How to extract JavaDoc comments from the source files

Question

How do I extract the JavaDoc comments from the Java source files ? as well as format them as I want to?

Answer 1

See the Doclets section of Javadoc Tool Home Page for the standard approach.

Doclets The standard doclet generates HTML and is built into the Javadoc tool. Other doclets that Java Software has developed are listed here. ..

See particularly Example - Subclassing the Standard Doclet & the Doclet API.