Doclet

Doclet programs work with the Javadoc tool to generate documentation from code written in Java. Doclets are written in the Java programming language and use the Doclet API to:

• Select which content to include in the documentation
• Format the presentation of the content
• Create the file that contains the documentation

The StandardDoclet[1] included with Javadoc generates API documentation as frame-based HTML files. Many non-standard doclets are available on the web , often for free. These can be used to:

• Create other non-API types of documentation
• Output the documentation to other non-HTML file types such as PDF
• Output the documentation as HTML with additional features such as a search or with embedded UML diagrams generated from the Java classes

External links

• Oracle official overview
• Overview of available non-standard doclets
• UML Doclet