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Thinking in Java
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Documentation example

Here is the first Java program again, this time with documentation comments added:

//: c02:HelloDate.java
import java.util.*;

/** The first Thinking in Java example program.
 * Displays a string and today's date.
 * @author Bruce Eckel
 * @author www.BruceEckel.com
 * @version 2.0
*/
public class HelloDate {
  /** Sole entry point to class & application
   * @param args array of string arguments
   * @return No return value
   * @exception exceptions No exceptions thrown
  */
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("Hello, it's: ");
    System.out.println(new Date());
  }
} ///:~


The first line of the file uses my own technique of putting a ‘//:’ as a special marker for the comment line containing the source file name. That line contains the path information to the file (in this case, c02 indicates Chapter 2) followed by the file name.[15] The last line also finishes with a comment, and this one (‘///:~’) indicates the end of the source code listing, which allows it to be automatically updated into the text of this book after being checked with a compiler and executed.
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