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Javadoc - only public members?

 
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hi guys,

The instructions say that "and javadoc style comments must be used for each element of the public interface of each class."

Does it mean we can/should leave the not public methods/variables of the classes undocumented?

What did you do?


Thanks!
 
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Greetings, champion. Welcome to our JavaRanch!

Well, the instructions say that at least the public elements of your API should have JavaDocs. I myself included JavaDocs for all elements, including private ones.

Also, please take a look at your private messages, regarding an important administrative information.
 
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I created javadoc comments for public, protected, default and private classes and members. I haved generated javadoc documentation for all but private classes and members.
 
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Roel De Nijs wrote:I created javadoc comments for public, protected, default and private classes and members. I haved generated javadoc documentation for all but private classes and members.



thanks Roel. I asked because at the beginning i wanted to just generate it for everything to be safe but i quickly realized that doing it for every little private variable in the class is way too tedious and repetitive. I will do the same as you did.
 
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