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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:${dokka_version}"
}
}
repositories {
jcenter() // or maven { url 'https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/dokka' }
}
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka'
```
or using the plugins block:
```groovy
plugins {
id 'org.jetbrains.dokka' version '0.10.0'
}
repositories {
jcenter() // or maven { url 'https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/dokka' }
}
```
The plugin adds a task named `dokka` to the project.
If you encounter any problems when migrating from older versions of Dokka, please see the [FAQ](https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/wiki/faq).
Minimal dokka configuration:
Groovy
```groovy
dokka {
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/dokka"
}
```
Kotlin
```kotlin
tasks.dokkaHtml {
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/dokka"
}
```
You may need to add an `import org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.dokka` to the top of `build.gradle.kts` in this case.
[Output formats](#output_formats)
The available configuration options for single platform are shown below:
```groovy
dokka {
outputDirectory = "$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 $USER_HOME/.cache/dokka
cacheRoot = 'default'
configuration {
moduleName = 'data'
// Use to include or exclude non public members.
includeNonPublic = false
// Do not output deprecated members. Applies globally, can be overridden by packageOptions
skipDeprecated = false
// Emit warnings about not documented members. Applies globally, also can be overridden by packageOptions
reportUndocumented = true
// Do not create index pages for empty packages
skipEmptyPackages = true
// This is a list of platform names that will be shown in the final result. See the "Platforms" section of this readme
targets = ["JVM"]
// Platform used for code analysis. See the "Platforms" section of this readme
platform = "JVM"
// Property used for manual addition of files to the classpath
// This property does not override the classpath collected automatically but appends to it
classpath = [new File("$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 version 0.10.0 dokka supports multiplatform projects. For a general understanding how a multiplatform documentation is generated, please consult the [FAQ](https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/wiki/faq).
In the multiplatform mode, instead of using the `configuration` block, you should use a `multiplatform` block with inner blocks for each platform.
The `configuration` block's parameters belong to those inner blocks, which can be named arbitrarly, however if you want to use source roots and classpath provided by Kotlin Multiplatform plugin,
they must have the same names as in the Kotlin Multiplatform plugin. See an example below:
Groovy
```groovy
kotlin { // Kotlin Multiplatform plugin configuration
jvm()
js("customName") // Define a js platform named "customName" If you want to generate docs for it, you need to have this name in dokka configuration below
}
dokkaHtml {
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/dokka"
multiplatform {
customName { // The same name as in Kotlin Multiplatform plugin, so the sources are fetched automatically
includes = ['packages.md', 'extra.md']
samples = ['samples/basic.kt', 'samples/advanced.kt']
}
differentName { // Different name, so source roots, classpath and platform must be passed explicitly.
targets = ["JVM"]
platform = "jvm"
sourceRoot {
path = kotlin.sourceSets.jvmMain.kotlin.srcDirs[0]
}
sourceRoot {
path = kotlin.sourceSets.commonMain.kotlin.srcDirs[0]
}
}
}
}
```
Kotlin
```kotlin
kotlin { // Kotlin Multiplatform plugin configuration
jvm()
js("customName")
}
dokkaHtml {
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/dokka"
multiplatform {
val customName by creating { // The same name as in Kotlin Multiplatform plugin, so the sources are fetched automatically
includes = listOf("packages.md", "extra.md")
samples = listOf("samples/basic.kt", "samples/advanced.kt")
}
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()
}
}
}
}
```
For convenience, there is also a reserved block called `global`, which is a top-level configuration of `perPackageOptions`, `externalDocumentationLinks`, and `sourceLinks` shared by every platform. Eg.
```groovy
dokkaHtml {
multiplatform {
global { // perPackageOptions, sourceLinks and externalDocumentationLinks from here will be copied to every other platform (jvm and js in eg.)
perPackageOption {
prefix = "com.somePackage"
suppress = true
}
perPackageOption { // You can repeat this block for multiple perPackageOptions
prefix = "kotlin"
skipDeprecated = false
reportUndocumented = true
includeNonPublic = false
}
sourceLink {
path = "src/main/kotlin"
url = "https://github.com/cy6erGn0m/vertx3-lang-kotlin/blob/master/src/main/kotlin"
lineSuffix = "#L"
}
externalDocumentationLink {
url = new URL("https://example.com/docs/")
}
}
js {}
jvm {}
}
}
```
The parameters from the `global` block are appended to all the other platform configurations (in the example - `js` and `jvm`) and cannot be overriden.
Note that `javadoc` output format cannot be used with multiplatform.
To generate the documentation, use the `dokka` Gradle task:
```bash
./gradlew dokka
```
Please see the [Dokka Gradle example project](https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-examples/tree/master/gradle/dokka-gradle-example) for an example.
#### FAQ
If you encounter any problems, please see the [FAQ](https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/wiki/faq).
#### Android
Since version 0.10.0 the separate Android plugin is merged with the default one.
Just make sure you apply the plugin after
`com.android.library` and `kotlin-android`.
