ditto.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 04 December 2001 11:17
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Eap-features] Javadoc feature request.
> 
> 
> We go as far as monitoring checkins of source which is missing JavaDoc
> (not for privates, but for all public methods + class).
> 
> We have templates which are applied to non-doced bitsies and 
> the templates
> have stuff in them like "@param Blah XXX was lazy and will 
> fill this in later".
> 
> JRefactory is the tool used btw.
> 
> This is done prior to the standard checkin mailout which goes 
> to all other 
> members on the project.
> 
> You can argue that it "fills the source with meaningless 
> comments" - but it 
> has resulted in much better documented code.
> Previously people could let docs slip by and think about 
> "fixing them up 
> later", which of course never comes.
> Now you either put up with having your name in lights, or you 
> do the right 
> thing and put at least a basic doc.
> 
> I'd like to have something like the ability mentioned here, 
> where java docs 
> following certain templates are inserted either automatically 
> or on request 
> (part of the format source as well?).
> 
> 
> 
> At 09:37 PM 4/12/2001, you wrote:
> >Are you truing to say that you would fill afterwards EVERY 
> stupid field in
> >this generated java doc?
> >I don't believe it :)
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shabir, Nadeem
> >Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 11:53 PM
> >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> >Subject: RE: [Eap-features] Javadoc feature request.
> >
> >
> >I think I should have been more clear, Im not suggesting a 
> feature that
> >writes the comment itself,
> >but a feature that provides the stub so if a method takes a number of
> >parameters and returns a type, it shouldnt be difficult for 
> intellij to
> >generated a javadoc comment with only the @param and @return lists
> >populated, it still means the developer has to write a 
> meaningful comment
> >but at least the "stubs" are generated.
> >
> >I dont for one second believe any tool could generate 
> meaningful comments.
> >But What would be useful is a tool that did the "leg work" 
> for us leaving
> >developers to fill in the details.
> >
> >cheers,
> >
> >Nad
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mark Swinkels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 03 December 2001 21:51
> > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > > Subject: RE: [Eap-features] Javadoc feature request.
> > >
> > >
> > > I think people have just stopped complaining about this
> > > request. If you go
> > > back through the archives you will see that there are 
> mostly lots of
> > > negative responses to this feature.
> > >
> > > The negative responses all revolve around the problem of
> > > developers not
> > > going in after using this feature and making the generated
> > > java docs useful.
> > > A more generally accepted form of this proposal is that IDEA
> > > provide help
> > > for writing the javadoc for a particular method, rather than
> > > adding them
> > > wholesale. The help could include generating a skeleton and
> > > provide tag
> > > completion. In this way the developer can generate the
> > > comments as they work
> > > or generate them afterwards. If the comments are generated
> > > automatically for
> > > whole files or projects at a time the developer will have to
> > > go in to edit
> > > the all comments anyway.
> > >
> > > +1 for javadoc generation on a single method basis
> > > +1 for a way to find methods that meet some criteria (e.g.
> > > public) but don't
> > > have Javadoc comments
> > > -10 for a way to fill source files with meaningless comments
> > > that don't
> > > convey any information beyond the method signature yet have
> > > to be read to
> > > determine that fact.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Noah Nordrum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 09:44a
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [Eap-features] Javadoc feature request.
> > >
> > >
> > > ok, this is like at least the 15th time I've seen this 
> request (not a
> > > complaint to you Nadeem)... It is also one of the only 
> requests that I
> > > haven't seen any complaints about. I can't imagine that this
> > > would be a very
> > > tough thing to implement.
> > >
> > > Could we PLEASE get this in Pandora? or as one of (or the)
> > > first features in
> > > the next EAP?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Noah
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Shabir, Nadeem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 5:57 AM
> > > Subject: [Eap-features] Javadoc feature request.
> > >
> > >
> > > > I dont know if anyone has already asked for this but it
> > > would be very
> > > > useful.
> > > >
> > > > What id like is a feature that would look at all the method
> > > signatures, in
> > > a
> > > > file an insert javadoc comments infront of each method, but
> > > pre-populating
> > > > param and return lists based on the signature. This would
> > > save a lot of
> > > > time, ive used similar features in Kawa where it was
> > > implemented as a
> > > plugin
> > > > that would pass through the file and do it for you. Im 
> not sure if
> > > IntelliJ
> > > > could also do something similar?
> > > >
> > > > Ive tried to create a live template to do this but 
> arent having much
> > > > success.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts?
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > >
> > > > Nadeem
> > > >
> > > >
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