JavaDoc: where to add notes/remarks to documentation?

Question

When coding in C# I have always found the tag remarks very useful for providing notes about the implementation of a class or method, or to give information about the theory of what I was implementing. I am now using Java but I can't find an appropriate JavaDoc tag for this. Maybe in Java you accomplish this in a different manner, does anybody know?

Answer 1

As far as I know, there isn't any dedicated Javadoc tag for notes or remarks. Generally, the first sentence of Javadoc should give a brief description of the class/method/field. Then the full description should follow. And if you want to include any notes, a specialized paragraph with a "Note:" prepended should suffice.

/**
 * Brief description. Full description of the method, generally without
 * implementation details.
 * <p>
 * Note: Additional information, e.g. your implementation notes or remarks.
 * </p>
 * @param input description of the parameter
 * @return description of return value
 * 
 * @since version
 * @author name of the author
 */
public boolean doSomething(String input)
{
    // your code
}