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Documentation snippets should be includes

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Description

To ensure the code snippets in our docs remain up to date, they should use tested code. Two possible sources for tested code are snippets from tests and from samples.

In some cases, this will mean changing documentation snippets and surrounding text to use an existing test or sample. In other cases, it will mean adding a test or sample project.

Instead of copying code into a documentation snippet, it should use an include.

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Research direction

Start by locating the documentation snippets and the existing tests or sample projects that could provide tested code. Review how documentation includes are currently used; done means replacing copied snippets with includes and adding tests or samples where no suitable source exists.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
documentation, testing
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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