Javadoc

Cited from the Book Java How to Program

Java provides comments of a third type, Javadoc comments. These are delimited by /** and */. The compiler ignores all text between the delimiters. Javadoc comments enable you to embed program documentation directly in your programs. Such comments are the preferred Java documenting format in industry. The javadoc utility program (part of the Java SE Development Kit) reads Javadoc comments and uses them to prepare your program’s documentation in HTML format.