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doc annotation

The doc annotation adds freeform API documentation to a declaration.

Usage

Explict doc annotation:

doc ("Some documentation")
void example(){
}

Implict use of doc via the "anonymous annotation":

"More documentation"
void furtherExample() {
}

Description

The doc annotation is processed by the ceylon doc tool, which assumes it contains Markdown formatted text.

Anonymous annotation

As shown above, the annotation can be used in two forms, either

  • using explicit invocation of doc, or
  • as a string literal, when it is the first annotation in the list of annotations of the declaration

The anonymous form is very strongly preferred.

See also