How can I create custom Javadoc tags?
Javadoc 1.4 solves this problem with the -tag option to create simple tags and the -taglet option for complex tags (tags with more than one argument, or that require special HTML formatting on output). To do this in earlier versions of Javadoc, it will take some creative programming on your part. You can start by looking at the example at How can I modify the standard doclet. We have published a list of proposed tags. In this list you will notice a proposed tag @exclude for preventing parts of API from being documented. We have not developed a doclet containing such a tag (although our MIF doclet provides a way of excluding classes). Creating and Handling Custom Tags. –> We will publish doclets on this website that we have created or that others have created and want published. One developer has created a custom tag @inverse to keep tracks of bi-directional links in the Java code generated by a CASE tool. For instance: class Owner { /** * my dogs * @inverse myOwner */ Dog[] dogs; } cl
