- 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*/
