I have been working with classes that don't have javadoc attachments. The problem was I couldn't find the method in the source nor was the method part of the Enum class. So where did it materialize from? Now I know the answer: the compiler generates it.
I really think this knowledge should be added to the Enum javadoc class. I had to go on quite a goose hunt to find this fact. Paul On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com>wrote: > On 18/08/2013 05:07, Paul Benedict wrote: > >> I think the generated method needs to be listed in the class javadoc at >> least. I presume it throws an exception too (like the other valueOf) if >> the >> String can't be resolved to a constant, but no user is going to discover >> this fact through the documentation. >> >> Have you checked the generated avadoc for your enum? The valueOf(String) > should be there and specified to throw IAE or NPE. > > -Alan > > > -- Cheers, Paul
