String content in javadoc

Question

I was wondering, is it possible to generate javadoc for public String constants to generate javadoc which contains its content? E.g. For field:

public static final String MENU = "menu_2";

it would generate javadoc like this:

 /**
  * value: menu_2
  */

Answer 1

You can reference it directly in the comment:

/**
 * MENU static field whose value is: {@value #MENU}
 */
public static final String MENU = "menu_2";

Answer 2

Use value tag /**value: {@value}*/. See this link for javadoc tags: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/windows/javadoc.html#javadoctags.