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Tag                 Meaning

@author             the author.

{@code}             without processing HTML styles

@deprecated         a class or member is deprecated.

{@docRoot}          the root directory of the current documentation.

@exception          an exception thrown by a method.

{@inheritDoc}       a comment from the immediate superclass.

{@link}             an in-line link to another topic.

{@linkplain}        an in-line link to another topic, but the link is displayed in a plain-text font.

{@literal}          without processing HTML styles.

@param              a method's parameter.

@return             a method's return value.

@see                a link to another topic.

@serial             a default serializable field.

@serialData         Documents the data written by the writeObject( ) or writeExternal( ) methods.

@serialField        an ObjectStreamField component.

@since              release date.

@throws             Same as @exception.

{@value}            a static field value of a constant.

@version            class version.