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# Java 9 Improved Javadoc [ Java 9 New Features](#) The javadoc tool can generate Java documentation. The output of javadoc in Java 9 now conforms to the HTML5 standard. **Older Version Documentation (Before Java 9)** Consider the following file code C:/JAVA/Tester.java: ## Example /** * @author MahKumar * @version 0.1 */public class Tester{/** * Default method to be run to print *

Hello world

* @param args command line arguments */public static void main(String[]args){System.out.println("Hello World"); }} Use javadoc from JDK 7 to generate documentation: C:JAVA>javadoc -d C:/JAVA Tester.java Loading source file tester.java...Constructing Javadoc information...Standard Doclet version 1.7.0_21Building tree for all the packages and classes...Generating C:JAVATester.html...Generating C:JAVApackage-frame.html...Generating C:JAVApackage-summary.html...Generating C:JAVApackage-tree.html...Generating C:JAVAconstant-values.html...Building index for all the packages and classes...Generating C:JAVAoverview-tree.html...Generating C:JAVAindex-all.html...Generating C:JAVAdeprecated-list.html...Building index for all classes...Generating C:JAVAallclasses-frame.html...Generating C:JAVAallclasses-noframe.html...Generating C:JAVAindex.html...Generating C:JAVAhelp-doc.html... Executing the above command will generate the documentation pages under the C:/JAVA directory, as shown in the following figure: !(#) **Documentation Generated by Java 9 Conforms to HTML5 Standard** Using the -html5 parameter in the JDK 9 javadoc command allows the generated documentation to support the HTML5 standard: C:JAVA> javadoc -d C:/JAVA -html5 Tester.java Loading source file Tester.java...Constructing Javadoc information...Standard Doclet version 9.0.1Building tree for all the packages and classes...Generating C:JAVATester.html...Generating C:JAVApackage-frame.html...Generating C:JAVApackage-summary.html...Generating C:JAVApackage-tree.html...Generating C:JAVAconstant-values.html...Building index for all the packages and classes...Generating C:JAVAoverview-tree.html...Generating C:JAVAindex-all.html...Generating C:JAVAdeprecated-list.html...Building index for all classes...Generating C:JAVAallclasses-frame.html...Generating C:JAVAallclasses-frame.html...Generating C:JAVAallclasses-noframe.html...Generating C:JAVAallclasses-noframe.html...Generating C:JAVAindex.html...Generating C:JAVAhelp-doc.html... Executing the above command will generate the documentation pages under the C:/JAVA directory, as shown in the following figure: !(#) [ Java 9 New Features](#)