these lists (such as for specifying *.java). Using the
3093       at sign (@) to recursively interpret files is not supported. The -J
3094       options are not supported because they are passed to the launcher,
3095       which does not support argument files.
3096
3097       When you run the javadoc command, pass in the path and name of each
3098       argument file with the @ leading character. When the javadoc command
3099       encounters an argument beginning with the at sign (@), it expands the
3100       contents of that file into the argument list.
3101
3102       Example 1 Single Argument File
3103
3104       You could use a single argument file named argfile to hold all javadoc
3105       command arguments: javadoc @argfile. The argument file contains the
3106       contents of both files, as shown in the next example.
3107
3108       Example 2 Two Argument Files
3109
3110       You can create two argument files: One for the javadoc command options
3111       and the other for the package names or source file names. Notice the
3112       following lists have no line-continuation characters.
3113
3114       Create a file named options that contains:
3115
3116       -d docs-filelist
3117       -use
3118       -splitindex
3119       -windowtitle 'Java SE 7 API Specification'
3120       -doctitle 'Java SE 7 API Specification'
3121       -header '<b>Java™ SE 7</b>'
3122       -bottom 'Copyright &copy; 1993-2011 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.'
3123       -group "Core Packages" "java.*"
3124       -overview /java/pubs/ws/1.7.0/src/share/classes/overview-core.html
3125       -sourcepath /java/pubs/ws/1.7.0/src/share/classes
3126
3127       Create a file named packages that contains:
3128
3129       com.mypackage1
3130       com.mypackage2
3131       com.mypackage3
3132
3133       Run the javadoc command as follows:
3134
3135       javadoc @options @packages
3136
3137       Example 3 Argument Files with Paths
3138
3139       The argument files can have paths, but any file names inside the files
3140       are relative to the current working directory (not path1 or path2):
3141
3142       javadoc @path1/options @path2/packages
3143
3144       Example 4 Option Arguments
3145
3146       The following example saves an argument to a javadoc command option in
3147       an argument file. The -bottom option is used because it can have a
3148       lengthy argument. You could create a file named bottom to contain the
3149       text argument:
3150
3151       <font size="-1">
3152           <a href="http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/">Submit a bug or feature</a><br/>
3153           Copyright &copy; 1993, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. <br/>
3154           Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.
3155           Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.</font>
3156
3157       Run the javadoc command as follows:javadoc -bottom @bottom @packages.
3158
3159       You can also include the -bottom option at the start of the argument
3160       file and run the javadoc command as follows: javadoc @bottom @packages.
3161

