OGP Taglets

These are the Javadoc taglets for course H01P1A, Objectgericht programmeren, at KU Leuven. In particular, they support @pre, @post, @throws, and @invar tags with formal parts, as well as the more specialized @immutable, @representationObject, @representationObjects, @peerObject, @peerObjects, @basic, @inspects, @mutates, @mutates_properties, @creates, and @may_throw tags.

For example, suppose you have the following class:

/**
 * Instances of this class store an integer interval with a lower bound and an upper bound.
 * 
 * @invar This interval's upper bound is not less than its lower bound.
 *         | getLowerBound() <= getUpperBound()
 * @invar This interval's width equals its upper bound minus its lower bound.
 *      | getWidth() == getUpperBound() - getLowerBound()
 */
public class Interval {
    
    private int lowerBound;
    
    /**
     * This interval's upper bound.
     * 
     * @invar This interval's upper bound is not less than its lower bound.
     *      | lowerBound <= upperBound
     */
    private int upperBound;
    
    public int getLowerBound() {
        return lowerBound;
    }
    
    public int getUpperBound() {
        return upperBound;
    }
    
    public int getWidth() {
        return upperBound - lowerBound;
    }

    /**
     * Initializes this interval with the given lower and upper bounds.
     * 
     * @pre The given lower bound is not greater than the given upper bound.
     *    | lowerBound <= upperBound
     * @post This interval's lower bound equals the given lower bound.
     *    | getLowerBound() == lowerBound
     * @post This interval's upper bound equals the given upper bound.
     *    | getUpperBound() == upperBound
     */
    public Interval(int lowerBound, int upperBound) {
        this.lowerBound = lowerBound;
        this.upperBound = upperBound;
    }
    
    /**
     * Initializes this interval with the given lower bound and width.
     * 
     * @pre The given width is nonnegative.
     *    | 0 <= width
     * @post This interval's lower bound equals the given lower bound.
     *    | getLowerBound() == lowerBound
     * @post This interval's width equals the given width.
     *    | getWidth() == width
     * @post The dummy argument equals true or false.
     *       (This dummy postcondition is here just to work around bug https://github.com/fsc4j/fsc4j/issues/2)
     *    | dummy == true || dummy == false
     */
    public Interval(int lowerBound, int width, boolean dummy) {
        this.lowerBound = lowerBound;
        this.upperBound = lowerBound + width;
    }

    /**
     * Sets this interval's lower bound to the given value.
     * 
     * @pre The given value is not greater than this interval's upper bound.
     *     | value <= getUpperBound()
     * @post This interval's lower bound equals the given value.
     *     | getLowerBound() == value
     * @post This interval's upper bound has remained unchanged.
     *     | getUpperBound() == old(getUpperBound())
     */
    public void setLowerBound(int value) {
        lowerBound = value;
    }
    
    /**
     * Sets this interval's upper bound to the given value.
     * 
     * @pre The given value is not less than this interval's lower bound.
     *    | getLowerBound() <= value
     * @post This interval's upper bound equals the given value.
     *    | getUpperBound() == value
     * @post This interval's lower bound has remained unchanged.
     *    | getLowerBound() == old(getLowerBound())
     */
    public void setUpperBound(int value) {
        upperBound = value;
    }
    
    /**
     * Sets this interval's width to the given value.
     * 
     * @pre The given value is nonnegative.
     *    | 0 <= value
     * @post This interval's width equals the given value.
     *    | getWidth() == value
     * @post This interval's lower bound has remained unchanged.
     *    | getLowerBound() == old(getLowerBound())
     */
    public void setWidth(int value) {
        upperBound = lowerBound + value;
    }

}

You can generate Javadoc for it by downloading the OGP Taglets .jar file from the Releases page, and then:

1. In Eclipse, in the Project menu, choose Generate Javadoc....
2. On the first page of the Generate Javadoc wizard, select the file containing the Interval class. Then click Next.
3. On the second page, select referenced archive jrt-fs.jar. Then click Next.
4. On the third page, enter the following extra Javadoc options (replace /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Downloads by the location where you downloaded the OGP Taglets .jar file):

   -tagletpath /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Downloads/ogptaglets-0.2.jar -taglet ogptaglets.ImmutableTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.InvariantsTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.RepresentationObjectTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.RepresentationObjectsTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.PeerObjectTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.PeerObjectsTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.BasicTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.PreconditionsTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.InspectsTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.MutatesTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.MutatesPropertiesTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.CreatesTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.ThrowsTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.MayThrowTaglet -taglet ogptaglets.PostconditionsTaglet
   

   Also, check the Open generated index file in browser checkbox. Then, click Finish.

FAQ

Javadoc generates lots of errors and warnings

Javadoc checks that all content of Javadoc comments is valid HTML. However, the formal parts of OGP tags are not necessarily valid HTML. Javadoc complains about this but it does not otherwise cause problems, so these errors can safely be ignored.

In particular, the following errors can safely be ignored:

• Malformed HTML errors on less-than (<) signs inside OGP tag formal parts
• Bad HTML entity errors on ampersand (&) signs inside OGP tag formal parts

Javadoc also warns about missing @param and @return tags. These warnings, too, can safely be ignored.

If you get errors about unknown tags, however, make sure you spelled the tag name correctly and you are using the complete up-to-date set of extra Javadoc options specified above.