| lign=left|description | | author | Developer name |
| deprecated | Marks a method as deprecated. Some IDEs will issue a compilation warning if the method is called. |
| exception | Documents an exception thrown by a method — also see @throws. |
| param | Defines a method parameter. Required for each parameter. |
| return | Documents the return value. This tag should not be used for constructors or methods defined with a void return type. |
| returns | A synonym for @return. |
| see | Documents an association to another method or class. |
| since | Documents when a method was added to a class. |
| throws | Documents an exception thrown by a method. A synonym for @exception introduced in Javadoc 1.2. |
| version | Provides the version number of a class or method. |