Generating JavaDoc comments for existing code in Eclipse

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Published on 2010-05-04T17:05:25Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 17:08 UTC
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I know it's possible to generate comments for classes, interface, etc., in the wizard screen when creating them, but I haven't found an option to generate javadoc comments for an existing file. Is it possible?

Thanks.

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