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Dokka is a documentation engine for Kotlin, performing the same function as javadoc for Java.
Just like Kotlin itself, Dokka fully supports mixed-language Java/Kotlin projects. It understands
standard Javadoc comments in Java files and [KDoc comments](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/kotlin-doc.html) in Kotlin files,
and can generate documentation in multiple formats including standard Javadoc, HTML and Markdown.
## Using Dokka
### Using the Gradle plugin
```groovy
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin:${dokka_version}"
}
}
repositories {
jcenter() // or maven { url 'https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/dokka' }
}
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka'
```
or using the plugins block:
```groovy
plugins {
id 'org.jetbrains.dokka' version '0.9.19'
}
repositories {
jcenter() // or maven { url 'https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/dokka' }
}
```
The plugin adds a task named `dokka` to the project.
If you encounter any problems when migrating from older versions of Dokka, please see the [FAQ](https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/wiki/faq).
Minimal dokka configuration:
Groovy
```groovy
dokka {
outputFormat = 'html'
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/dokka"
}
```
Kotlin
```kotlin
tasks {
val dokka by getting(DokkaTask::class) {
outputFormat = "html"
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/dokka"
}
}
```
[Output formats](#output_formats)
The available configuration options for single platform are shown below:
```groovy
dokka {
outputFormat = 'html'
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/javadoc"
// In case of a Gradle multiproject build, you can include subprojects here to get merged documentation
// Note however, that you have to have the Kotlin plugin available in the root project and in the subprojects
subProjects = ["subproject1", "subproject2"]
// Used for disabling auto extraction of sources and platforms in both multi-platform and single-platform modes
// When set to true, subProject and kotlinTasks are also omitted
disableAutoconfiguration = false
// Use default or set to custom path to cache directory
// to enable package-list caching
// When this is set to default, caches are stored in $USER_HOME/.cache/dokka
cacheRoot = 'default'
configuration {
moduleName = 'data'
// Use to include or exclude non public members.
includeNonPublic = false
// Do not output deprecated members. Applies globally, can be overridden by packageOptions
skipDeprecated = false
// Emit warnings about not documented members. Applies globally, also can be overridden by packageOptions
reportUndocumented = true
// Do not create index pages for empty packages
skipEmptyPackages = true
// See the "Platforms" section of this readme
targets = ["JVM"]
// Platform used for code analysis. See the "Platforms" section of this readme
platform = "JVM"
// Property used for manual addition of files to the classpath
// This property does not override the classpath collected automatically but appends to it
classpath = [new File("$buildDir/other.jar")]
// By default, sourceRoots are taken from Kotlin Plugin, subProjects and kotlinTasks, following roots will be appended to them
sourceRoots = [files('src/main/kotlin')]
// List of files with module and package documentation
// https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/kotlin-doc.html#module-and-package-documentation
includes = ['packages.md', 'extra.md']
// List of files or directories containing sample code (referenced with @sample tags)
samples = ['samples/basic.kt', 'samples/advanced.kt']
// By default, sourceRoots are taken from Kotlin Plugin, subProjects and kotlinTasks, following roots will be appended to them
// Full form sourceRoot declaration
// Repeat for multiple sourceRoots
sourceRoot {
// Path to a source root
path = "src"
}
// These tasks will be used to determine source directories and classpath
kotlinTasks {
defaultKotlinTasks() + [':some:otherCompileKotlin', project("another").compileKotlin]
}
// Specifies the location of the project source code on the Web.
// If provided, Dokka generates "source" links for each declaration.
// Repeat for multiple mappings
sourceLink {
// Unix based directory relative path to the root of the project (where you execute gradle respectively).
path = "src/main/kotlin" // or simply "./"
// URL showing where the source code can be accessed through the web browser
url = "https://github.com/cy6erGn0m/vertx3-lang-kotlin/blob/master/src/main/kotlin" //remove src/main/kotlin if you use "./" above
// Suffix which is used to append the line number to the URL. Use #L for GitHub
lineSuffix = "#L"
}
// Used for linking to JDK documentation
jdkVersion = 6
// Disable linking to online kotlin-stdlib documentation
noStdlibLink = false
// Disable linking to online JDK documentation
noJdkLink = false
// Allows linking to documentation of the project's dependencies (generated with Javadoc or Dokka)
// Repeat for multiple links
externalDocumentationLink {
// Root URL of the generated documentation to link with. The trailing slash is required!
url = new URL("https://example.com/docs/")
// If package-list file is located in non-standard location
// packageListUrl = new URL("file:///home/user/localdocs/package-list")
}
// Allows to customize documentation generation options on a per-package basis
// Repeat for multiple packageOptions
perPackageOption {
prefix = "kotlin" // will match kotlin and all sub-packages of it
// All options are optional, default values are below:
skipDeprecated = false
reportUndocumented = true // Emit warnings about not documented members
includeNonPublic = false
}
// Suppress a package
perPackageOption {
prefix = "kotlin.internal" // will match kotlin.internal and all sub-packages of it
suppress = true
}
}
}
```
#### Multiplatform
Since 0.9.19 dokka supports multiplatform projects.
