Java Tutorial/Language/Javadoc

The javadoc utility recognizes the following tags:

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.