Hi everyone! I was looking for a way to be able to...

# library-development

[Jolan Rensen [JB]]

Hi everyone!
I was looking for a way to be able to change KDocs at compile-time such that changes appear in the sources.jar as well as potentially a javadoc.jar or HTML Dokka site. Existing solutions only worked for the latter and since there exists no such thing as a kdoc.jar, changed documentation doesn't always (correctly) show up when a user is working with your open source library.
Introducing my KDoc / JavaDoc Preprocessor Gradle Plugin! This plugin acts as a preprocessor on your sources, allowing you to create new sources from your own with modified KDoc/JavaDocs.
The plugin contains a couple of default processors, but is also extensible to include your own!

Examples include:
• @include tag to include other comments into your KDoc / JavaDoc, see @include Processor (INCLUDE_DOC_PROCESSOR)
• @sample / @sampleNoComments tag to include code samples into your KDoc / JavaDoc (SAMPLE_DOC_PROCESSOR)
• A processor that removes all KDoc / JavaDoc comments (NO_DOC_PROCESSOR)
• A processor that adds a /** TODO */ comment wherever there is no KDoc / JavaDoc comment (TODO_DOC_PROCESSOR)
• A processor that makes all KDoc / JavaDoc comments uppercase (try and make this for fun!)
• The sky is the limit :)
Note that this first release is still an early Alpha, but I'm welcome to feedback, bugs, your own processors and whatnot :)