Java Tutorial/Language/Javadoc

The javadoc utility recognizes the following tags:

   <source lang="java">

Tag Meaning @author the author. {@code} without processing HTML styles @deprecated a class or member is deprecated. {@docRoot} the root directory of the current documentation. @exception an exception thrown by a method. {@inheritDoc} a comment from the immediate superclass. {@link} an in-line link to another topic. {@linkplain} an in-line link to another topic, but the link is displayed in a plain-text font. {@literal} without processing HTML styles. @param a method"s parameter. @return a method"s return value. @see a link to another topic. @serial a default serializable field. @serialData Documents the data written by the writeObject( ) or writeExternal( ) methods. @serialField an ObjectStreamField component. @since release date. @throws Same as @exception. {@value} a static field value of a constant. @version class version.</source>