DocFlex/Javadoc is a doclet extension for Javadoc Tool which generates Java API documentation (or various output files) using templates in different output formats.

** KEY FEATURES **

(*) The high quality graphic Template Designer represents the whole Doclet API in the form similar to XML DOM (i.e. same as XML file) which allows to program the processing of the data provided by the Doclet API using universal approaches developed for XML (such as XPath). Using this tool, you will be able to visually design most of things whose development was possible so far only by direct Java coding.

(*) The supported output formats include: HTML v4.0 (both single-file and multi-frame documentation); RTF v1.6 (Word 2000+); TXT, a plain text -- this can be used for various utilizations of Java code information provided by Doclet API (for instance, for generating XML files by it). The next version is planned to support XSL-FO output generation.

(*) Interpreting in non-HTML output formats (e.g. RTF) the HTML tags embedded in Java comments. Almost all HTML tags practically usable in doc-comments are supported now!

(*) The templates can be designed independently on a particular output format which is selected only when starting the generation. All formatting specified in templates is defined in some universal way basing on abstract layout concepts such as flow of text, paragraphs, tables and lists and any combinations of them. Such formatting can be rendered with the high precision in most modern output formats and produce the professional quality documentation.

(*) Since all content and formatting of the generated documentation now is specified in templates, the most of options previously used to control behavior of an ordinary doclet now simply become template parameters. The values of template parameters can be specified both on the Javadoc command line and interactively using Parameter Inspector dialog invoked from the Generator GUI provided by the DocFlex Doclet.