New Tags

This section attempts to list all of the new tags added in HeaderDoc 8 (some of which were actually available, but undocumented, in HeaderDoc 7).

@classdesign

Text block describing the overall design of a class

@coclass

String describing a class that this class was designed to work with

@dependency

String describing a class upon which this class depends heavily

@exception

String describing an exception thrown by a function/method/class

@functiongroup

Tag for grouping functions and methods; this takes priority over the @group tag with respect to functions and methods

@group

Tag for grouping data, functions, and so on

(Note: the @functiongroup tag takes priority over the @group tag for functions.)

@helper

String telling what helper classes this class uses

@helps

For helper classes, string telling what sort of classes this class was designed to help

@instancesize

Text block containing the size of an instance of this class

@methodgroup

See @functiongroup.

@ownership

String describing what class instantiates the current class (for example, I/O Kit nubs)

@performance

Text block to describe performance characteristics of a class (for example, “This class is not appropriate for use in high-performance environments”)

@security

Text block to describe security considerations when using this class

@superclass

Adds superclass info to a C pseudoclass; also can be used to cause members of the superclass to be merged into the subclass

@throws

See @exception.

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