Doclet

Doclet programs work with the Javadoc tool to generate documentation from code written in Java.

Doclets are written in the Java programming language and use the Doclet API to:

Select which content to include in the documentation
Format the presentation of the content
Create the file that contains the documentation

The StandardDoclet included with Javadoc generates API documentation as frame-based HTML files. Many non-standard doclets are available on the web , often for free. These can be used to:

Create other non-API types of documentation
Output the documentation to other non-HTML file types such as PDF
Output the documentation as HTML with additional features such as a search or with embedded UML diagrams generated from the Java classes

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