The available configuration options for multiplatform are like those for single platform, but the `configuration` block
is replaced by `multiplatform` which has inner blocks for each platform. The inner blocks can be named arbitrary,
however if you want to use source roots and classpath provided by Kotlin Multiplatform plugin, they must have the same names.
Groovy
```groovy
kotlin { // Kotlin Multiplatform plugin configuration
jvm()
js("customName")
}
dokka {
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/dokka"
outputFormat = "html"
multiplatform {
customName {} // The same name as in Kotlin Multiplatform plugin, so the sources are fetched automatically
differentName { // Different name, so source roots, classpath and platform must be passed explicitly
targets = ["JVM"]
platform = "jvm"
sourceRoot {
path = kotlin.sourceSets.jvmMain.kotlin.srcDirs[0]
}
sourceRoot {
path = kotlin.sourceSets.commonMain.kotlin.srcDirs[0]
}
}
}
}
```
Kotlin
```kotlin
kotlin { // Kotlin Multiplatform plugin configuration
jvm()
js("customName")
}
val dokka by getting(DokkaTask::class) {
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/dokka"
outputFormat = "html"
multiplatform {
val customName by creating {} // The same name as in Kotlin Multiplatform plugin, so the sources are fetched automatically
register("differentName") { // Different name, so source roots must be passed explicitly
targets = listOf("JVM")
platform = "jvm"
sourceRoot {
path = kotlin.sourceSets.getByName("jvmMain").kotlin.srcDirs.first().toString()
}
sourceRoot {
path = kotlin.sourceSets.getByName("commonMain").kotlin.srcDirs.first().toString()
}
}
}
}
```
Note that `javadoc` output format cannot be used with multiplatform.
To generate the documentation, use the `dokka` Gradle task:
```bash
./gradlew dokka
```
More dokka tasks can be added to a project like this:
```groovy
task dokkaJavadoc(type: org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.DokkaTask) {
outputFormat = 'javadoc'
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/javadoc"
}
```
Please see the [Dokka Gradle example project](https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-examples/tree/master/gradle/dokka-gradle-example) for an example.
#### Dokka Runtime
If you are using Gradle plugin and you want to use a custom version of Dokka, you can do it by setting `dokkaRuntime` configuration:
```groovy
buildscript {
...
}
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka'
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
dokkaRuntime "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-fatjar:0.9.19"
}
dokka {
outputFormat = 'html'
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/dokkaHtml"
}
```
To use your Fat Jar, just set the path to it:
```groovy
buildscript {
...
}
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka'
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
dokkaRuntime files("/path/to/fatjar/dokka-fatjar-0.9.19.jar")
}
dokka {
outputFormat = 'html'
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/dokkaHtml"
}
```
#### FAQ
If you encounter any problems, please see the [FAQ](https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/wiki/faq).
#### Android
If you are using Android there is a separate Gradle plugin. Just make sure you apply the plugin after
`com.android.library` and `kotlin-android`.
```groovy
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-android-gradle-plugin:${dokka_version}"
}
}
repositories {
jcenter()
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka-android'
```
### Using the Maven plugin
The Maven plugin does not support multiplatform projects.
The Maven plugin is available in JCenter. You need to add the JCenter repository to the list of plugin repositories if it's not there:
```xml
jcenterJCenterhttps://jcenter.bintray.com/
```
Minimal Maven configuration is
```xml
org.jetbrains.dokkadokka-maven-plugin${dokka.version}pre-sitedokka
```
By default files will be generated in `target/dokka`.
The following goals are provided by the plugin:
* `dokka:dokka` - generate HTML documentation in Dokka format (showing declarations in Kotlin syntax);
* `dokka:javadoc` - generate HTML documentation in JavaDoc format (showing declarations in Java syntax);
* `dokka:javadocJar` - generate a .jar file with JavaDoc format documentation.
The available configuration options are shown below:
```xml
org.jetbrains.dokkadokka-maven-plugin${dokka.version}pre-sitedokkafalsedatahtmlsome/out/dirdefaultpackages.mdextra.mdsrc/test/samples6falsetruetruesrc/main/kotlinsrc/main/kotlinJVM${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlinhttps://github.com/cy6erGn0m/vertx3-lang-kotlin/blob/master/src/main/kotlin#Lfalsefalsehttps://example.com/docs/kotlinfalsetruefalse
```
Please see the [Dokka Maven example project](https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-examples/tree/master/maven/dokka-maven-example) for an example.
