How do I inherit KDoc documentation?

Question

In Java\'s Javadoc, there is a way to inherit a method\'s documentation in a subclass using {@inheritDoc} tag.

Is there a way to do the same in Kotlin\'s KDoc?

Answer 1

Dokka always copies the documentation from a base member to an inherited one if the inherited member does not have its own documentation. There is no way to combine the base member documentation with additional text provided in the inherited member.

(Dokka doesn't support the @inheritdoc Javadoc tag because this inevitably leads to the proliferation of comments consisting of only /** @inheritdoc */ which I find super useless and redundant.)