What is Javadoc?
Javadoc is an API documentation tool that comes as part of a standard Java Development Kit (JDK) distribution. For this reason, before you can use Javadoc, you must download the JDK first (which you probably have already done or you wouldnt have developed anything needing documentation!). The Javadoc executable is located in the /bin directory of the JDK installation. All things Javadoc, including a much more in-depth discussion and instruction on using it can be found at http://java.sun.com/j2se/Javadoc/. In this article I will be giving you a step by step instroduction to the basics of Javadoc, but for a more advanced and unabridged treatment of the subject, this is the site to visit. In a nutshell, Javadoc allows you to use special syntax within your Java classes and packages to denote comments. Within those comments you can use regular text, HTML, and Javadoc tags to identify information you wish to include in your documentation. The Javadoc tool adds a lot of the standard document
