Is there any tool / Eclipse plugin that can remove all JavaDoc comments in a file?
The normal (non-JavaDoc) comments should be intact after running the tool.
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The normal (non-JavaDoc) comments should be intact after running the tool.
See Question&Answers more detail:osTry this regex to search replace either in eclipse / sed / your favorite editor that has regex support.
/**(?s:(?!*/).)**/
?s
treat input as single line**
*/
*/
Edit
To tackle cases where strings containing javadoc, use this regex
((?<!\)"([^"]|(?<=\)")*")|(/**(?s:(?!*/).)**/)
and replace it with first capture group
/1
Then if you say this shouldn't match
///** */
or more complex cases
I suggest, using a parser tool like antlr to parse using java grammar for tokens like comments and strings and remove elements that you don't want
Sometime I find my own regex answers cryptic !!
So here is some visual feedback
((?!\)"([^"]|(?=\)")*")|(/**(?:(?!*/).)**/)
/**(?:(?!*/).)**/