RUNNING THE JAVADOC COMMAND

3163       The release number of the javadoc command can be determined with the
3164       javadoc -J-version option. The release number of the standard doclet
3165       appears in the output stream. It can be turned off with the -quiet
3166       option.
3167
3168       Use the public programmatic interface to call the javadoc command from
3169       within programs written in the Java language. This interface is in
3170       com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main (and the javadoc command is reentrant). For
3171       more information, see The Standard Doclet at
3172       http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/standard-
3173       doclet.html#runningprogrammatically
3174
3175       The following instructions call the standard HTML doclet. To call a
3176       custom doclet, use the -doclet and -docletpath options. See Doclet
3177       Overview at
3178       http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/doclet/overview.html
3179
3180   SIMPLE EXAMPLES
3181       You can run the javadoc command on entire packages or individual source
3182       files. Each package name has a corresponding directory name.
3183
3184       In the following examples, the source files are located at
3185       /home/src/java/awt/*.java. The destination directory is /home/html.
3186
3187       Document One or More Packages
3188
3189       To document a package, the source files for that package must be
3190       located in a directory that has the same name as the package.
3191
3192       If a package name has several identifiers (separated by dots, such as
3193       java.awt.color), then each subsequent identifier must correspond to a
3194       deeper subdirectory (such as java/awt/color).
3195
3196       You can split the source files for a single package among two such
3197       directory trees located at different places, as long as -sourcepath
3198       points to them both. For example, src1/java/awt/color and
3199       src2/java/awt/color.
3200
3201       You can run the javadoc command either by changing directories (with
3202       the cd command) or by using the -sourcepath option. The following
3203       examples illustrate both alternatives.
3204
3205       Example 1 Recursive Run from One or More Packages
3206
3207       This example uses -sourcepath so the javadoc command can be run from
3208       any directory and -subpackages (a new 1.4 option) for recursion. It
3209       traverses the subpackages of the java directory excluding packages
3210       rooted at java.net and java.lang. Notice this excludes java.lang.ref, a
3211       subpackage of java.lang. To also traverse down other package trees,
3212       append their names to the -subpackages argument, such as
3213       java:javax:org.xml.sax.
3214
3215       javadoc -d /home/html -sourcepath /home/src -subpackages java -exclude
3216
3217       Example 2 Change to Root and Run Explicit Packages
3218
3219       Change to the parent directory of the fully qualified package. Then,
3220       run the javadoc command with the names of one or more packages that you
3221       want to document:
3222
3223       cd /home/src/
3224       javadoc -d /home/html java.awt java.awt.event
3225
3226       To also traverse down other package trees, append their names to the
3227       -subpackages argument, such as java:javax:org.xml.sax.
3228
3229       Example 3 Run from Any Directory on Explicit Packages in One Tree
3230
3231       In this case, it does not matter what the current directory is. Run the
3232       javadoc command and use the -sourcepath option with the parent
3233       directory of the top-level package. Provide the names of one or more
3234       packages that you want to document:
3235
3236       javadoc -d /home/html -sourcepath /home/src java.awt java.awt.event
3237
3238       Example 4 Run from Any Directory on Explicit Packages in Multiple Trees
3239
3240       Run the javadoc command and use the -sourcepath option with a colon-
3241       separated list of the paths to each tree's root. Provide the names of
3242       one or more packages that you want to document. All source files for a
3243       specified package do not need to be located under a single root
3244       directory, but they must be found somewhere along the source path.
3245
3246       javadoc -d /home/html -sourcepath /home/src1:/home/src2 java.awt java.awt.event
3247
3248       The result is that all cases generate HTML-formatted documentation for
3249       the public and protected classes and interfaces in packages java.awt
3250       and java.awt.event and save the HTML files in the specified destination
3251       directory. Because two or more packages are being generated, the
3252       document has three HTML frames: one for the list of packages, another
3253       for the list of classes, and the third for the main class pages.
3254
3255       Document One or More Classes
3256
3257       The second way to run the javadoc command is to pass one or more source
3258       files. You can run javadoc either of the following two ways: by
3259       changing directories (with the cd command) or by fully specifying the
3260       path to the source files. Relative paths are relative to the current
3261       directory. The -sourcepath option is ignored when passing source files.
3262       You can use command-line wild cards, such as an asterisk (*), to
3263       specify groups of classes.
3264
3265       Example 1 Change to the Source Directory
3266
3267       Change to the directory that holds the source files. Then run the
3268       javadoc command with the names of one or more source files you want to
3269       document.
3270
3271       This example generates HTML-formatted documentation for the classes
3272       Button, Canvas, and classes that begin with Graphics. Because source
3273       files rather than package names were passed in as arguments to the
3274       javadoc command, the document has two frames: one for the list of
3275       classes and the other for the main page.
3276
3277       cd /home/src/java/awt
3278       javadoc -d /home/html Button.java Canvas.java Graphics*.java
3279
3280       Example 2 Change to the Root Directory of the Package
3281
3282       This is useful for documenting individual source files from different
3283       subpackages off of the same root. Change to the package root directory,
3284       and supply the source files with paths from the root.
3285
3286       cd /home/src/
3287       javadoc -d /home/html java/awt/Button.java java/applet/Applet.java
3288
3289       Example 3 Document Files from Any Directory
3290
3291       In this case, it does not matter what the current directory is. Run the
3292       javadoc command with the absolute path (or path relative to the current
3293       directory) to the source files you want to document.
3294