```groovy
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin:${dokka_version}"
}
}
repositories {
jcenter()
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka'
```
There is also a `noAndroidSdkLink` configuration parameter that works similar to `noJdkLink` and `noStdlibLink`
By default the variant documented by dokka is the first release variant encountered.
You can override that by setting the `androidVariant` property inside the `configuration` (or specific platform) block:
```groovy
dokka {
configuration {
androidVariant = "debug"
}
}
```
### Using the Maven plugin
The Maven plugin does not support multiplatform projects.
The Maven plugin is available in JCenter. You need to add the JCenter repository to the list of plugin repositories if it's not there:
```xml
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>jcenter</id>
<name>JCenter</name>
<url>https://jcenter.bintray.com/</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
```
Minimal Maven configuration is
```xml
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.dokka</groupId>
<artifactId>dokka-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${dokka.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>pre-site</phase>
<goals>
<goal>dokka</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
```
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
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.dokka</groupId>
<artifactId>dokka-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${dokka.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>pre-site</phase>
<goals>
<goal>dokka</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<!-- Set to true to skip dokka task, default: false -->
<skip>false</skip>
<!-- Default: ${project.artifactId} -->
<moduleName>data</moduleName>
<!-- Default: ${project.basedir}/target/dokka -->
<outputDir>some/out/dir</outputDir>
<!-- 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 -->
<cacheRoot>default</cacheRoot>
<!-- List of '.md' files with package and module docs -->
<!-- https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/kotlin-doc.html#module-and-package-documentation -->
<includes>
<include>packages.md</include>
<include>extra.md</include>
</includes>
<!-- List of sample roots -->
<samples>
<dir>src/test/samples</dir>
</samples>
<!-- Used for linking to JDK, default: 6 -->
<jdkVersion>6</jdkVersion>
<!-- Do not output deprecated members, applies globally, can be overridden by packageOptions -->
<skipDeprecated>false</skipDeprecated>
<!-- Emit warnings about not documented members, applies globally, also can be overridden by packageOptions -->
<reportUndocumented>true</reportUndocumented>
<!-- Do not create index pages for empty packages -->
<skipEmptyPackages>true</skipEmptyPackages>
<!-- Short form list of sourceRoots, by default, set to ${project.compileSourceRoots} -->
<sourceDirectories>
<dir>src/main/kotlin</dir>
</sourceDirectories>
<!-- Full form list of sourceRoots -->
<sourceRoots>
<root>
<path>src/main/kotlin</path>
<!-- See platforms section of documentation -->
<platforms>JVM</platforms>
</root>
</sourceRoots>
<!-- Specifies the location of the project source code on the Web. If provided, Dokka generates "source" links
for each declaration. -->
<sourceLinks>
<link>
<!-- Source directory -->
<path>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</path>
<!-- 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</url> <!-- //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</lineSuffix>
</link>
</sourceLinks>
<!-- Disable linking to online kotlin-stdlib documentation -->
<noStdlibLink>false</noStdlibLink>
<!-- Disable linking to online JDK documentation -->
<noJdkLink>false</noJdkLink>
<!-- Allows linking to documentation of the project's dependencies (generated with Javadoc or Dokka) -->
<externalDocumentationLinks>
<link>
<!-- Root URL of the generated documentation to link with. The trailing slash is required! -->
<url>https://example.com/docs/</url>
<!-- If package-list file located in non-standard location -->
<!-- <packageListUrl>file:///home/user/localdocs/package-list</packageListUrl> -->
</link>
</externalDocumentationLinks>
<!-- Allows to customize documentation generation options on a per-package basis -->
<perPackageOptions>
<packageOptions>
<!-- Will match kotlin and all sub-packages of it -->
<prefix>kotlin</prefix>
<!-- All options are optional, default values are below: -->
<skipDeprecated>false</skipDeprecated>
<!-- Emit warnings about not documented members -->
<reportUndocumented>true</reportUndocumented>
<includeNonPublic>false</includeNonPublic>
</packageOptions>
</perPackageOptions>
</configuration>
</plugin>
```
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 Command Line
To run Dokka from the command line, download the [Dokka jar](https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/releases/download/0.10.0/dokka-fatjar.jar).
To generate documentation, run the following command:
java -jar dokka-fatjar.jar <arguments>
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,+reportUndocumented;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 `<path>=<url>[#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<a name="output_formats"></a>
* `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<a name="platforms"></a>
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. Note that the value of this property
doesn't affect analysis of source code, it just changes the result. You can think of this as a `name` property
`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.
Here's how to import and configure Dokka in IntelliJ IDEA 2019.3:
* Select "Open" from the IDEA welcome screen, or File > Open if a project is
already open
* Select the directory with your clone of Dokka
* Note: IDEA may have an error after the project is initally opened; it is OK
to ignore this as the next step will address this error
* After IDEA opens the project, select File > New > Module from existing sources
and select the `build.gradle` file from the root directory of your Dokka clone
* After Dokka is loaded into IDEA, open the Gradle tool window (View > Tool
Windows > Gradle) and click on the top left "Refresh all Gradle projects"
button