Re: new release : phpdoc v2.0

Great program man! Carlos "Christian Calloway" <cubadc@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:... > Hey everyone, > > I just released phpdoc v2.0, which is a program used to document PHP class > definitions. > This version is a complete rewrite of v1.0, and takes a different approach > to creating > documentation. > > Where most other applications try to imitate Javadoc as much as possible, > this application actually does very little, because it actually uses Javadoc > to create PHP documentation. Since the Javadoc API is quite open, and since > my application is in Java, its a simple matter to plugin to the Javadoc > program. All my application does is parse a PHP class definition through the > use of regular expressions, and then convert that class definition from PHP > syntax to Java Syntax, then hand the converted source over to Javadoc. What > this means is that all the options and power of Javadoc is available to my > program, you can use any Javadoc option, doclet, @tag or whatever in phpdoc > and in your source and the resulting documentation will be no different then > if an actual .java file were passed to Javadoc. All is explained in greater > detail > at my site, and in instructions I provide. > > A final note, the library of Javadoc doclets are also open to you when using > phpdoc. For anyone > whom doesnt know, doclets are programs written in the Java programming > language that specify the > content and format of the output of the Javadoc tool. By default, Javadoc > uses the Standard doclet > which creates the .HTML formatted documentation were all used to. You can > provide any doclet > you wish however to customize the output however you like. The wealth of > third party doclets > available at the javasoft site allow you to create for example RTF, PDF, and > even Japanese based > API documentation. > > You must have the JDK installed on your system (of which Javadoc comes part > of) > > You can download phpdoc v2.0 at > http://www.callowayprints.com/phpdoc/phpdoc.php > > Thanks Everyone, > > Christian > > >