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I'm wondering about best practices when creating Javadocs. I have a project with many files. Code has been created by many developers. Each file has an annotation @author , so it is obvious who has created a particular class. But when some other developer adds new code to a file, modifies it, etc., how should he inform the rest of the team that he has created some new function or has modified existing code? In other words, how should we "keep the Javadocs compatible with reality"? ;) Add his name to the existing @author tag? Then, it is easier to identify who to ask in case of any doubts. Add

If you right-click on a file in Windows and select Properties , you can manage some properties in de Summary tab, such as Title, Subject and Author, like in this example: I'm trying to find a way to read these properties using Java . Is there a library for this? Is this even possible? Thanks in advance! Peter That information is stored in an NTFS Alternate Data Stream named "♣SummaryInformation" - not sure if Java supports teh reading of ADS data via the colon notation. Update: Apparently this should work: FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream("test.txt:\u2663SummaryInformation"); You'll