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<h1><a class="anchor" name="features">Features</a></h1> <ul>
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Requires very little overhead from the writer of the documentation. Plain text will do, but for more fancy or structured output HTML tags and/or some of doxygen's special commands can be used. </li>
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Supports C/C++, Java, (Corba and Microsoft) Java, Python, IDL, C#, Objective-C and to some extent D and PHP sources. </li>
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Supports documentation of files, namespaces, packages, classes, structs, unions, templates, variables, functions, typedefs, enums and defines. </li>
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JavaDoc (1.1), Qt-Doc, and ECMA-334 (C# spec.) compatible. </li>
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Automatically generates class and collaboration diagrams in HTML (as clickable image maps) and <img class="formulaInl" alt="$\mbox{\LaTeX}$" src="form_0.png"> (as Encapsulated PostScript images). </li>
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Uses the dot tool of the Graphviz tool kit to generate include dependency graphs, collaboration diagrams, and graphical class hierarchy graphs. </li>
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Flexible comment placement: Allows you to put documentation in the header file (before the declaration of an entity), source file (before the definition of an entity) or in a separate file. </li>
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Generates a list of all members of a class (including any inherited members) along with their protection level. </li>
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Outputs documentation in on-line format (HTML and UNIX man page) and off-line format (<img class="formulaInl" alt="$\mbox{\LaTeX}$" src="form_0.png"> and RTF) simultaneously (any of these can be disabled if desired). All formats are optimized for ease of reading. <br>
Furthermore, compressed HTML can be generated from HTML output using Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop (Windows only) and PDF can be generated from the <img class="formulaInl" alt="$\mbox{\LaTeX}$" src="form_0.png"> output. </li>
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Includes a full C preprocessor to allow proper parsing of conditional code fragments and to allow expansion of all or part of macros definitions. </li>
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Automatically detects public, protected and private sections, as well as the Qt specific signal and slots sections. Extraction of private class members is optional. </li>
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Automatically generates references to documented classes, files, namespaces and members. Documentation of global functions, globals variables, typedefs, defines and enumerations is also supported. </li>
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References to base/super classes and inherited/overridden members are generated automatically. </li>
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Includes a fast, rank based search engine to search for strings or words in the class and member documentation. </li>
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You can type normal HTML tags in your documentation. Doxygen will convert them to their equivalent <img class="formulaInl" alt="$\mbox{\LaTeX}$" src="form_0.png">, RTF, and man-page counterparts automatically. </li>
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Allows references to documentation generated for other projects (or another part of the same project) in a location independent way. </li>
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Allows inclusion of source code examples that are automatically cross-referenced with the documentation. </li>
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Inclusion of undocumented classes is also supported, allowing to quickly learn the structure and interfaces of a (large) piece of code without looking into the implementation details. </li>
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Allows automatic cross-referencing of (documented) entities with their definition in the source code. </li>
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All source code fragments are syntax highlighted for ease of reading. </li>
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Allows inclusion of function/member/class definitions in the documentation. </li>
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All options are read from an easy to edit and (optionally) annotated configuration file. </li>
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Documentation and search engine can be transferred to another location or machine without regenerating the documentation. </li>
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Can cope with large projects easily. </li>
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Although doxygen can be used in any C or C++ project, initially it was specifically designed to be used for projects that make use of Troll Tech's <a href="http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt.html">Qt toolkit</a>. I have tried to make doxygen `Qt-compatible'. That is: Doxygen can read the documentation contained in the Qt source code and create a class browser that looks very similar to the one that is generated by Troll Tech. Doxygen understands the C++ extensions used by Qt such as signals and slots.<p>
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