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@ignore

Overview

The @ignore tag indicates that a symbol in your code should never appear in the documentation. This tag takes precedence over all others.

For most JSDoc templates, including the default template, the @ignore tag has the following effects:

  • If you use the @ignore tag with the @class or @module tag, the entire class or module will be omitted from the documentation.
  • If you use the @ignore tag with the @namespace tag, you must also add the @ignore tag to any child classes and namespaces. Otherwise, your documentation will show the child classes and namespaces, but with incomplete names.

Examples

In the following example, Jacket and Jacket#color will not appear in the documentation.

Class with @ignore tag

/**
* @class
* @ignore
*/
function Jacket() {
/** The jacket's color. */
this.color = null
}

In the following example, the Clothes namespace contains a Jacket class. The @ignore tag must be added to both Clothes and Clothes.Jacket. Clothes, Clothes.Jacket, and Clothes.Jacket#color will not appear in the documentation.

Namespace with child class

/**
* @namespace
* @ignore
*/
var Clothes = {
/**
* @class
* @ignore
*/
Jacket: function () {
/** The jacket's color. */
this.color = null
},
}