Rule Definition
When enforcing the utilization of JavaDoc Comments to document an application, the @author tag should be used to know who wrote a given Class or Interface.
Remediation
Add JavaDoc @author tag to Classes and Interfaces
Reference
Put as Deprecated as @author tag is something that you can have looking to history in SCM and it's useless when dev has left company.
Related Technologies
JEE
Technical Criterion
Documentation - Automated Documentation
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