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        <title>My Rules</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Here are the rules I use to guide how I use Javadoc:...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:29:50 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 15, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Lee Meador</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: worth their salt</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[I have seen comments describing a method embedded in Javadoc that exceed the number of lines of actual code. Is this helpful if so, in which way? I would rather go thru the actual code and understand it than reading the comments in plain english...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:51:30 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 9, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Ravi Chen</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: worth their salt</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>any programmer worth his salt would understand a decently well written Java code</blockquote>...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:04:02 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 8, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>MrBigMAN</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: worth their salt</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>any programmer worth his salt would understand a decently well written Java code</blockquote>...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:23:08 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:23:08 -0400</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Apr 5, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Persistability Ltd</jf:author>
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        <title>JavaDoc and Fat Clients clarifications</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Interesting discussion. I posted recently some clarifications on JavaDoc to clarify some "provocations" :-)...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:21:34 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:21:34 -0400</jf:creationDate>
        <jf:modificationDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:21:34 -0400</jf:modificationDate>
        <jf:date>Apr 5, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Adam Bien</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Interview on java.sun.com: Adam Bien on Java EE</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[I disagree with you. Comments in code is an old practice from the world of structure programming in languages like COBOL , any programmer worth his salt would understand a decently well written Java code. I one for sure do not want to work for...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:40:46 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 5, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Ravi Chen</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Interview on java.sun.com: Adam Bien on Java EE</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote><blockquote>It is not JavaDoc of the single class/interface that could give you the bigger picture.<br>It's the documentation of used patterns/models/architectures that helps you to master the code.<br>IMHO JavaDoc is useful for the API of...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:27:40 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:27:40 -0400</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Apr 4, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Guido Anzuoni</jf:author>
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        <title>Don't generalize</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With about the same justification, one could easily argue (and some do!) that generalization is futile. When generalizing a piece of code, say into a function, a code, a template etc. you are limiting your options in how the pieces of code that...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:23:33 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 4, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Karl Banke</jf:author>
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        <title>Javadoc IS GREAT, but the contents not always</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>I get really sick of APIs with either NO javadoc, or useless javadoc.  What is so controversial about describing what a class is for, what its methods do, and how the parameters effect the return value?  I agree that empty javadoc comments...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:50:43 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 4, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Adam Bien</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Interview on java.sun.com: Adam Bien on Java EE</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>It is not JavaDoc of the single class/interface that could give you the bigger picture.<br>It's the documentation of used patterns/models/architectures that helps you to master the code.<br>IMHO JavaDoc is useful for the API of interfaces,...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:53:21 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:53:21 -0400</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Apr 3, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>fzammetti</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Interview on java.sun.com: Adam Bien on Java EE</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Hi David,...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:13:29 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 3, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Nikita Ivanov</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Interview on java.sun.com: Adam Bien on Java EE</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>Let's get some simple things out of the way (some of which are tangential to Adam's thesis I admit, but related none the less):<br><br>1. Anyone who thinks commenting in general is useless is themselves useless and will never be a member of...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:51:11 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 3, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Guido Anzuoni</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Interview on java.sun.com: Adam Bien on Java EE</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>In my team, Javadoc is a code and gets thoroughly code-reviewed regularly. Anybody who would voice the above sentiment seriously would be fired the same day (never happened) as it is clear indication of sheer lack of understanding what...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:47:13 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 3, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>david cypers</jf:author>
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        <title>Excuse for laziness...</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Failing to write some meaningful documentation is nothing but laziness (or lack of time of course). The method signature hardly ever defines what a class or method really should do, in particular it does not describe side effects, preconditions on the...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:13:22 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:13:22 -0400</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Apr 3, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Karl Banke</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Interview on java.sun.com: Adam Bien on Java EE</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48925</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Let's get some simple things out of the way (some of which are tangential to Adam's thesis I admit, but related none the less):...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:19:12 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 2, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>fzammetti</jf:author>
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