[Output formats](#output_formats)
### Using the Ant task
The Ant task definition is also contained in the dokka-fatjar.jar referenced above. Here's an example of using it:
```xml
```
The Ant task supports the following attributes:
* `outputDir` - the output directory where the documentation is generated
* `format` - the output format (see the list of supported formats below)
* `classpath` - list of directories or .jar files to include in the classpath (used for resolving references)
* `samples` - list of directories containing sample code (documentation for those directories is not generated but declarations from them can be referenced using the `@sample` tag)
* `moduleName` - the name of the module being documented (used as the root directory of the generated documentation)
* `include` - names of files containing the documentation for the module and individual packages
* `skipDeprecated` - if set, deprecated elements are not included in the generated documentation
* `jdkVersion` - version for linking to JDK
* `` - analogue of src, but allows to specify [platforms](#platforms)
* `` -
Per package options for package `kotlin` and sub-packages of it
* `noStdlibLink` - disable linking to online kotlin-stdlib documentation
* `noJdkLink` - disable linking to online JDK documentation
* `` -
linking to external documentation, packageListUrl should be used if package-list located not in standard location
* `cacheRoot` - Use `default` or set to custom path to cache directory to enable package-list caching. When set to `default`, caches stored in $USER_HOME/.cache/dokka
### Using the Command Line
To run Dokka from the command line, download the [Dokka jar](https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/releases/download/0.9.10/dokka-fatjar.jar).
To generate documentation, run the following command:
java -jar dokka-fatjar.jar
Dokka supports the following command line arguments:
* `-output` - the output directory where the documentation is generated
* `-format` - the [output format](#output-formats):
* `-cacheRoot` - use `default` or set to custom path to cache directory to enable package-list caching. When set to `default`, caches stored in $USER_HOME/.cache/dokka
* `-pass` - (repeatable) - configuration for single analyser pass. Following this argument, you can pass other arguments:
* `-src` - (repeatable) - source file or directory (allows many paths separated by the system path separator)
* `-classpath` - (repeatable) - directory or .jar file to include in the classpath (used for resolving references)
* `-sample` - (repeatable) - directory containing a sample code (documentation for those directories is not generated but declarations from them can be referenced using the `@sample` tag)
* `-module` - the name of the module being documented (used as the root directory of the generated documentation)
* `-include` - (repeatable) - names of files containing the documentation for the module and individual packages
* `-skipDeprecated` - if set, deprecated elements are not included in the generated documentation
* `-reportUndocumented` - warn about undocumented members
* `-skipEmptyPackages` - do not create index pages for empty packages
* `-packageOptions` - list of package options in format `prefix,-deprecated,-privateApi,+warnUndocumented;prefix, ...`
* `-links` - external documentation links in format `url^packageListUrl^^url2...`
* `-srcLink` - (repeatable) - mapping between a source directory and a Web site for browsing the code in format `=[#lineSuffix]`
* `-noStdlibLink` - disable linking to online kotlin-stdlib documentation
* `-noJdkLink` - disable linking to online JDK documentation
* `-jdkVersion` - version of JDK to use for linking to JDK JavaDoc
* `-analysisPlatform` - platform used for analysis, see the [Platforms](#platforms) section
* `-target` - (repeatable) - generation target
### Output formats
* `html` - minimalistic html format used by default, Java classes are translated to Kotlin
* `javadoc` - looks like normal Javadoc, Kotlin classes are translated to Java
* `html-as-java` - looks like `html`, but Kotlin classes are translated to Java
* `markdown` - markdown structured as `html`, Java classes are translated to Kotlin
* `gfm` - GitHub flavored markdown
* `jekyll` - Jekyll compatible markdown
* `kotlin-website*` - internal format used for documentation on [kotlinlang.org](https://kotlinlang.org)
### Platforms
Dokka can annotate elements with special `platform` block with platform requirements
Example result and usage can be found on [kotlinlang.org](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/)
Each multiplatform closure has two properties: `platform` and `targets`. If you use autoconfiguration, those are filled automatically.
`targets` property is a list of platform names that will be shown in the final result.
`platform` property is used for the analysis of source roots. Available values are:
* `jvm`
* `js`
* `native`
* `common`
## Building Dokka
Dokka is built with Gradle. To build it, use `./gradlew build`.
Alternatively, open the project directory in IntelliJ IDEA and use the IDE to build and run Dokka.