Functions

/**
 * This is a function.
 *
 * @param {string} n - A string param
 * @return {string} A good string
 *
 * @example
 *
 *     foo('hello')
 */

function foo(n) { return n }

See: http://usejsdoc.org/index.html

Types

Type Description
@param {string=} n Optional
@param {string} [n] Optional
@param {(string\|number)} n Multiple types
@param {*} n Any type
@param {...string} n Repeatable arguments
@param {string} [n="hi"] Optional with default
@param {string[]} n Array of strings
@return {Promise<string[]>} n Promise fulfilled by array of strings

See: http://usejsdoc.org/tags-type.html

Variables

/**
 * @type {number}
 */
var FOO = 1
/**
 * @const {number}
 */
const FOO = 1

Typedef

/**
 * A song
 * @typedef {Object} Song
 * @property {string} title - The title
 * @property {string} artist - The artist
 * @property {number} year - The year
 */
/**
 * Plays a song
 * @param {Song} song - The {@link Song} to be played
 */

function play (song) {
}

See: http://usejsdoc.org/tags-typedef.html

Typedef Shorthand

/**
 * A song
 * @typedef  Song
 */
/**
 * Plays a song
 * @param {Song} song - The {@link Song} to be played
 */

function play (song) {
}

See: http://usejsdoc.org/tags-typedef.html

Importing types

/**
 * @typedef {import('./Foo').default} Bar
 */

/**
 * @param {Bar} x
 */

function test(x) { }

This syntax is TypeScript-specific.

Other keywords

/**
 * @throws {FooException}
 * @private
 * @deprecated
 * @see
 *
 * @function
 * @class
 */

Renaming

/*
 * @alias Foo.bar
 * @name Foo.bar
 */

Prefer alias over name. See: http://usejsdoc.org/tags-alias.html

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