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Documentation generator
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Software_development/UUfsAaYY">software development</a>, a documentation generator is an <a href="/facts/Automation/3YlF2K5q">automation</a> technology that generates <a href="/facts/Software_documentation/cSXDUPPg">documentation</a>. A generator is often used to generate <a href="/facts/API_documentation/GMlN4vUr">API documentation</a> which is generally for <a href="/facts/Programmers/WGTS1Jv9">programmers</a> or operational documents (such as a manual) for <a href="/facts/End_user/7IM9qu7N">end users</a>. A generator often pulls content from <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source</a>, <a href="/facts/Binary_file/ysttM8hh">binary</a> or <a href="/facts/Logging_(computing)/p7FHf8mA">log</a> files. Some generators, such as <a href="/facts/Javadoc/pm72Xvlf">Javadoc</a> and <a href="/facts/Doxygen/Uw1w2lNh">Doxygen</a>, use special <a href="/facts/Comment_(computer_programming)/Q8hHFq8h">source code comments</a> to drive content and formatting. </p>