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dokka [](https://teamcity.jetbrains.com/viewType.html?buildTypeId=Kotlin_Dokka_DokkaAntMavenGradle&branch_KotlinTools_Dokka=%3Cdefault%3E&tab=buildTypeStatusDiv) [  ](https://bintray.com/kotlin/dokka/dokka/_latestVersion)
=====
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 Command Line
To run Dokka from the command line, download the [Dokka jar](https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/releases/download/0.9.8/dokka-fatjar.jar).
To generate documentation, run the following command:
java -jar dokka-fatjar.jar <source directories> <arguments>
Dokka supports the following command line arguments:
* `-output` - the output directory where the documentation is generated
* `-format` - the output format:
* `html` - HTML (default)
* `markdown` - Markdown
* `jekyll` - Markdown adapted for Jekyll sites
* `javadoc` - Javadoc (showing how the project can be accessed from Java)
* `-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)
* `-module` - 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
* `-nodeprecated` - if set, deprecated elements are not included in the generated documentation
### 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
<project name="Dokka" default="document">
<typedef resource="dokka-antlib.xml" classpath="dokka-fatjar.jar"/>
<target name="document">
<dokka src="src" outputdir="doc" modulename="myproject"/>
</target>
</project>
```
The Ant task supports the following attributes:
* `outputdir` - the output directory where the documentation is generated
* `outputformat` - the output format (see the list of supported formats above)
* `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
### Using the Maven plugin
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>${dokka.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>pre-site</phase>
<goals>
<goal>dokka</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
```
By default files will be generated in `target/dokka`.
The following goals are provided by the plugin:
* `dokka:dokka` - generate HTML documentation in Dokka format (showing declarations in Kotlin syntax);
* `dokka:javadoc` - generate HTML documentation in JavaDoc format (showing declarations in Java syntax);
* `dokka:javadocJar` - generate a .jar file with JavaDoc format documentation.
Configuring source links mapping:
```xml
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.dokka</groupId>
<artifactId>dokka-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${dokka.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>pre-site</phase>
<goals>
<goal>dokka</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<sourceLinks>
<link>
<dir>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</dir>
<url>http://github.com/me/myrepo</url>
</link>
</sourceLinks>
</configuration>
</plugin>
```
Please see the [Dokka Maven example project](https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-examples/tree/master/maven/dokka-maven-example) for an example.
### Using the Gradle plugin
```groovy
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin:${dokka_version}"
}
}
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka'
```
The plugin adds a task named "dokka" to the project. The available configuration
options are shown below:
```groovy
dokka {
moduleName = 'data'
outputFormat = 'javadoc'
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/javadoc"
processConfigurations = ['compile', 'extra']
includes = ['packages.md', 'extra.md']
samples = ['samples/basic.kt', 'samples/advanced.kt']
linkMapping {
dir = "src/main/kotlin"
url = "https://github.com/cy6erGn0m/vertx3-lang-kotlin/blob/master/src/main/kotlin"
suffix = "#L"
}
sourceDirs = files('src/main/kotlin')
}
```
To get it generated use gradle `dokka` task
```bash
./gradlew dokka
```
More dokka tasks can be added to a project like this:
```groovy
task dokkaJavadoc(type: org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.DokkaTask) {
outputFormat = 'javadoc'
outputDirectory = "$buildDir/javadoc"
}
```
Please see the [Dokka Gradle example project](https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-examples/tree/master/gradle/dokka-gradle-example) for an example.
#### 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}"
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka-android'
```
## Dokka Internals
### Documentation Model
Dokka uses Kotlin-as-a-service technology to build `code model`, then processes it into `documentation model`.
`Documentation model` is graph of items describing code elements such as classes, packages, functions, etc.
Each node has semantic attached, e.g. Value:name -> Type:String means that some value `name` is of type `String`.
Each reference between nodes also has semantic attached, and there are three of them:
1. Member - reference means that target is member of the source, form tree.
2. Detail - reference means that target describes source in more details, form tree.
3. Link - any link to any other node, free form.
Member & Detail has reverse Owner reference, while Link's back reference is also Link.
Nodes that are Details of other nodes cannot have Members.
### Rendering Docs
When we have documentation model, we can render docs in various formats, languages and layouts. We have some core services:
* FormatService -- represents output format
* LocationService -- represents folder and file layout
* SignatureGenerator -- represents target language by generating class/function/package signatures from model
Basically, given the `documentation` as a model, we do this:
```kotlin
val signatureGenerator = KotlinSignatureGenerator()
val locationService = FoldersLocationService(arguments.outputDir)
val markdown = JekyllFormatService(locationService, signatureGenerator)
val generator = FileGenerator(signatureGenerator, locationService, markdown)
generator.generate(documentation)
```
## 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.
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