doctorj1

Usage

Overview

doctorj is an application to analyze Javadoc comments against Java code, verifying its integrity and format. It also spell-checks Javadoc comments.

Options

--emacs

Whether to list violations in Emacs form, i.e., a single line of the form:

8:48:9:4: An error occurred on this line.

By default, violations are displayed in ``long form'', showing the context.

--warning=LEVEL

Sets the warning level, which by default is -1, meaning that only errors are reported. A warning level of 0 means that Javadoc for public or abstract items (classes, interfaces, methods, constructors, and fields) will be checked. A warning level of 1 will result in the addition of checking of protected-access items; 2 is for package-access items, and 3 will check all items.

--tabwidth=NUM

Sets the number of spaces to use for alignment with tabs. By default, this value is 4.

--dictionaries=LIST

Sets the dictionaries (word lists) to use for spell-checking. LIST is a comma-delimited string of paths to the word list files. By default, doctorj uses the word list at /usr/share/doctorj/words.LOCALE, where LOCALE is of the standard Java form. doctorj is distributed with three word lists: words.en_CA (Canadian English), words.en_UK (United Kingdom English), and words.en_US (United States English).

--verbose

Produces debugging output. Note that this signficantly impedes performance.

FILE

Specifies the files to check. If the argument specified is a directory, all files ending in ``.java'' under that directory will be analyzed.

Examples

To check a single file:

% doctorj String.java

To check multiple files:

% doctorj String.java StringBuffer.java Object.java

To check all files below a directory:

% doctorj /proj/app/src

To run at the maximum warning level:

% doctorj --warning=4 .

To specify a different dictionary:

% doctorj --dictionaries=/usr/share/dict/words .

Configuration

$HOME/.doctorjrc

The run-control file, of the form:

emacs: true
warning: 4
tabwidth: 8
dictionaries: /usr/share/dict/words,/home/me/etc/terms
verbose: false

Dictionary (word list) files contain one word per line, for example:

adaxial
cepaceous
sabaton
vespiaries