Return values and Javadoc

[BruceNT]

The @return tag for javadoc doesn't seem to be supported (trial version of 3.60.656).  Is there a way to add a note or comment about the return value of an operation?

Bruce

[stigv]

I just gave the 6.1.792 trial a spin... and 3 years later... @return is still not supported    Atleast it didn't show up in the javadoc included in source code engineering generated code. So, full javadoc seems not likely to ever! be implemented, right?

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[Eve]

Currently EA reverse engineering includes the @return tag in the notes and as a result generates it back out again through there.

[stigv]

Yes, and that's great...! But... Since it is a note-added thing, you always need to _manually_ keep change up-to-date - which is a shame since fx. the @param tags are automaticly managed. Also, the @return tag doesn't get neatly formatted in the block with fx. the auto-generated @param tags. So either you add all @returns manually to the code after it has been generated - or you probably need to go in and format the javadoc tags...

Don't get me wrong - the product looks nice in other respects. Generating code properly is generally a tough thing for products to support.

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