Types of Java comments.
Java supports single-line, multi-line comments, and documentation comments. Documentation comments are understood by Javadoc tool and can be used to create HTML based documentation.
/** is known as documentation comments. It is used by Javadoc tool while creating the documentation for the program code.
/* is used for multi-line comments.
// is used for single line comments
Example
Live Demo
/**
* This is a documentation comment.
* This is my first Java program.
* This will print 'Hello World' as the output
* This is an example of multi-line comments.
*/
public class MyFirstJavaProgram {
public static void main(String[] args) {
/* This is an example of multi line comment. */
// This is a single line comment.
System.out.println("Hello World");
}
}
Published on 23-Apr-2018 01:05:36
