How Exactly Does param Work - Java

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How does the annotation  param work   If I had something like this         param testNumber      int testNumber   5  if  testNumber  lt  6         Something     How would the  param affect the testNumber  Does it even affect the testNumber   Thanks  Let me know if I used it wrong

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You might miss  author and inside of  param you need to explain what s that parameter for  how to use it  etc

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param will not affect testNumber It is a Javadoc comment - i e used for generating documentation   You can put a Javadoc comment immediately before a class  field  method  constructor  or interface such as  param   return   Generally begins with     and must be the first thing on the line   The Advantage of using  param is  -  By creating simple Java classes that contain attributes and some custom Javadoc tags  you allow those classes to serve as a simple metadata description for code generation                    param testNumber          return integer            public int main testNumberIsValid int testNumber           if  testNumber  lt  6                Something                    Whenever in your code if you reuse testNumberIsValid method  IDE will show you the parameters the method accepts and return type of the method

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It is basically a comment  As we know  a number of people working on the same project must have knowledge about the code changes  We are making some notes in the program about the parameters

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param is a special format comment used by javadoc to generate documentation  it is used to denote a description of the parameter  or parameters  a method can receive  there s also  return and  see used to describe return values and related information  respectively   http   www oracle com technetwork java javase documentation index-137868 html format  has  among other things  this          Returns an Image object that can then be painted on the screen      The url argument must specify an absolute   link URL   The name    argument is a specifier that is relative to the url argument       lt p gt     This method always returns immediately  whether or not the     image exists  When this applet attempts to draw the image on    the screen  the data will be loaded  The graphics primitives     that draw the image will incrementally paint on the screen          param  url  an absolute URL giving the base location of the image     param  name the location of the image  relative to the url argument     return      the image at the specified URL     see         Image      public Image getImage URL url  String name

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param won t affect the number  It s just for making javadocs   More on javadoc  http   www oracle com technetwork java javase documentation index-137868 html

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