- Comments
-These are notes written to a code for documentation purposes.
-Those texts are not part of the program and does not affect the flow of the program.
- 3 Types of comments in Java
-C++ Style Comments
-C Style Comments
-Special Javadoc Comments
C++-Style Comments
C++ Style comments starts with //
All the text after // are treated as comments For example: // This is a C++ style or single line comments
C-Style Comments
C-style comments or also called multiline comments starts with a /* and ends with a */.
All text in between the two delimeters are treated as comments. Unlike C++ style comments, it can span multiple lines. For example: /* this is an exmaple of a C style or multiline comments */
Special Javadoc Comments
Special Javadoc comments are used for generating an HTML documentation for your Java programs.
You can create javadoc comments by starting the line with /** and ending it with */. Like C-style comments, it can also span lines. It can also contain certain tags to add more information to your comments. For example: /** This is an example of special java doc comments used for \n generating an html documentation. It uses tags like: @author Vignesh @version 1.5*/