3295       javadoc -d /home/html /home/src/java/awt/Button.java
3296       /home/src/java/awt/Graphics*.java
3297
3298
3299
3300       Document Packages and Classes
3301
3302       You can document entire packages and individual classes at the same
3303       time. Here is an example that mixes two of the previous examples. You
3304       can use the -sourcepath option for the path to the packages but not for
3305       the path to the individual classes.
3306
3307       javadoc -d /home/html -sourcepath /home/src java.awt
3308       /home/src/java/applet/Applet.java
3309
3310
3311   REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES
3312       The following command-line and makefile versions of the javadoc command
3313       run on the Java platform APIs. It uses 180 MB of memory to generate the
3314       documentation for the 1500 (approximately) public and protected classes
3315       in the Java SE 1.2. Both examples use absolute paths in the option
3316       arguments, so that the same javadoc command can be run from any
3317       directory.
3318
3319       Command-Line Example
3320
3321       The following command might be too long for some shells. You can use a
3322       command-line argument file (or write a shell script) to overcome this
3323       limitation.
3324
3325       In the example, packages is the name of a file that contains the
3326       packages to process, such as java.appletjava.lang. None of the options
3327       should contain any newline characters between the single quotation
3328       marks. For example, if you copy and paste this example, then delete the
3329       newline characters from the -bottom option.
3330
3331       javadoc -sourcepath /java/jdk/src/share/classes \
3332       -overview /java/jdk/src/share/classes/overview.html \
3333       -d /java/jdk/build/api \
3334       -use \
3335       -splitIndex \
3336       -windowtitle 'Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 API Specification' \
3337       -doctitle 'Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 API Specification' \
3338       -header '<b>Java™ SE 7</b>' \
3339       -bottom '<font size="-1">
3340       <a href="http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/">Submit a bug or feature</a><br/>
3341       Copyright &copy; 1993, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.<br/>
3342       Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.
3343       Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.</font>' \
3344       -group "Core Packages" "java.*:com.sun.java.*:org.omg.*" \
3345       -group "Extension Packages" "javax.*" \
3346       -J-Xmx180m \
3347       @packages
3348
3349
3350
3351       Programmatic Interface
3352
3353       The Javadoc Access API enables the user to invoke the Javadoc tool
3354       directly from a Java application without executing a new process.
3355
3356       For example, the following statements are equivalent to the command
3357       javadoc -d /home/html -sourcepath /home/src -subpackages java -exclude
3358       java.net:java.lang com.example:
3359
3360       import javax.tools.DocumentationTool;
3361       import javax.tools.ToolProvider;
3362       public class JavaAccessSample{
3363           public static void main(String[] args){
3364               DocumentationTool javadoc = ToolProvider.getSystemDocumentationTool();
3365               int rc = javadoc.run( null, null, null,
3366                        "-d", "/home/html",
3367                        "-sourcepath", "home/src",
3368                        "-subpackages", "java",
3369                        "-exclude", "java.net:java.lang",
3370                        "com.example");
3371            }
3372        }
3373
3374       The first three arguments of the run method specify input, standard
3375       output, and standard error streams. Null is the default value for
3376       System.in, System.out, and System.err, respectively.
3377
3378   THE MAKEFILE EXAMPLE
3379       This is an example of a GNU makefile. Single quotation marks surround
3380       makefile arguments. For an example of a Windows makefile, see the
3381       makefiles section of the Javadoc FAQ at
3382       http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137483.html#makefiles
3383
3384       javadoc -sourcepath $(SRCDIR)              \   /* Sets path for source files   */
3385               -overview $(SRCDIR)/overview.html  \   /* Sets file for overview text  */
3386               -d /java/jdk/build/api             \   /* Sets destination directory   */
3387               -use                               \   /* Adds "Use" files             */
3388               -splitIndex                        \   /* Splits index A-Z             */
3389               -windowtitle $(WINDOWTITLE)        \   /* Adds a window title          */
3390               -doctitle $(DOCTITLE)              \   /* Adds a doc title             */
3391               -header $(HEADER)                  \   /* Adds running header text     */
3392               -bottom $(BOTTOM)                  \   /* Adds text at bottom          */
3393               -group $(GROUPCORE)                \   /* 1st subhead on overview page */
3394               -group $(GROUPEXT)                 \   /* 2nd subhead on overview page */
3395               -J-Xmx180m                         \   /* Sets memory to 180MB         */
3396               java.lang java.lang.reflect        \   /* Sets packages to document    */
3397               java.util java.io java.net         \
3398               java.applet
3399       WINDOWTITLE = 'Java™ SE 7 API Specification'
3400       DOCTITLE = 'Java™ Platform Standard Edition 7 API Specification'
3401       HEADER = '<b>Java™ SE 7</font>'
3402       BOTTOM = '<font size="-1">
3403             <a href="http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/">Submit a bug or feature</a><br/>
3404             Copyright &copy; 1993, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.<br/>
3405             Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.
3406             Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.</font>'
3407       GROUPCORE = '"Core Packages" "java.*:com.sun.java.*:org.omg.*"'
3408       GROUPEXT  = '"Extension Packages" "javax.*"'
3409       SRCDIR = '/java/jdk/1.7.0/src/share/classes'
3410
3411
3412   NOTES
3413       · If you omit the -windowtitle option, then the javadoc command copies
3414         the document title to the window title. The -windowtitle option text
3415         is similar to the the -doctitle option, but without HTML tags to
3416         prevent those tags from appearing as raw text in the window title.
3417
3418       · If you omit the -footer option, then the javadoc command copies the
3419         header text to the footer.
3420
3421       · Other important options you might want to use, but were not needed in
3422         the previous example, are the -classpath and -link options.
3423

GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING

3425       · The javadoc command reads only files that contain valid class names.
3426         If the javadoc command is not correctly reading the contents of a
3427         file, then verify that the class names are valid. See Process Source
3428         Files.
3429
3430       · See the Javadoc FAQ for information about common bugs and for
3431         troubleshooting tips at
3432         http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137483.html
3433

ERRORS AND WARNINGS

3435       Error and warning messages contain the file name and line number to the
3436       declaration line rather than to the particular line in the
3437       documentation comment.
3438
3439       For example, this message error: cannot read: Class1.java means that
3440       the javadoc command is trying to load Class1.java in the current
3441       directory. The class name is shown with its path (absolute or
3442       relative).
3443

ENVIRONMENT

3445       CLASSPATH
3446              CLASSPATH is the environment variable that provides the path
3447              that the javadoc command uses to find user class files. This
3448              environment variable is overridden by the -classpath option.
3449              Separate directories with a semicolon for Windows or a colon for
3450              Oracle Solaris.
3451
3452              Windows example: .;C:\classes;C:\home\java\classes
3453
3454              Oracle Solaris example: .:/home/classes:/usr/local/java/classes.
3455

SEE ALSO

3457       · javac(1)
3458
3459       · java(1)
3460
3461       · jdb(1)
3462
3463       · javah(1)
3464
3465       · javap(1)
3466
3468       · Javadoc Technology at
3469         http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javadoc/index.html
3470
3471       · How Classes Are Found
3472         http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/findingclasses.html
3473
3474       · How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc Tool
3475         http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/index-137868.html
3476
3477       · URL Memo, Uniform Resource Locators
3478         http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt
3479
3480       · HTML standard, HTML Document Representation (4197265 and 4137321)
3481         http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/charset.html#h-5.2.2
3482
3483
3484
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