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# Documenting code in Apache 2.4

Apache 2.4 uses Doxygen to document the APIs and global variables in the code. This will explain the basics of how to document using Doxygen.

## Brief Description ¶

To start a documentation block, use `/**`
To end a documentation block, use `*/`

In the middle of the block, there are multiple tags we can use:

`Description of this functions purpose
@param parameter_name description
@return description
@deffunc signature of the function
`

The `deffunc` is not always necessary. DoxyGen does not have a full parser in it, so any prototype that use a macro in the return type declaration is too complex for scandoc. Those functions require a `deffunc`. An example (using &gt; rather than >):

`/**
* return the final element of the pathname
* @param pathname The path to get the final element of
* @return the final element of the path
* @tip Examples:
* <pre>
* "/foo/bar/gum" -&gt; "gum"
* "/foo/bar/gum/" -&gt; ""
* "gum" -&gt; "gum"
* "wi\\n32\\stuff" -&gt; "stuff"
* </pre>
* @deffunc const char * ap_filename_of_pathname(const char *pathname)
*/`

At the top of the header file, always include:

`/**
* @package Name of library header
*/`

Doxygen uses a new HTML file for each package. The HTML files are named {Name_of_library_header}.html, so try to be concise with your names.

For a further discussion of the possibilities please refer to the Doxygen site.