Code snippets inside documentation

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The canonical way of writing code inside documentation is with the {@code } construct. If you have multiline code wrap inside <pre></pre>.

/**
 * The Class TestUtils.
 * <p>
 * This is an {@code inline("code example")}.
 * <p>
 * You should wrap it in pre tags when writing multiline code.
 * <pre>{@code
 *  Example example1 = new FirstLineExample();
 *  example1.butYouCanHaveMoreThanOneLine();
 * }</pre>
 * <p>
 * Thanks for reading.
 */
class TestUtils {

Sometimes you may need to put some complex code inside the javadoc comment. The @ sign is specially problematic. The use of the old <code> tag alongside the {@literal } construct solves the problem.

/**
 * Usage:
 * <pre><code>
 * class SomethingTest {
 * {@literal @}Rule
 *  public SingleTestRule singleTestRule = new SingleTestRule("test1");
 *
 * {@literal @}Test
 *  public void test1() {
 *      // only this test will be executed
 *  }
 *
 *  ...
 * }
 * </code></pre>
 */
class SingleTestRule implements TestRule { }

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